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Microsoft Says R.I.P. To Windows XP

Raishad Hardnett |
April 8, 2014 | 11:04 a.m. PDT

Executive Producer

If your screen still looks like this, it's time to move on. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)
If your screen still looks like this, it's time to move on. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)
It's been a long road for Windows XP -- it's a classic we all remember, but like any old dog, it had to be put down eventually. And today is that day.

The operating system, created 13 years ago by Microsoft, will no longer by supported after Tuesday. 

If you, like the millions of other iPad or Macbook Pro users who have evolved with the new age of technology, are wondering how Windows XP is still relevant, here's your answer: almost 30 percent of PC users in the U.S. still use the decade-old operating system -- along with nearly a third of computer users across the world, according to the Associated Press.

This makes Windows XP the second most popular desktop operating system, losing only to its more evolved offspring Windows 7. 

"It was an incredible platform that enabled people to really have a rich experience on the Web," Mark Kornegay, general manager for Microsoft in Los Angeles, told the Los Angeles Times. "It was still a very sturdy platform, it has done a lot of things, but it's reached the end of its life."

After Tuesday, the operating system will still work, but without Microsoft backing the system with security updates -- die-hard XP fans will be on their own, security-wise. 

Read up on the death of Windows XP here. Contact Executive Producer Raishad Hardnett here



 

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