Analyst details Windows XP users’ choices after retirement

Jan 14, 2014 04:14 GMT  ·  By

Windows XP will be officially retired in just three months, but with 28 percent of desktop computers still running it, it’s pretty obvious that not everyone will move from this OS version before April 8.

The problem of the post-Windows XP destination has been a main topic for many users since Microsoft announced the retirement of its aging OS, but many are still planning to stick to their current OS version after the retirement date.

Clive Longbottom, service director and founder of IT analyst house Quocirca, said in an interview with ComputerWeekly that users have only a few options and whatever their choice, everybody needs to decide what to do before April 8.

“The choices are: carry on as is with XP and self-support (full speed and damn the torpedoes); pay for extended support (full speed and pay for what may be comparatively weak anti-torpedo protection); migrate from apps that are holding you back and upgrade to Windows 7 (this will slow your speed, but at least there are fewer torpedoes); or upgrade and virtualise or make old apps run under Windows 7 (turbo speed and avoid the torpedoes),” he said.