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Poll: More Will Switch to Linux Than to Win8

posted by janrinok on Sunday April 06 2014, @08:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-not-the-year-of-the-Linux-desktop dept.

gewg_ writes:

A recent poll by The Inquirer asked, "Which operating system will you use after Windows XP support ends on 8 April?"

Among respondents, 33 percent said they will move to Windows 7, 17 percent will stick with XP, 13 percent will switch to Linux, 11 percent will get Windows 8, and 5 percent said OS X.

So most will switch to Windows 7, but many would rather stay with Win XP without support than switch to Linux.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by IgrokU on Monday April 07 2014, @02:32AM

    by IgrokU (3719) on Monday April 07 2014, @02:32AM (#27262)

    I am the only person that reads this website that likes W8. whatever. To each his own.

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  • (Score: 1) by dilbert on Monday April 07 2014, @01:17PM

    by dilbert (444) on Monday April 07 2014, @01:17PM (#27446)

    I am the only person that likes W8. whatever. To each his own.

    FTFY ;)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 07 2014, @02:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 07 2014, @02:26PM (#27496)

    Nah. I really like Windows 8. 8.1 in particular. Barely ever look at Metro. Works just like Windows 7 really; except it's a little faster.

    • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday April 07 2014, @02:59PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Monday April 07 2014, @02:59PM (#27538) Homepage Journal

      Works just like Windows 7 really; except it's a little faster.

      Are you sure? If your drive hasn't been wiped and W7 reinstalled it will certainly seem faster; I'm about to put Linux on this notebook because it's gotten so slow. It's that damned registry probably. Uninstalling software almost never removes registry entries and the bigger the registry, the slower Windows will run.

      XP was advertised as being faster than W98, but I'd just reinstalled 98 when I put XP on it, and XP was slower. I suspect that's what you're experiencing.

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