Windows XP
Windows XP is not on its deathbed
In spite of its age, Windows XP is still a widely used operating system with around a 39% market share. Microsoft is desperate to kill XP and sell Windows 8 but XP satisfies the needs of a lot of people and and millions are stubbornly clinging to their old systems. What we are seeing is [...]
Monday links
The head of the Copyright Office says the law is broken — but can she fix it in time?Maria Pallante takes on a behemoth task — it took 20 years to complete the last copyright overhaul—The Verge E-bleeder: is Nook on its deathbed?Barnes & Noble’s once-promising digital business needs to turn a page to compete [...]
Monday links
Windows XP: Why Microsoft Still Can’t Kill It OffWindows XP is 11 years old. At Locker Gnome, Ron Schenone gives his opinion about why Windows XP lives on and on and on Should I Leave My Laptop Plugged In All The Time?Should you leave your laptop plugged in and charging when you’re not on-the-go? What’s [...]
Windows baffles even the experts
I’ve said more than once that Windows is too complicated for general use by normal people. This contention is confirmed in spades by a recent post from Mark Russinovich, who is one of the world’s leading Windows experts. In fact, he may be the leading expert. But guess what? When he went to fix a [...]
Windows XP still on a lot of systems
The latest data from NetMarketShare on what operating systems are being used shows Windows XP has slipped some but is still on nearly half of computers surveyed. The graphic below shows the numbers:
A saga of Windows failure and Linux success
When my wife’s venerable IBM Thinkpad with Windows XP reached six full years of service and beyond, it seemed like a good time for her to get a newer system with Windows 7. The Thinkpad was still chugging along but the XP operating system had developed a few quirks and it looked like a good [...]
Windows XP still rules
No matter how much the technorati claim that Windows XP is old, tired, and hopelessly out of date, the venerable operating system just won’t go away. Why? Well, for one thing it just works. For another, people have gotten more than a little tired of the constant upgrade hassles and expense. I still have Windows [...]
