Microsoft was practically begging users to abandon Windows XP in the months leading up to the end of support for the 13 year-old operating system. The software giant began warning users of the dangers of sticking with XP once it stops being updated, including security holes, but it doesn't appear that most users listened.
The last statistics from March showed that Windows XP still held 27.7 per cent of the market, not something Microsoft was pleased with given the existence of Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. The latest share percentage from April, despite Microsoft's best attempts to convince users to upgrade, still sat at 26.3 per cent, CNET reports.
That's a miniscule decrease in users running XP--definitely not what Microsoft was hoping for. A drop of 1.4 per cent does nothing for Microsoft's efforts: Windows 8 has not been very well-received, and the company has been trying to push users to its new OS. It's just the first month of XP support ending, though, and that number could be the beginning of a sharper drop--that small of a percentage is still a lot of people.
Windows 8 hasn't exactly had positive buzz surrounding it, making Microsoft's argument a tougher sell. Computers still running Windows XP are probably not owned by the biggest tech enthusiasts around, making it unlikely that they even know they're at risk. Microsoft send messages to XP users leading up to March, but it appears most people did not heed its warnings as of this month.
