{"id":116211,"date":"2017-03-18T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T10:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=116211"},"modified":"2017-03-17T16:07:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T14:07:28","slug":"this-is-how-many-people-are-still-using-windows-xp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/116211-this-is-how-many-people-are-still-using-windows-xp","title":{"rendered":"This is how many people are still using Windows XP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft wants older versions of Windows dragged and dropped into the recycle bin, with relatively-recent iterations\u00a0like Windows 7 not exempt from the drive.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/203132-time-to-die-windows-vista.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>has told<\/strong><\/a> Windows Vista users that the operating system will reach its end of support on 11 April 2017, and will no longer receive security and other updates.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/203140-microsoft-blocks-windows-7-updates-on-pcs-with-intel-7th-gen-and-amd-ryzen-processors.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>started blocking<\/strong><\/a> Windows 7 updates for users with systems running Intel 7th-Gen or AMD Ryzen processors (the newest CPUs from the two companies).<\/p>\n<p>A remedy to the above is to upgrade to Windows 10, said Microsoft.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Still on Windows XP<\/h3>\n<p>While users on Vista and 7 may be annoyed by Microsoft\u2019s policies, spare a thought for users on Windows XP \u2013 which reached end of support on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windowsforbusiness\/end-of-xp-support\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>8 April 2014<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to statistics from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netmarketshare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NetMarketShare<\/strong><\/a>, XP held 8.45% of the desktop market share in February 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The table below details desktop operating system market share for February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"myg_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">\n<div align=\"center\">Operating Systems \u2013 February 2017<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"60%\"><strong>OS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"40%\"><strong>Market Share<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windows 7<\/td>\n<td><strong>48.41%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windows 10<\/td>\n<td><strong>25.19%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windows XP<\/td>\n<td><strong>8.45%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windows 8.1<\/td>\n<td><strong>6.87%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mac OS X 10.12<\/td>\n<td><strong>2.91%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Linux<\/td>\n<td><strong>2.05%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windows 8<\/td>\n<td><strong>1.65%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mac OS X 10.11<\/td>\n<td><strong>1.55%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mac OS X 10.10<\/td>\n<td><strong>1.00%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windows Vista<\/td>\n<td><strong>0.78%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/203138-how-many-people-still-use-windows-xp.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband <\/a><\/strong>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/203136-google-guetzli-a-new-open-source-jpeg-encoder.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google Guetzli \u2013 a new open source JPEG encoder<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While users on Vista and 7 may be annoyed by Microsoft\u2019s policies, spare a thought for users on Windows XP \u2013 which reached end of support on 8 April 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