The sky is
falling, the sky is falling! Ok, so maybe the sky isn’t falling and maybe the
world isn’t ending but Windows XP is dying. The funeral is
planned for April 9. If you are looking for reasons to
upgrade, here are three to consider:
Productivity:
Newer versions have features to help you work more
efficiently. Aero Snap, in Windows 7, will automatically
maximize a window when you drag to top of screen, minimize when you drag to
bottom of screen, or size to half screen when planted at either side, greatly
simplifying the manual arrangement of windows you have been preforming in XP.
New
Technology:
XP is over a decade old. New devices are
no longer designed to support XP. Just about every week, we
have to explain to someone why the new printer they purchased won’t work with
their old XP system.
Security:
XP is at greater risk now and will be virtually defenseless when
Microsoft stops supporting it on April 8. Security experts
predict the cybercriminals are hoarding XP flaws. The reason:
once support ceases, they will unleash a bunch of exploits against those
flaws. Basically it becomes: Support Over
- Game Over!
And look at
these statistics, released by Microsoft. When exposed to
similar volumes of potential threats, XP has an infection rate nearly double
that of Windows 7 and 650 percent greater than Windows 8.
Stay Safe,
~Janet