Tag: Windows 7

  • Closing the door on Windows: A guide to changing operating systems

    Closing the door on Windows: A guide to changing operating systems

    Is it time for you to dump Windows XP, or maybe to abandon Windows altogether? Windows 8 has improved significantly with the 8.1 upgrade. Nevertheless, for many users, Windows 8’s modern-style interface—incorporating major changes like Live Tiles and the removal of the Start menu—remains an object of scorn. And security has always been a bigger headache for Windows than…

  • Windows XP holdouts: 3 reasons you must upgrade now. Yes, now.

    Windows XP holdouts: 3 reasons you must upgrade now. Yes, now.

    You really, really need to dump Windows XP. No, really. Windows XP was great, and many users still love the operating system, but…it’s more than a decade old. At the rate technology evolves, that makes Windows XP a near-relic. Although it may still appear to work fine, the mantra of “if it ain’t broke, don’t…