IDG Contributor Network: Vista, XP remain firmly rooted in businesses

While more than half of the businesses worldwide have adopted Windows 10 for at least some of their machines, many are still using Windows XP and even Vista, Microsoft's least popular operating system in recent years, to some degree and for a variety of reasons.

That's the findings of a survey from Spiceworks, which announced its 2017 OS Adoption Trends of desktop and laptop PCs used in businesses worldwide. Despite Microsoft ending support for XP and Vista, and making no bones about its desire to get people to move, the survey found 52% of businesses are still running at least one instance of Windows XP and 9% are running at least one instance of Windows Vista.

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