Windows XP Gets 5 Month Reprieve
After releasing Vista earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it would stop selling Windows XP to OEM’s on January 30, 2008. Now they change their minds. With Vista coming under fire from different sectors as having driver compatibility issues, buggy, and being a resource hog, Microsoft has announced that it will continue selling Windows XP to original equipment manufacturers until June 30, 2008.
This means that smaller computer distributors will be able to preinstall Windows XP on their machines up to January 31, 2009.
Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Windows Product Management, Mike Nash, had this to say in the official announcement:
While we’ve been pleased with the positive response we’ve seen and heard from customers using Windows Vista, there are some customers who need a little more time to make the switch to Windows Vista.
As a practical matter, most of our previous operating system releases were available for about two years after the new version shipped, so maybe we were a little ambitious to think that we would need to make Windows XP available for only a year after the release of Windows Vista.
Since I’m still using XP, that sounds good to me. How about you guys? How many of you have switched to Vista?
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September 29th, 2007 02:15
I haven’t found a good enough reason to switch to Vista. What’s the point when XP still does what I need it to do? ;P
September 29th, 2007 02:23
@Mike:
I don’t think I’ll be switching to Vista until I have no choice but to upgrade
September 29th, 2007 05:07
I’ve never used XP too much to begin with. Linux is the way for me.
September 29th, 2007 05:59
Still on XP. Most of Windows’ new releases are always buggy anyway. I figure if it ain’t broke…
September 29th, 2007 05:59
@Jake:
Hehe that’s what my brother keeps telling me
@Lisa:
That’s the way I think too haha
September 29th, 2007 21:54
Man XP is the ultimate thing
Vista has no match to XP. XP is forever and XP is great
September 29th, 2007 21:59
@Dj:
Haha nicely said buddy
September 30th, 2007 04:55
I will be getting a top of the line Mac long before I switch to a virgin network stack. It takes at least 10 years to harden a virgin stack.
The winxp or win 2000 network stack was born hardened. Thats how I know for a fact Microsoft stole it from an opensource BSD. Like my idol Steve Gibson says, network security is proven, not claimed like Vista.
WinXP is a battle hardened OS that is just now beginning to mature. Look at UNIX from 1969. By any standards it is the most perfect OS ever created. Bill Gates said, “How can UNIX be modern, it’s from 1969!” Ha ha ha…I think he’s missing a few marbles.
September 30th, 2007 07:09
@Bobby:
I remember when Bill Gates said the internet was just a fad and would go away. That was when Microsoft didn’t have IE yet lol.
October 1st, 2007 14:30
I think XP will get another 5 months when this 5 month is over.I can’t find a single reason to switch to Vista and soem of my friends who have installed are going back to XP
October 1st, 2007 16:43
@abhishek:
I think you may be right buddy.
October 11th, 2007 00:02
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