China Continues to Use Windows XP Insists

Beijing - Support Windows XP will be discontinued , but the Chinese authorities insist that Microsoft would again extend the life of the operating system . Microsoft is scheduled to close all Windows XP support on 8 April 2014 . This means that the operating system will ' die ' without any support from the manufacturer . Ironically , users of the operating system in China is still very much . Based on the record StatCounter , approximately 49 % of computer users in the State of Panda are still using Windows XP , and they are reluctant to switch to the new version because of cost reasons . Just for the record , in China , the Windows Basic version of Windows 8 is priced around USD 160 . As for the version of the product sold USD 325 . The Chinese government itself is long enough outreach to residents to use legally operating system . Well , with the discontinuation of Windows XP , they are worried the program will be interrupted . As quoted from the MediaNews , Tuesday ( 03/11/2014 ) , turn off Windows XP users in China as if forced to change their operating system . And this could make piracy rate in China is getting harder muted .