# WinXP - if this is true, final nail in the coffin?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 1, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-if-this-is-true-final-nail-in-the-coffin/726734 "2015-08-01T16:27:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-if-this-is-true-final-nail-in-the-coffin/726734/41 "2015-08-05T00:05:41Z")

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I’m pretty much the opposite of a Microsoft fanboy, but I don’t see any reason not to at least migrate to Windows 7. Yes, Vista was terrible, and Windows 8 has a baffling interface, but Windows 7 works well and doesn’t have a big learning curve for Windows XP users. I worked a couple of years ago for an extremely backwards company. They still had a working PDP-11! They had a team of MUMPS developers!! Yet even they made the transition from XP to Windows 7 with minimal wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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