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What's the best operating system for businesses? If you were to askMicrosoft, you'd probably expect them to preach the virtues of thecompany's upcoming Windows 8 operating system, which arrives laterthis year on both PCs and tablets. But for enterprises still running Redmond's antiquated Windows XPOS, Windows 7 is the logical upgrade--at least according to a new whitepaper written by analyst firm IDC and sponsored by Microsoft. (Disclaimer: PCWorld and IDC are both owned by the same parentcompany, IDG.) The whitepaper, titled "Mitigating Risk: Why Sticking with WindowsXP is a Bad Idea," is the latest step in Microsoft's ongoing crusade to driving a stake through XP's eternally beating heart. So what's the report say? Pretty much what you'd expect. "IDC found that the base IT and end user labor costs of continuingto support Windows XP is now approximately five times as much asthe cost of running Windows 7," writes Microsoft's Erwin Visser ina May 24 post on The Windows Blog . Yes, but how does Windows 8, with its radically redesigned Metrointerface, fit into the business-upgrade cycle? Visser writes that "migrating now to Windows 7 will set businessesup well to embrace Windows 8 in the future, as IDC found that allindications at this time are that the move from Windows 7 toWindows 8 will be seamless for applications and non-impactful toexisting hardware." Another possible scenario: Businesses bypass Windows 8 altogetherand wait for Windows 9 a few years down the road, particularly ifthe benefits of moving from Win 7 to Win 8 aren't worth the expenseand hassle of upgrading. Windows XP is slowly being supplanted by Windows 7, but not asquickly as Microsoft would like. According to analytics firm Net Applications , Windows XP had a 46 percent share of all desktop operatingsystems in April 2012, while Windows 7 had just under 39 percent. Microsoft will end support for XP in April 2014, a deadline that Redmond hopes will spur itsenterprise customers to finally drop the aging OS. For now, Windows 7 is the upgrade path of choice--and may very wellremain so even after Windows 8 ships. Contact Jeff Bertolucci at Today@PCWorld , Twitter (@jbertolucci ) or jbertolucci.blogspot.com . I am an expert from street-ledlights.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Recessed LED Lights , LED Roadway Light, Low Bay LED Lights,and more.
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