G+_George Kozi Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Originally shared by George Kozi Will there be a spike in PC sales in March-April this year? Microsoft is ending XP support, so people will kinda have to either buy a new PC, or do without one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Barcus Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 It's not as if XP will stop working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Bill B Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I don't think you'll see a big spike. About 30% of Microsoft pc's are on xp. I personally think the question will be... Due to Windows 8, do Mac sales spike with the loss of xp support? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 no, it will just be wide open to attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Barcus Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 People still using XP are most likely not the demographic most concerned with security or vendor support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'm a Windows user, I always was, mainly because Apple priced itself out of the market segment I'm in. That hasn't changed. I still feel that if I buy a Mac, I'll need to relearn everything from scratch, and I will overpay for the privilege. That doesn't mean that I think Apple stuff is not good. I suspect it is quite good... It is just not the right fit for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Oh. I'm sure they are very good machines, people seem to love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Barcus Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I currently use Windows, OS X, Android and ChromeOS. I can't say any of them is bad and each handle their designated jobs very well. I'm running a Mac mini right now because the price was right. If I had a particular piece of crucial software that only worked on one system that would limit my options but for general purpose use everybody wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Barcus Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Lee Ball I started with Linux back when Slackware came on a stack of diskettes. I've used Slackware, Red hat, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Mint and probably a few I forgot. The troubles with updates breaking various multimedia devices finally wore me down. For a server I'd go straight to Linux but for a home desktop it was too much like being at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Darr Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Current XP users are unlikely to replace the hardware until it has to be replaced. I expect you will see them replace the machines at current replacement rates. Users will replace the machines with Chromebooks, Tablets, Apple devices and Windows 8 devices. So I think you will see an increase in Windows 8 users but a continuing decline in total Windows users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jose Gomez Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The cost of not fixing it could very high. Think about it. Irreplaceable business records could be corrupted beyond recovery. Personal memories like photos, blogs, novels, art work, original music files, or video recordings lost forever. The financial cost of an intruder getting & messing with bank records or accounts is just too high. I've seen what it's like when XP is attacked with no defenses. I was working for a computer distributor for local school districts in the summer of 2003. I watched as the Blaster worm ran wild in August. Blaster turned brand new Dell & HP machines into useless & looping zombies. It cost the Dallas ISD millions in cleanup costs & lost productivity. Ignorant teachers kept reinfecting servers with their take home laptops, which lead to more machines getting infected. It's not a pretty picture. Those lessons have been lost. Perhaps XPocalypse will remind folks just how bad it can really get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dennis A. Deschamps (Dr Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 As today's The Tech Guy stated that on April 9, 2014 MSWXP will become infected because the bad guys know that there will no longer be any security updates unless the computer isn't on the Internet. There are still Millions if not Billions of ATM machines still running MSWXP dishing/spewing out all those $20 bills. Aw what a shame if those machines should get hacked on 4-9-14 Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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