[Razor VinT]

Microsoft has announced that it will stop licensing Windows XP to computer makers and end retail sales by June 30, but Microsoft could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating system by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have not, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said.

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XP will hit an end-of-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies we can always wake up smarter but right now we have a plan for end-of-life for new XP shipments

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I think the "SAVE XP Petition" can really work.
What do you think?

[Freka]

Even though I am an XP user I think they should drop it and just move on to greater and bigger things.

[Frylock86]

Freka, on Apr 24 2008, 07:44 PM, said:

Even though I am an XP user I think they should drop it and just move on to greater and bigger things.

Agreed. XP was 7 years ago. Guys, honestly, it is time to move on.

Either keep your XP installation alive, upgrade to Vista, or wait for 7. But please, stop trying to save it. Microsoft needs to look toward the future, not the past.

[pakistanipower]

just move on for god..whats the big deal, this is 2008, because of this "keep xp thing" we vista users have to wait more n more for windows 7 to come out...

jez i thanks microsoft for vista, cuz of vista hardware prices went down, ppl now can let go of their window 98 pc and finally get 1gb or dual core now..

dont u want to use better computer? and cut the whole lie that you cant offord vista, you can, its 2008, everyone need pc

[AndrewJ]

I moved to Vista months ago and I don't regret it, yeah I've had a few times of cursing this system but in the end I have always figured the problem out.

Time to move with the times.

[Airflow]

Everyone needs to move on and drop XP. The problem is, Vista bashers are coming in, and it pisses everyone off. We can't prove our point because you will come back with, "Well, Vista sucks anyway, so that must be the problem" when you are asking for support.

[adrynalyne]

Well said.

There should be a rule that Vista bashers be banned from tech threads. But being that this isn't a tech support forum...

I know the forum I admin, that is never, ever allowed because it makes a mockery of the troubleshooting process and pisses people off.

[KaneBT]

I agree. Everyone needs to move on.

Although I think they should keep XP for smaller, portable systems. Like the ASUS Eee PC, as the XP OS is smaller than Vista.

[Villain]

XP is better than Vista, but Ballmer was just talking out of his ass.

If your going to go "lighter weight Windows Enviroment" then why not just throw 98SE on OLPC / Eee PC with a new GUI? It is very light weight, should support most of the technologies, and if it does not,t hen they can write a new driver as needed, and the machine will be screaming fast.

I mean ,REALLY, 98SE was XP before XP was XP.

[Seventh Surfer]

I think it's a great decision to extend XP availability for the budgeted laptops and ULPC.

This post has been edited by Seventh Surfer: 25 April 2008 - 03:57 AM

[ThunderROM]

XP is good for Eee PC because it can't run Vista nicely with it's low specs.

[xsever]

just read that: Microsoft says XP is definitely dead in June, Dell says it'll keep installing it

Thought i'd share it.