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Windows XP: Going, going ... gone?; to becoming an ex-operating system
Topic Started: Mar 25 2008, 07:12 PM (151 Views)
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XP timeline

"June 30, 2008
PC manufacturers stop selling computers with XP installed.
Jan. 31, 2009
Microsoft stops selling XP altogether.
April 14, 2009
Mainstream support (free live support and warranty support) ends. Free maintenance is limited to security fixes.
April 8, 2014
All support for XP ends"

http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9070119 – full story

Windows XP: Going, going ... gone?
According to Microsoft's timeline, XP is on its way to becoming an ex-operating system.

“March 21, 2008 (Computerworld) The approaching death of Windows XP may upset you, but it shouldn't come as a surprise. Microsoft Corp.'s product life-cycle guidelines have foretold the fate of XP since 2001. In fact, Microsoft has been killing off one version of a product as it is replaced with another for years now. But this time around, the approaching demise of XP is getting more attention than, say, the final passing of Windows 2000.

Why? For a couple of reasons: XP is the most widely used operating system on the planet, and its long-delayed successor, Windows Vista, is not proving to be universally popular. The companies that make up the enterprise market for Windows are dragging their feet about upgrading, and on the consumer side there are signs of a rebellion against Vista. "
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April 8, 2014
All support for XP ends"


That's completely reasonable...6 more years. THat's FAR more notice than they gave me when they (and NORTON and AIG and AVAST) discontinued WIN ME support forcing me to upgrade from WinME (which I STILL think was more stable than XP.)

As for
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April 14, 2009
Mainstream support (free live support and warranty support) ends. Free maintenance is limited to security fixes.

Who among us has ever had any "free live support" from Microsoft? Speaking for myself, I got my first WINDOWS rig in 1996 (through Win 95, Win ME, and Win XP) and in the 12 years have not had occasion to deal with MS live support even once.

(I think, readin between the lines) basically MSFT is telling us that they will have a replacement for Vista by 2014.)
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I just ordered a new computer with XP, and hope I have not made a mistake in doing so but I have yet to speak to anyone who thinks Vista is an improvement. Yesterday, I did hear that Vista Service Pak1 helped alot to stablize it. I agree, Trotsky, I never got any support from Microsoft.
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I'm not switching.

I'll live without support.
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Bitsy, jezzie...

I don't think that Windows Vista has ANYTHING worth upgrading to. I doubt that either of you (or me) is making a mistake assuming that we will be able to do just fine by NEVER doing a switchover.

And 6 years is a LONG TIME computerwise!
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I agree, we're good until at least 2014 by which time the computer will be ready for the trash anyway. The next big new version of Windows is scheduled to come out in 2009 (which probably means 2010) and hopefully it will be an improvement. It is supposed to be modular so you can just buy and use the parts you need.

Who knows, maybe by 2014 we'll be ready to use and OS from some other source.
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Well, The new guy in town seems to be Windows XP SP3 a freebie upgrade from Microsoft.
I have been researching it but WOW does it look dangerous.
One smidgeon:

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May 20, 2008 (Computerworld) Symantec Corp. today denied that its consumer security software, including Norton Internet Security and Norton 360, is to blame for wreaking havoc on some users' PCs after they upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack 3.

Microsoft Corp. declined to answer questions about the problem, which has emptied Windows' Device Manager and deleted network connections, preventing some users from connecting to the Internet or to wireless networks.

According to reports posted the day after Microsoft launched Windows XP SP3 on Windows Update, some users found that their network cards and previously-crafted connections had mysteriously vanished from Windows after updating to the service pack.

"The Network Connections screen now does not show any of the NIC cards. I have three adapters that used to show up," said someone using "MRFREEZE61" as an alias on Microsoft's XP SP3 support forum on May 7. "In an attempt to troubleshoot, I tried to bring up the Device Manager, and to my surprise it is now empty."



The web is FILLED with complaints like that.

I'm gonna wait...but it seems clear that Windows XP will be around a LOT longer.
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I have Windows XP on one computer and have not downloaded SP3 - I understand the issues are if you own a HP AMD computer. All others are okay.

I just bought a laptop with Vista preloaded. I quite like it and it has a few more bells & whistles. I have not gotten into it fully as of yet and will report back in a couple of months and let you know what I think about it.

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