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XP and its longevity

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by wesley.chin

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I see that the life of the OS has been extended yet again, this time to the end of 2008. Perhaps it will live on forever, or be the longest running OS?

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by thechas

What level of Windows XP are you referring to?

Looking at the Microsoft Product Life Cycle page, retail sales of XP are scheduled to end 1/31/2008. System builders will still be able to install XP until 1/31/2009.

Looking at the Support page:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223
Full support will continue through 4/14/2009. Extended support (security update) through 4/8/2014.

So where is the extension to the end of 2008?

Any way you look at it, better get those spare licenses for XP as soon as you can.

Chas

by tig2

Want to have a couple on hand just in case.

We are all going Mac but you never know when you'll need a spare license. Better to be safe and have it on hand.

by theprofessordan

I have to admit that I have not delved into Windows Vista but from what I have seen, XP appears to be superior for the simple fact that Microsoft built XP to be functional and Vista to be stylish. I have always said that if I was insanely wealthy I wouldn't look for the flashyest (I know that probably isn't a word) car, I would look for the best quality car. I see XP and Vista as the same thing. Vista was built with the focus of attracting MAC users so it was built to look good where as XP was made to work well.

Dan

by oz_media

Okay, Microsoft and functional is really an oxymoron. I find it funny though because I remember all the fuss about how XP was bloated with a fancy GUI that sucked system resources and how unless running in Classis mdoe it was just useles eye candy.

Now we see the same with Vista vs XP.

Also lets not forget how long it took MS to make XP actually FUNCTION, the early releases were a complete horror show, full of security holes, bugs and glitches in a rush to get the release out.

But you're right, in comparison, you are bang on.

Personally, I STILL prefer Win2KPro. I find it rocket fast, and wise in the use of it's resources (just like a Boy Scout).

I think I am going to skip Vista all together, have fixed a few Vista issues and just don't like the OS in general. Next step for me is full-on MAC for everything. I have a couple of MAC's but not throughout my whole home network yet, its still mixed. Price is now coming down to the point where PC's first became affordable, and what an OS!

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