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Dead OS Walking! Microsoft Reaffirms Plans to Kill Off XP

Posted 06/25/08 at 11:29:35 AM  by Paul Lilly

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Put your virtual pencils down, you can stop signing the Save XP petition now. In an open letter to Windows customers this week, Bill Veghte, Microsoft's senior VP, squelched any hopes the software maker would grant the soon-to-be retired OS another reprieve. But while Microsoft will officially pull the plug on XP at the end of the month, it will still provide security patches "and other critical updates" all the way up until April, 2014, nearly 13 years after XP first debuted. Veghte also reiterated that XP will continue to be sold on low-end PCs, as well as offered as a downgrade option when buying Vista Business or Ultimate. And as for Windows 7? Look for the new OS sometime around January, 2010.

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TAGS: vista, windows, microsoft, operating system, Software, OS, XP
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avatarhell no we wont go """"""""!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by Larzs13 on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 7:32pm

Never shall I give the light of day to Vesta until there are no more bugs on it.Beside the fact i have a few old games  i still get out of the closet to play such as the mother of all Rpgs Diablo plus a ton of other games from that era.

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avatarBefore you go knocking a venerable OS...

Submitted by mikeart03a on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 12:17pm

Before you go knocking a venerable OS, I think you should make sure that Vista absolutely works with all the stuff you have. My little brother thought that Vista was far superior to XP before he found out that his electronic circuit design apps wouldn't work on it, even in compatibility mode. 

- mike_art03a
IT Technician Gov't of Canada

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avatarIt's been a nice run...

Submitted by N25PHILLY on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 10:28am

But it's time to go.  Been using Vista since before launch, and it is so painful whenever I haqve to go back to XP.  Enjoy your retirement, you deserve it!

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