Is is worth upgrading from XP to Window 7?

[Sysman]

Sorry, I didn't realise that the OP (who was being encouraged to upgrade to Windows 7 because XP is going to be desupported in just over two years), was a large corporation planning an upgrade. Must have missed that from the original post

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But as pointed out here:

However he does have a point if the OP is a contractor who needs some level of compatibility with client corps.

[Churchill]

I thought you had gone permie.... oh wait is it that you're not highly paid?

It depends who's asking

[Doggy Styles]

Sorry, I didn't realise that the OP (who was being encouraged to upgrade to Windows 7 because XP is going to be desupported in just over two years), was a large corporation planning an upgrade. Must have missed that from the original post

However he does have a point if the OP is a contractor who needs some level of compatibility with client corps.

That's one of the reasons why I don't use linux or a Mac - No client I've ever been at in the last 20 years has required me to use them, it's nearly all been MS/Windows/Office/PC.

Although there was dear old VMS in a gig in Germany, and OS2 when I worked in Scotland. That's foreigners for you.

Hang on, was OS2 ever run on a Mac? I can't remember what the hardware was.

[Spacecadet]

No mate, I'm a very highly paid permy and you're all cretins!

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I thought you had gone permie.... oh wait is it that you're not highly paid?

[Churchill]

Aren't we all one-man-bands waiting for that opportunity to morph into something much much bigger?

No mate, I'm a very highly paid permy and you're all cretins!

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[d000hg]

It's best to have both Windows and Linux around, and use each according to needs / what you find most productive, in my humble opinion.

What is there which is Linux-only? I know lots of open-source stuff is more Linux-oriented, but anything popular ends up having to work on Windows.

[Spacecadet]

Sorry, I didn't realise that the OP (who was being encouraged to upgrade to Windows 7 because XP is going to be desupported in just over two years), was a large corporation planning an upgrade. Must have missed that from the original post

Aren't we all one-man-bands waiting for that opportunity to morph into something much much bigger?

[TheFaQQer]

But that is pretty imminent for a large corp who needs to plan an upgrade.

Sorry, I didn't realise that the OP (who was being encouraged to upgrade to Windows 7 because XP is going to be desupported in just over two years), was a large corporation planning an upgrade. Must have missed that from the original post

[petergriffin]

With a Linux only solution you are also up against the likes of Adobe who dropped Linux support for Air. Yes you can survive at the moment with their discontinued Air for Linux version, but grab it while you can, and be aware that if Adobe add new features which app developers start using you might come unstuck.

It's best to have both Windows and Linux around, and use each according to needs / what you find most productive, in my humble opinion.

Adobe have migrated many of their heavy applications onto the cloud:
https://www.acrobat.com/welcome/en/home.html
Photo Editing, Photo Sharing | Photoshop.com
Adobe Creative Cloud

At one point all one needs is a browser, javascript, java and flash.

[Sysman]

April 8, 2014 is the desupport date for XP on the latest service pack.

Hardly imminent.

But that is pretty imminent for a large corp who needs to plan an upgrade.