{"id":47995,"date":"2014-04-03T19:19:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=47995"},"modified":"2014-04-03T19:19:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:19:37","slug":"windows-xp-still-firm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-xp-still-firm-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows XP Users Remain Loyal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h4>Windows XP Users Remain Loyal<\/h4>\n<p>PC Pitstop&#8217;s exclusive research is showing that loyalty to Windows XP is strong &#8211; despite Microsoft&#8217;s plans to end support for the popular OS.<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">At PC Pitstop, we have been tracking each and every trend related to CPUs, memory, storage, graphics, Windows, and bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>With tens of millions of PC\u2019s in our database, Pitstop\u2019s market research capabilities are unprecedented in terms of cost, depth, breadth, and accuracy. 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