I really hope the new Microsoft CEO decides to extend XP support until Windows 9 is out so I won't have a tough choice come April. They allow only a minimum of

I really hope the new Microsoft CEO decides to extend XP support until Windows 9 is out so I won't have a tough choice come April. They allow only a minimum of two years after a new version release before the previous version goes into extended support, which lasts for another five years. Rounded up to the nearest quarter, this makes the end of mainstream support for XP April 2009 and the end of extended support the now infamous April 2014 date. This is despite the fact that Vista RTM had plenty of problems and by the time XP entered extended support which was around the time Vista SP2 released, Win7 was just around the corner.