Windows XP Available Until 2010!
Published by: Codrut Nistor, in News
March31st2008
Since this story is well known to everyone, I'll cut it down to only a few sentences, because I don't want to keep you waiting the good news. The idea is that, despite the fact that Microsoft said Windows XP will be discontinued this summer, and probably they won't consider the petition to save it and go on with the initial plan, they will also keep Windows XP alive until 2010! How is that possible? Well, I'm not talking about technical support...
Here's the story - while Windows XP Home and Professional will stop being sold by retailers on June 30, and system builders won't be able to use it anymore since 31st of January, 2009, Windows XP Starter Edition, the less known scaled-down version of Microsoft's operating system, built especially for emerging markets and old computers, will remain on the market until the end of June, 2010!
At last, the interesting part is that users that got Vista Business or Ultimate at retail or through enterprise agreements with Microsoft have indefinite downgrade (or upgrade, depends how we look at it) rights to XP as part of their license agreements. Interesting, don't you think? To get Vista, just so you can install Windows XP in the years to come, if things go wrong with Microsoft latest OS...
Here's the story - while Windows XP Home and Professional will stop being sold by retailers on June 30, and system builders won't be able to use it anymore since 31st of January, 2009, Windows XP Starter Edition, the less known scaled-down version of Microsoft's operating system, built especially for emerging markets and old computers, will remain on the market until the end of June, 2010!
At last, the interesting part is that users that got Vista Business or Ultimate at retail or through enterprise agreements with Microsoft have indefinite downgrade (or upgrade, depends how we look at it) rights to XP as part of their license agreements. Interesting, don't you think? To get Vista, just so you can install Windows XP in the years to come, if things go wrong with Microsoft latest OS...
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4 Comments on Windows XP Available Until 2010!
On 04/01/2008 at 9:37 am Joe Morrison said:
In what context have they quoted something as such. As what can a individual do when they are taking off with the XP Sp1 support off this June itself...
Are they strategically planning some thing inside the box for XP SP3 popularity and sell... or they are genuinely up to the business
On 04/01/2008 at 11:16 am Codrut Nistor said:
Well, the context is that a lot of people want to have Windows XP available in the coming years too. After all, it's not necessarily about support for the OS, it's about being able to choose something else than Vista, especially when Windows XP is all that one would need...
On 04/14/2008 at 11:31 am Computer Support said:
Well Nistor I dont find that Microsoft is going to get Xp absoluted from the market right now, the major reason for my point is because of the fact that Microsoft has recently came up with Xp service pack 3 and in no way they would make their business hampered for there, this release and along with that i also came along with news anything as Microsoft has extended their XP support upto 2011 or so which was to be there till 2008 July itself.. till the last moment.
Along with that Microsoft is also coming with Windows 7.. that gives me a quite strong point to keep my heads cool and stick to XP rather than wondering onto Vista.. which is a complete mess in itself..
On 04/14/2008 at 1:18 pm Codrut Nistor said:
SP3 doesn't mean they are changing the plan to pull back XP from retail outlets. After all, this doesn't mean they are going to take out support for XP at the same time.
I don't like Vista, but I can't say it's a complete mess. Just like XP, if you tune it right, you can get much more out of it than you get with the default settings. Anyway, I must agree that the new interface is a mess, at least for some of us - others think Vista looks great, so...
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