微软最近宣布，将从明年 4 月起不再支持其使用了 11 年的操作系统Windows XP。
自2014年4月8日起，Microsoft将不再为 Windows XP提供安全更新、非安全热修复程序、免费或付费的协助支持选项以及在线技术内容更新。这家位于雷德蒙德的公司建议消费者和企业升级到较新的操作系统，如 Windows 7和 Windows 8，以便享受更频繁且更高效的安全更新。
"虽然 XP 是微软历史上最受欢迎的操作系统之一，但它并非为应对当今的挑战而设计，例如日益增多的网络攻击威胁以及对数据隐私的更高要求；相比之下，我们更新的操作系统如 Windows 7 和 8 则具备这些能力，"微软菲律宾客户业务负责人 Mae Rivera-Moreno 表示。"一款已有 11 年历史的操作系统已无法满足当今的业务与技术需求，也无法应对当前的安全威胁。"
根据微软的估算数据，菲律宾共有1120万台电脑，其中仍有360万台仍在运行 Windows XP。
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Related to this article is this –> http://technology.inquirer.net/24581/research-firm-pc-sales-plunge-as-windows-8-flops which mean only one thing, PC era is about to end. MS do not have a mobile strategy that is why everything they do from hereon in fails! Even Bill admits this –> http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/20/bill-gates-mobile-phones
Enough said!
You are right in saying that the PC era is about to end. Even Mozilla is foreseeing the dominance of smartphones in the near future that is why they are creating the new Firefox OS targeted towards mobile phones. Sana malaunch ang Firefox OS soon sa Pinas.
IMHO Windows XP is one of the most stable OS of windows, next to Windows 98.
It doesn’t require high specs PC to run.
Anyway, there are cheaper windows 7 starter naman.
Why go for Windows 7 Starter na may limited number of application lang na pede i-run, whereas mayroon namang FREE na available like Ubuntu. Virus free pa…
Its just a matter of time, they drop support for XP, XP then gets exploited and then all the businesses in the philippines suffer because they use pirated xp on old hardware.
Just sit back and watch it all happen. Mark this post to say i told you so.
Ilan ba sa 3.6m ang talagang genuine?
April 2009 pa natapos ang Mainstream Support ng Microsoft sa XP. Extended Support na lang yung matatapos sa 2014.
At ang Extended Support ay available lang sa mga Commercial Customer.
Senyales to na nilalangaw talaga ang Win8….2014 pa dapat I end yung support mukhang napa aga ….. luging. Intsik nasi Ballmer at Gates lahat kasi puro Google ang spotlight wawang mga bata
lol… natawa ako..ending their most famous OS just like that? anyways i think moving to windows 7 will be a better move than windows 8.. its just so confusing with all the gestures…
pero i think 11 million is not the real number… most internet cafe still use XP even penguin cafe’s (and to think its a linux’ logo but uses windows XP) coz app like metacafe isnt available for 7…
kailangan na rin cguro mag-level up ng mga computer shops sa pilipinas .. karamihan kc xp eung ginagamit na operating system ..
marketing strategy para mabili ang windows7 at 8.
Of course, its a marketing strategy to Microsoft. Almost all tech companies use the same strategy ‘unconsciously force’ consumer to buy their products. Everyone do the same with their computer hardware, Video cards release almost every quartlery a refresh to their GPU line and even smartphones do it on the same frequency.
This is not a new strategy guys, companies like these spend millions on marketing analyst to study and make profits out of them.
It’s basically how the consumerism works.
As per Microsoft’s support life cycle policy, 10 years lang ang minimum life and support na binibigay nila sa mga products na nirerelease nila at di exceptions dito ang XP. In fact MS will also end support for other several products such Office 2003… http://stechienotes.com/microsoft-windows-xp-end-of-support/
Unless Microsoft ends the support for it, people would still be using XP. I don’t agree that XP can’t handle today’s security threats — there’s Microsoft Security Essentials for that.
MSE is also part of the “security updates” given by Microsoft. I doubt they’ll continue to provide updates for it.
It’s the app developers themselves who’ll decide when to end support for winXP. Example, Mozilla (Firefox) will still support winXP since a huge chunk of their browser is installed on this OS. The same goes for other apps.
Majority of computer users are fine with whatever OS they have as long as their apps work. Users of 5-10 year old hardware wouldn’t waste their time upgrading their windows OS just to find their hardware crippled by the new OS.
@el toro
Is that your expert opinion? Do you honestly believe that MSE can protect your ass? You must from Mars! LOL
You can install all the AV and firewalls you want but it won’t protect your ass from malware. I can get inside XP within 5 seconds using its infamous RPC exploits! MSE or not!
@OL BS
MSE is enough to take care of your computer’s security — provided that you practice safe surfing (and safe emailing) in the first place.
I’m using MSE and obviously I’m satisfied with it. Never had problems with malware or virus. Simply because I combine it with safe surfing in the first place.
You want to sound techie OL BS? Who are you fooling? :)
OMG does this mean popular software vendors would stop making programs compatible with XP? I hope not..