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Old 18-06-2011, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mithrandir View Post
That might be true in the home market. XP will last longer in the business world because of the number of applications that haven't been ported or the cost of porting - both in software and replacing hardware.

There are still servers running DOS 5 or NT 3.51 because the app won't run on anything newer.
Well my job is installing new systems in businesses the size of Bluescope steel and they are all going over to Win 7 and I haven't installed XP in over a year in any Business
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