Posted on 08/12/2010 8:15:46 AM PDT by dayglored
We know you love Windows XP, and you're in good company. Millions of Windows XP users are fans of the operating system, and many depend on Windows XP to run earlier applications and hardware that is not compatible with Windows 7. Windows 7 is designed to be compatible with the most popular hardware and software products you use every day and even though we are ending the sale of Windows XP on October 22, 2010, we still plan to provide support for Windows XP until April 2014.
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I've converted most of my XP machines to Win7, and am very happy, not looking back (I keep a few XP VMs around for compatibility testing, of course, just like Win2000). XP is very long in the tooth.
But this is clearly THE END.
Support for another few years, of course -- Microsoft knows better than to drop it cold.
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There's plenty of business impact from this announcement, and I already see a lot of scurrying around among the IT people...
Swordmaker: This isn't an Apple thread, so I don't think an Apple ping is necessary (I leave that up to your discretion). But I thought you'd be interested.
You’re probably already aware of this, but Hi anyway...
I still use XP.
Another good reason to migrate to LINUX. Dell is still selling XP Pro on machines.
XP was great. Vista was a mess. Windows 7 is great again. Time to move on...
Same here. I’ve been pretty happy with it.
“I still use XP.”
I do as well as my organization. IMO XP is the most reliable Microsoft OS I have ever used.
They finally get a version that works well, so they want to kill it..................
You've got support for another four years. Enjoy it. :)
The strength of Win 7 also speaks to the fact that Microsoft can learn from its mistakes, something I once thought they were incapable of doing.
I have windows 7 Home. Should I upgrade to Professional to get XP???
Dell is still selling XP Pro on machines.
Rumor has it that this is nothing more than a bastardized version of Vista made to look and feel like XP after the initial deluge of complaints about Vista started coming in from business users.
Yeah, *sigh* I know what you mean. But Microsoft is in business to make money, and sales of new products are where money happens. Supporting XP ad infinitum is not profitable....
The good news is that Win7 is really solid, and upgrading from XP, while something of a pain (have to re-install), is worthwhile.
I’ve taken the XP on my work machine and make it “look” like Windows ‘95 (It’s really easy to do). I love it when people try to use my computer and stare at the screen puzzled, especially the “wonks” and “gurus”..................
Not for long. I received this today from Dell:
The Dell Small Business segment has confirmed the last date to purchase systems with Windows XP OEM pre installed.> Rumor has it that this is nothing more than a bastardized version of Vista made to look and feel like XP after the initial deluge of complaints about Vista started coming in from business users.<;/I>THE LAST DATE TO ORDER SYSTEMS WITH WINDOWS XP PREINSTALLED IS OCTOBER 1ST 2010.
View the Microsoft announcement for full details about Windows XP End of Life for OEM partners at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-xp/end-of-sale.aspx
Please contact me as soon as possible to place any system orders that require Windows XP preinstalled to ensure they ship by the 10/22 deadline.
If by "this" you mean Win7, it is really "Vista-Done-Right". It doesn't look like XP any more than Vista did.
Win7 is what Vista should have been.
It’s a 10-year-old OS.
They need to spend their resources on the future, not grandfathering Luddites that never wish to upgrade because of something the read on the internet that makes it seem like XP is something just short of perfection that has not been bested by recent offerings.
Both Vista, and 7 are perfectly fine to use.
Microsoft is also playing games with current XP installations.
Suddenly, things that have worked for years are starting to mysteriously fail AFTER a Windows Update.
I know microsoft plays these games. I caught them at it before.
LOL - we still have a few computers here at work running Windows 98.
Maybe GM ought to try that.................
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