Windows XP patches cause rise in users as Windows 10 stalls (again)

[ninaholic37]

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquire...ause-rise-in-users-as-windows-10-stalls-again

For this to be possible, wouldn't that mean that people are actually installing XP on their computers, or just throwing their Windows 10 and 7 computers in the trash and going back to their XP ones?

My Windows 7 laptop basically melted and my XP one from 2005 (replaced with Linux in 2013) is still working fine. I wouldn't go back to Windows though because XP is EOL and the specs are too old for 7-10, and other reasons.

 

[XavierMace]

No, it just means people turned them on to update. As mentioned in the article.

 

[lxskllr]

No, it just means people turned them on to update. As mentioned in the article.

It's more than that, perhaps not much more, but more none the less. Unless netmarketshare.com has spyware on everyone's computers, an xp machine would have had to go somewhere to be counted, and not simply turn on.

 

[nemesismk2]

i use both windows 10 and windows xp because they both have their uses. it seems i am mostly installing endless updates with windows 10 which is a pain.

 

[IGBT]

i use both windows 10 and windows xp because they both have their uses. it seems i am mostly installing endless updates with windows 10 which is a pain.

My win10 box (dell xps8700 I74770 CPU) is a slug compared to my dual core Conroe XP box. Even with win10 version 1703 build 15063..big disappointment.

 

[Omar F1]

I thought about it recently but I've yet to be convinced to move to Win10, from 7.
Continuously updated/slightly-changed Win10 doesn't make much sense to some users. It's like to keep modifying your own room layout quite often, some like it but some don't.

 

[nemesismk2]

yes that is very true and i wish i had stayed with windows 7 in stead of windows 10 atleast until 2020

 

[whm1974]

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquire...ause-rise-in-users-as-windows-10-stalls-again

For this to be possible, wouldn't that mean that people are actually installing XP on their computers, or just throwing their Windows 10 and 7 computers in the trash and going back to their XP ones?

My Windows 7 laptop basically melted and my XP one from 2005 (replaced with Linux in 2013) is still working fine. I wouldn't go back to Windows though because XP is EOL and the specs are too old for 7-10, and other reasons.

I ditched Windows 8.0 back in 2014 and have zero plans on using Windows 10.Of course I wasn't using Windows much anyway since I'm a full time Linux user myself.

 

[nemesismk2]

the only linux i have used the most was Ubuntu 12.04 which was more of a try out.