anuseems Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Before the baby crawls across the ceiling Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to get people to get their machines off Windows XP. Incentives include a $50 gift card, 90 days of free support, and free help with data transfer if you buy a brand new Windows machine from its online store. The listed machines include four desktops ranging from $700 to $1300, and four laptops priced between $280 and $700. A bunch of 2-in-1 PCs and tablets are also available The free premium support comes via phone, chat, and sales channels. The computer giant has collaborated with data migration service Laplink to help you easily transfer all your files, settings, and user profiles from your old machine to your new one. It is all through the Microsoft store and since most people dont buy a PC through that it is largely academic. There are still a lot of XP machines still out there latest figures suggest that nearly 18 per cent of the world is still running the OS. http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/34217-microsoft-to-offer-$50-to-give-up-xp-addiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPECTRUM Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 already posted here: http://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/211416-windows-7-license-sales-skyrocket-as-windows-xp-death-looms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 A $50 gift card wow what a spectacular offer I shall "upgrade" right away not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeSmithG Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 A $50 gift card wow what a spectacular offer I shall "upgrade" right away not.I already suggested what M$ should do and that is a 50% discount, 50 bux is tight arsed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 already posted here: http://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/211416-windows-7-license-sales-skyrocket-as-windows-xp-death-looms/ It's actually different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 This ain't gonna make people jump onto the Win8 bandwagon, I don't think. All this will achieve (if anything at all) is that it will throw more people into the lap of Windows 7. Win 7 is going to become the de-facto XP of the next generation LOL. Nice going, MS! :lol: :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedpedal Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 MS Fathered this child so support it. It's not that expensive to continue minimal support and keep the rest of the web safe. XP will naturally die in it's own time. Just getting rid of XP won't make any difference in their bottom line either. IF YOU HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT And SUPPORT IT PEOPLE WILL BUY IT! A MORE SERIOUS APPROACH would be to give a NO STRINGS ATTACHED $150-$350 Trade In Voucher on any new machine with Win 8 installed. Then you'll see XP disappear much faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackieo Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 2, 2014 by jackieo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDistortions Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I wonder how many people use both XP and either W7 or W8. I do that sometimes, in fact just yesterday i was using it to try to run a scan on a hard drive that said it needed formatting. W7 wouldn't scan it but XP worked on it right away & it accesses the drive just fine now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Microsoft to offer $50 to give up XP addictionI vomited XP nearly 5 years ago and it's the most deserving candidate (after Vista) to be strangulated with both hands - surprised that Microsoft is actually paying for that laundry (I did it absolutely free of cost.) <_<FWIW, I don't see any OS qualifying for the next XP - Microsoft are too greedy to permit any OS to last a decade, like XP. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeSmithG Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Now at $100.Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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