A somber celebration for Windows XP's 10th birthday

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This week marks 10 years since Windows XP was first released, but not everyone is reeling with excitement.

For Microsoft, it marks a series of failed attempts to get customers to upgrade to a newer operating system. The company has been pressured to extend previous deadlines as to when it promised to end support for the OS.

There are a few factors as to why so many have been hesitant to leave their beloved XP, but none is more of a black eye for Microsoft than the fact that its successor, Windows Vista, was by all accounts a huge flop.

People did not like the look and feel of Vista, leading to an utter lack of sales and making users even more comfortable with just holding onto XP.

Of course, XP was revolutionary when it first came out and for many corporations, it was the first time they bought mass licenses of an operating system, something that is expensive to upgrade. Budget-conscious enterprise customers see little value in moving to a new operating system.

In a blog post on the Windows Team Blog, Microsoft 'celebrated' the landmark anniversary by convincing people they need to get rid of it.

The post reads, in part, "Think about phones – would you even carry a flip phone now? Think about music – would you still claim that Destiny’s Child is your top favorite band (if you or your wayward self ever did)? Think about hair – are you still rocking the same cut? Why then are you still on Windows XP when Windows 7 is so much better?"
So it seems this is both a birthday party and a funeral. Microsoft really wants you to dump XP.

Article from: http://www.tgdaily.com/software-brief/59272-a-somber-celebration-for-windows-xps-10th-birthday
 
I ran XP up until a month or so ago, when I migrated to server 2008 which is pretty solid after you get it all set up. I am using 7 professional on my work laptop and it doesn't do anything for me. Given the choice, I'll avoid vista/7 every time.
 
Xp was a big change from windows past. I used it pretty early after release. I never really had huge issues. I ran into countless unresolved errors on 7.
 
I ran XP until I got my new laptop earlier this year. I couldn't find my XP disk, and I'm a huge PC gamer, so I decided to make the leap to 7. So far, I haven't run into any major issues with it [crosses fingers], but there are definitely some features of XP that I miss that are not in 7.
 
That's all we use here at work. Windows XP Pro! :D

I'm about to install Win7 on my work PC for testing since maybe eventually they will upgrade. But it's the government and they are cheap.

I run Windows 7 Professional 64-bit on my home PC. :D

KennyGS said:
BTW, I still use a flip phone.
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I had a feeling you still used a flip phone :giggle:
 
KennyGS said:
I have several mobil phones. I keep two flips that are $15/month with 60 free anytime minutes. My wife and I keep them in our cars for a backup emergency.
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60 minutes.. :omg:

So you have a house phone?? My parents got rid of their house phone. Transferred the house phone number to my dad's cell phone so if people call the "house" they are calling his cell phone and he can be reached anywhere. Plus it saves them $$
 
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