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Go Time for Windows XP
From hardware to software, change is the rule and attorneys who don't want their offices or firms to be a casualty of advancing technology need to be proactive.
One such item is Windows XP, explains Richard Weiner in his Technology for Lawyers column in the Akron Legal News. Weiner, a graduate of Ohio Northern University School of Law, reminds attorneys that come April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP.
If that's the program your legal office relies on, now is the time to think about making a change, he says.
“Windows XP debuted in 2001, long before the current wave of cyber-crime,” he writes. “It is considered to be the least secure of all PC operating systems. It also supports almost no modern hardware or software.”
With Microsoft withdrawing support it will only be that much harder to run and secure, he says. “You will never get a modern Windows version, particularly Windows 8, to run on any computer that runs XP,” he warns. “They are simply too obsolete at this point.”
If an attorney does have a more modern system, Windows 8 may be an option, he advises. “The simplest, and most expensive, way to migrate to a more secure and much larger world is to purchase a new computer system.”
If that can't be done, says Weiner, try upgrading to Windows 7, which will be supported until 2020 or “ditch Windows altogether, perhaps with a Linux OS like Ubuntu (which also has a smartphone version now),” or consider the Apple option.
Weiner says whatever attorneys decide, time is of the essence.
Sherry Karabin is a freelance writer and reporter in New York City. She can be reached at [email protected].
From hardware to software, change is the rule and attorneys who don't want their offices or firms to be a casualty of advancing technology need to be proactive.
One such item is Windows XP, explains Richard Weiner in his Technology for Lawyers column in the Akron Legal News. Weiner, a graduate of Ohio Northern University School of Law, reminds attorneys that come April 8, 2014,
If that's the program your legal office relies on, now is the time to think about making a change, he says.
“Windows XP debuted in 2001, long before the current wave of cyber-crime,” he writes. “It is considered to be the least secure of all PC operating systems. It also supports almost no modern hardware or software.”
With
If an attorney does have a more modern system, Windows 8 may be an option, he advises. “The simplest, and most expensive, way to migrate to a more secure and much larger world is to purchase a new computer system.”
If that can't be done, says Weiner, try upgrading to Windows 7, which will be supported until 2020 or “ditch Windows altogether, perhaps with a Linux OS like Ubuntu (which also has a smartphone version now),” or consider the
Weiner says whatever attorneys decide, time is of the essence.
Sherry Karabin is a freelance writer and reporter in
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