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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: 3, Informative) by cmn32480 on Monday April 07 2014, @12:15PM

    by cmn32480 (443) <cmn32480NO@SPAMgmail.com> on Monday April 07 2014, @12:15PM (#27412) Journal

    The next round of Windows Updates that come out on April 8 will add a significant change to the Windows 8.1 interface.

    From some other reading (http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/what-you-shou ld-know-about-windows-8-1-update/ [windowssecrets.com]) All users that do NOT have a touch screen will boot directly to the desktop, and those with the touch screen will continue booting to the interface formerly known as Metro as far as I can tell.

    So far nothing that I have seen mentions the traditional Start Menu, but I'm also not a Win 8 user, so that may have been addressed previously.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 07 2014, @03:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 07 2014, @03:02PM (#27540)

    I've been using Windows 8.1 for a few months now, and I quite like it. The look and feel is very similar to Windows 7. It's much snappier though. A few tweaks were needed initially to boot to desktop enabled. Once that was done, I have barely seen Metro.

    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday April 08 2014, @08:27AM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday April 08 2014, @08:27AM (#28029) Journal

      I've been using Windows 8.1 for a few months now, and I quite like it. The look and feel is very similar to Windows 7. It's much snappier though. A few tweaks were needed initially to boot to desktop enabled.

      Suure you have. OK, out with it!! How much are they paying you to say this? No one in their right mind could say this unless they were getting paid to. So how much is it? And who do I contact to get paid?