Five reasons why you shouldn't leave XP just yet

Thursday, November 12. 2009

Five reasons why you shouldn't leave XP just yet

Neville Hobson posted this link on Twitter - "5 Reasons to leave XP for Windows 7". Here, in riposte, are 5 reasons not to get off your *rse just yet:

1. XP does the job. It ain't broke, and you know how to use it.
2. You've already paid for it, its fully amortised
3. You just know that Windows 7 will release Service Packs 1 and 2 in the next few months, why be part of the free test cycle?
4. It will come bundled cheaper in the next tin you buy
5. Your next computer may have to be a Mac 'cos you need to get Final Cut Pro for all that video coming down the pike

In fact, the article predicts users will want to switch "within 2 years" rather than right away, and I'd agree with that. Windows 7 will drive the next generation of hardware. My policy is always to switch after SP2 or similar is released (let them be the guinea pigs is the refrain of the Late Early Adopter). This sage advice appears to be what many other people have concluded too

(Update - for those of you faux-geeks who use Macs, this is a Proper Debate for Real Operating Systems that have actual Numbers in their releases, not silly animal names

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Posted by Alan Patrick in Laptops, Netbooks & Handsets at 08:16 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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A windows user accusing Mac users of being faux-geeks. Real geeks run OpenBSD on Sparc.

I do not claim to be a geek and I (and my entire family) run Linux so I am out of it anyway - except that we have more versions numbers than you: I am running MEPIS 8 with XFCE 4, KDE 3, and Xorg, the kernel and lots of other things have version numbers (although I do not know them).

I do have a professional duty to add that amortisation is irrelevant to decision making: it reflects sunk costs.

#1 Graeme (Homepage) on 2009-11-12 18:56 (Reply)

The Tongue in Cheek icon was there for a reason

Re sunk costs. You have done your professional duty, but my pounds have stayed in my wallet

#2 alan p on 2009-11-12 21:30 (Reply)

My comments are supposed to be tongue in cheek as well!

I agree with the your main point, but the list of reasons to upgrade does contain one that is important: security. I am not that familiar with Windows these days, but I was under the impression that Vista and Windows 7 are a lot more secure than XP. Most people are incapable for keeping XP secure (they happily click anything, ignore warnings that their virus databases are out of date...).

#3 Graeme (Homepage) on 2009-11-13 06:08 (Reply)

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