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Microsoft Windows XP Dies June 30, As Planned
- ilamont 19y agoThis article fails to note that Microsoft is actually extending the sale of XP to OEMs producting certain types of budget PCs: http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/03/microsoft-extends-xp-through-2010-ultra-low-cost-laptops http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/03/microsoft-extends... Potentially, this means XP will still be found in new PCs until 2010.
- ardit33 19y agoI am making backup for my bootleged XP right now. I know it is popular to bash MS, but XP Sp2 is pretty good OS. Vista is an god aweful overbloated OS, the number one reason I might want to think switching to a Mac or Linux on my next rig.
- henning 19y agoThough its lifespan is coming to an end, it will live on in the nightmares and therapy sessions of millions for years to come.
- pchristensen 19y agoXP has been the best Windows product by far. In the very few times I've had a problem with it, I just think back to the extremely regular, much worse problems that '95, '98, and '00 had. Or compared to what people say about Vista.
- henning 19y agoObviously I was being facetious. I use XP every day of the week. It requires a lot of additional software installations and tweaking to be a productive environment, though.
- pchristensen 19y agoDoesn't every OS? (I know every time I've tried Linux I've had to add stuff, haven't use a Mac since 1990)
- graywh 19y agoWill this mean the end of those annoying security updates and the nagging reminders to install them? Excellent.
- Tichy 19y agoI wonder what my copy will fetch on ebay after that date. (edit: legal copy, original CD)