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Microsoft extends XP Home 2 years
Topic Started: Apr 4 2008, 11:53 AM (54 Views)
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080...et-laptops.html

Microsoft extends XP Home 2 years—for budget laptops only – for full article.
By Eric Bangeman | Published: April 03, 2008 - 02:41PM CT

“Windows XP Home Edition has been given a two-year reprieve by Microsoft. Previously scheduled to be pulled from shelves less than three months from now, XP Home will be available at least through June 2010, and possibly later. In fact, AP is reporting that XP will remain available for a full year after the next version of Windows is released.
Microsoft says that the decision to change XP's expiration date is due to "incredibly strong demand" on devices such as the Asus Eee PC, Intel Classmate PC, and the OLPC.

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What do you do if your flagship operating system isn't designed to run well on a popular new class of hardware? It's a problem currently faced by Microsoft. Budget laptops like the Asus Eee PC with minimal amounts of RAM, relatively slow CPUs, and solid state storage have proven popular, and Vista wasn't designed to operate well within such hardware confines. In response, Microsoft is reportedly planning to extend the availability of Windows XP for the budget laptop category.
Originally, XP was scheduled to shuffle off this mortal coil this past January 30, but Microsoft relented last fall due to pressure from customers and resellers. Windows XP is now facing a June 30 end, which is the day Microsoft will stop selling the OS to most manufacturers and system builders. Small resellers who build PCs to order will still be able to obtain copies of XP through January 2009, which is just a few months before XP exits the mainstream support phase. Windows XP Started Edition will be available through June 2010. “
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This articles makes it sound like Microsoft is being run by a bunch of jackasses...looks overdue for a short sale.

Imagine, designing an operating system that won't run on cheap computers. I'm sure heads are rolling over the whole stupidly misconceived VISTA OS.
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