| With the release of Windows 7, many people are | | | | new functions that you can be using. You will have to |
| wondering if they should upgrade. And beyond the | | | | start using alternative browsers instead. |
| Windows operation systems, many other choices are | | | | Your wifi security is already limited. For example |
| becoming viable such as Mac OS and Linux. If you | | | | WPA2 support doesn't work on XP and there isn't a |
| have Windows XP, what should you do? | | | | patch to fix this. When wifi security changes, XP will |
| Windows XP is still a very popular version of | | | | always be on older standards. For now this isn't much |
| Windows despite being a very old operating system | | | | of an issue, but it can be as things continue to change |
| now. It's coming very close to not being supported any | | | | and improve. |
| longer by Microsoft. This means that there are some | | | | New hardware eventually will stop supporting drivers |
| huge downsides that you are going to face as an XP | | | | for XP. This means that you might not be able to use |
| user in the future. Learn what you will have to deal | | | | certain hardware because it won't properly be working |
| with as a user of this operating system. | | | | with your operating system. |
| The first thing is that you will no longer be getting | | | | There are a few things that you can do about this |
| support from Microsoft for the operating system. The | | | | situation. The first is to upgrade. This might not be |
| big downside of this is security. Many times the | | | | worth it on your current hardware as it's probably a |
| patches and updates are to patch up the operating | | | | little old. Buying a new computer eventually with a |
| system from attacks. Without this, you might be | | | | more modern operating system of choice is the better |
| exposed which is a problem. | | | | option. For now you can use XP, but shortly it will be |
| There will be no new versions of Internet Explorer for | | | | very outdated. |
| XP users. When the newer versions come out, you | | | | Consider these points and you will be sure to make |
| won't be able to update to those. With the coming | | | | smart choices regarding your operating system. |
| HTML5 standards, you will be missing out on many | | | | |