Microsoft Gives XP Users $100 to Upgrade Hardware!

So, I’ve told you before that Windows XP support is ending next month, April 2014. And, since Microsoft’s base of users includes some 30% using Windows XP; they are quite concerned!

This means that Microsoft has a big incentive for users to upgrade to at least Windows 7, preferably Windows 8.X. So, they’ve come up with an offer to give users the incentive to upgrade not only their operating system, but also their hardware is well. By upgrading their hardware Microsoft users will be able to run the operating systems of the future that Microsoft might create, given that Microsoft likes to create “bloatware,” and, in most cases, their operating systems get larger and larger and require more resources as time goes by.

I have seen however, that Windows 8 bucks this trend to a certain extent and does seem to do pretty well on hardware that isn’t quite up to the specs that Microsoft specifies for their operating system. I hope this trend continues.

Their offer is this: if you buy computer valued at $599 or more, and you bring it in to the dealer proving that your old computer is running Windows XP, Microsoft will give you $100 off the purchase of the new computer.

Now, this sounds a bit unwieldy to me, because imagine having to tote your Windows XP computer into Best Buy to prove that you have Windows XP! This seems to be a bit silly! Maybe some stores will “trust you” when you say you have Windows XP. We’ll see.