{"id":1440,"date":"2014-03-24T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T21:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2019-07-27T19:45:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T01:45:24","slug":"microsoft-offering-100-to-switch-from-windows-xp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/microsoft-offering-100-to-switch-from-windows-xp\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Offering $100 to Switch from Windows XP"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re still using Windows XP, you may want to take notice, as Microsoft is offering $100 USD to switch. The only catch? The $100 credit must be used to purchase a new Windows 8.1 PC\/laptop.<\/p>\n

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The only catch is that you have to upgrade to a new Windows 8 computer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those who are eligible for the promotion can redeem the credit at Microsoft’s online store or their retail shops — and the fact that you still use the 13-year old Windows XP<\/a> is subject to verification by Microsoft (MSFT<\/a>, Fortune 500<\/a>). The offer is good for PCs ranging in price from $599 and $2,299 and will run until June 15.<\/p>\n

The promotion is part of Microsoft’s plan to get the last remaining Windows XP users off the operating system before the April 8 end of life date<\/a>. After April 8, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates to address viruses and exploits to the operating system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Given that Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014<\/a>, it is highly recommended to either upgrade to a newer version of Windows, or switch to a more modern operating system. Otherwise, you risk being exposed to a multitude of security vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong><\/span>: CNN Money – Microsoft will give you $100 to buy a new PC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re still using Windows XP, you may want to take notice, as Microsoft is offering $100 USD to switch. The only catch? The $100 credit must be used to purchase a new Windows 8.1 PC\/laptop. The only catch is that you have to upgrade to a new Windows 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[418,26,417,102,25,416],"class_list":["post-1440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-eol","tag-microsoft","tag-operating-system","tag-windows","tag-windows-8","tag-windows-xp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoonhuh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}