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I've just been reading up on M/S's lifecycle database. Support (Updates etc) is scheduled to cease on 15/04/2012.
Microsoft Product Lifecycle Search
Business and enterprise editions will continue to recieve updates until 2017, however users of the ultimate edition seem to have to suffer the same fate as home edition users.
This is really in poor taste since vista and 7 are very similar products.
Manufacturer/Model
§ĮŁΣNŦ Д$$Д$$ĮN
CPU
Xeon X3360
Motherboard
P5W64 WS Pro
Memory
Corsair XMS2 8gb @ 5-4-4-12 833mhz
Graphics card(s)
EVGA Geforce GTX470 SC+
Sound Card
X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatlity Edition
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung T200
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
WD 1TB RE3
PSU
Thermaltake Toughower 750w
Case
NZXT Lexa Silver
Cooling
Zalman CNPS10x Extreme
Mouse
Razer Deathadder 3500dpi
Keyboard
Razer Lycosa Mirror
Internet Speed
24Mb/s
Other Info
My massive wifi antenna is in the post!
It is called "Cost cutting".
Manufacturer/Model
Dell
CPU
Q6600
Memory
4GB
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w2207h
Hard Drives
2x250GB HDDs
1x60GB OCZ SSD
6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
Other Info
Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
PC Geek
Vista Guru
Gold Member
Ahh bummer, I'm going to have to buy 7 now!
Also, maybe a clue to 8 release
Dave
Manufacturer/Model
Custom Build
CPU
Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
Motherboard
Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
Memory
8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
Graphics card(s)
EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
Sound Card
Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA,
Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA,
WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
PSU
Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
Case
Antec 900 Gaming Case
Cooling
Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
Mouse
Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
Keyboard
Logitech generic keyboard
Internet Speed
16Mb Sky bb
Other Info
Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
I am unsure about the cost cutting.
Manufacturer/Model
Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
Motherboard
M2N68-LA (Narra)
Memory
2.50GB
Graphics card(s)
nVidia GeForce
Sound Card
Realtec ALC888 Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
17" LCD Monitor
Hard Drives
160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
Other Info
HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
PC Geek
Vista Guru
Gold Member
I am unsure about the cost cutting.
Hear, hear!
Manufacturer/Model
Custom Build
CPU
Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
Motherboard
Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
Memory
8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
Graphics card(s)
EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
Sound Card
Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA,
Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA,
WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
PSU
Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
Case
Antec 900 Gaming Case
Cooling
Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
Mouse
Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
Keyboard
Logitech generic keyboard
Internet Speed
16Mb Sky bb
Other Info
Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
I'd rather be fishin
Vista Pro
I am unsure about the cost cutting.
This would be my guess. It's not like they seem to want to support Vista any longer than they feel they must.
Manufacturer/Model
Self Built( I will never "buy" a PC)
CPU
AMD Phenom2 XII 560
Motherboard
Biostar A780L3L
Memory
4GB DDR3-1333
Graphics card(s)
xfx 9800 GT
Sound Card
Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC 22" Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
320GB
Cooling
2 front, 2 back,one side
Mouse
Logitech Wireless LX310
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless
Internet Speed
18/2 cable
Other Info
Opera/Chrome / EPSON Stylus nx420 / Microsoft Security Essentials / CCleaner / Malwarebytes / OpenDNS / Paint.NET / 7-Zip / Windows Live Mail Client
Well, in response to this bad news, i'm looking into upgrading my 2nd machine to win7 - then waiting for Win8 for my main PC.
Still, the news sucks esp for those (me) who paid more for ultimate
Manufacturer/Model
§ĮŁΣNŦ Д$$Д$$ĮN
CPU
Xeon X3360
Motherboard
P5W64 WS Pro
Memory
Corsair XMS2 8gb @ 5-4-4-12 833mhz
Graphics card(s)
EVGA Geforce GTX470 SC+
Sound Card
X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatlity Edition
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung T200
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
WD 1TB RE3
PSU
Thermaltake Toughower 750w
Case
NZXT Lexa Silver
Cooling
Zalman CNPS10x Extreme
Mouse
Razer Deathadder 3500dpi
Keyboard
Razer Lycosa Mirror
Internet Speed
24Mb/s
Other Info
My massive wifi antenna is in the post!
I am unsure about the cost cutting.
Computers are pretty much upgraded at this same interval, so its not surprising.
But they said the same thing with xp and then extended it... But also remember.. They extend xp for those to skip Vista in buisnesses.... and losst lots of money.
CPU
Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
Motherboard
Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
Memory
12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
Graphics card(s)
gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual 22" // Headless
Hard Drives
OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
PSU
Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
Case
Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
Cooling
Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
Other Info
Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
