Microsoft’s most recent operating system, Windows 7, came out of the gate flying and by late June of this year, the OS laid claim to over 150 million licenses being sold. However, even with such strong numbers, Microsoft has had a challenge convincing XP users to upgrade their OS to Windows 7.

According to a Netmarketsharing report, it would appear that the XP operating system outnumbers Vista and Windows 7 combined by a factor of two to one. Although the number of XP desktops is slowly declining, this still group represents 62% of the user base while Windows 7 and Vista retain about 15% each. For Microsoft, XP users represent lost revenue and the Redmond company has been trying to entice users to upgrade.

It was believed that the release of service pack 1 for Windows 7 would encourage large corporate clients to upgrade their desktop computers. There are of course other reasons as to why people don’t want to upgrade from XP, an OS that originally launched in 2001, and this could be the costs associated with upgrading. Some may just want to wait until they buy a new computer which comes preloaded with Windows 7 while others are simply content with XP, a good operating system that has served them well for over 9 years.

Via: NeoSeeker