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Upgrading to Office 2010 offers a number of advantages, yet some businesses continue to delay migrating. Part of that hesitation might be pure inertia a major upgrade is no small task. That's especially true if you're upgrading a dozen (or several hundred) machines.

But if you've been running XP so long it's Office 2010 Professional now tied together with rubber band and string, you might need a nudge. Here then are seven reasons to upgrade to Windows 7 just in case you need help convincing your colleagues it's time to schedule the upgrade.

1) The Era of Windows XP Is Ending

There's no doubt microsoft office 2007 download, Windows XP is the most successful operating system in the history of computers. Depending on who's counting, there are somewhere between 400 to 500 million copies of Windows XP client systems installed, and that's just counting the non-pirated versions. In the enterprise Windows 7 environment, Windows XP accounts for over 70 percent of the installed Windows operating systems.

However, the popular Microsoft Office 2010 operating system was released to computer makers way back in the summer of 2001, which makes it a true dinosaur in PC years. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is making some moves to wean users from XP.

As you'll see in this graphic, many companies are making the move to XP. As of this past summer, almost 40 percent of companies reported that migration is underway. An additional 25 percent said that migration would begin in the next six months, which means it's underway by now. In contrast, you can add-up the companies taking their time: about 7 percent saying 1-2 years, and Office 2010 Download a hefty 12 percent they have no migration scheduled at all at this point.

As to why, specifically, companies are migrating, you see that the most common main reason the yellow bar graph is that the end of mainstream support for XP is forcing them to.