Microsoft gives Windows XP six more months

In April, Microsoft extended the life of Windows XP Home by two years for budget laptops. In June, the software giant did the same for ULCPCs as its partners continued to report strong demand. Now Microsoft is making another extension, this one affecting a much less specific market; the software giant has decided to halt XP Professional media shipments to major computer makers (system builders are not included) not on January 31, 2009, but instead on July 31. An e-mail from a Microsoft spokesperson explains the reasoning for the change:

"As more customers make the move to Windows Vista, we want to make sure that they are making that transition with confidence and that it is as smooth as possible. Providing downgrade media for a few more months is part of that commitment."

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[dmex]

Microsoft must be under pressure to support XP right untill Windows 7 is released...

 

[Nez]

Keep the punters happy,and hope that Windows 7 "blows everyone's socks off"

I still use XP on my desktop,but Vista on my laptop.Wont "upgrade" my desktop to Vista,but "may" to Windows 7.If it is simular to Vista,wont bother to upgrade my laptop.But if the cosmetics are "must have-under the hood",then I probably will.Or wait for Windows 8.

 

[SCSIraidGURU]

The new PC ad does not mention Vista. I am a PC. Nothing about Vista.

 

[atl530i]

XP is too entrenched so just give up support anyway. My main PC and laptop have Vista installed. My older machines have XP installed because Vista simply will not run efficiently on them. Many people are still using older machines that cannot run Vista on there anyway.