Mark April 8 on your calendar, ladies and gentlemen. No, it’s not a new holiday, festival or celebratory event. If you’re not willing to change your Windows system, then come April 8, you may have nothing to celebrate.
On the day, Microsoft is expected to shut down Windows XP. That means all security, bugs, and virus updates will be gone. In layman’s terms, if you use XP to shop online after 4/8/14, you’ll be way more venerable to ID theft. If you’re storing data on XP after this date, your data has a much better shot at being compromised.? I know many have upgraded their systems in recent years (XP has been around for 12 years). But around 30% of all PC’s are still running on XP. Windows XP was already installed in nearly every computer built and bought from 2002-2006. Now the easy solution would be just to switch to a more modern Windows version.
And by this point, that’s really the only solution. It’s never good to keep any system for over a decade, especially if there’s been several replacements ever since. Now I know Windows Vista was a historic fail, but what about Windows 7 or 8? This is especially true for corporate firms that has been so comfortable with XP for so long. It’s time to move to a new version. It will take some effort: testing hardware and software, scheduling, and training employees for a new system. It will take money: If your computer is 10 years or over, simply buy a new computer. It’s time to let go. I know very few people like change. Very few people like to part with money and put forth extra effort. But wouldn’t you rather have the latest running technology for your business or household? Or are you willing to take a chance, hold on to XP, and risk everything you’ve worked so hard for being wiped out?