Thursday, April 3rd 2008
Microsoft Extends Sales of Windows XP Home for ULPCs Until 2010
Microsoft who once extended the life period of its Windows XP operating system is now going to do it again. The company originally planned to suspend the sale of Windows XP on June 30, 2008, but the big success of all low-cost notebook offerings is forcing Microsoft to further extend the life of XP. Microsoft will now make Windows XP Home available for ultra-low-cost PCs (ULPCs) until June 30, 2010 or one year after the release of the next version of Windows. Microsoft goes on to state that it "Heard from partners and customers that they want Windows broadly available for this new class of devices, because they want the familiarity, compatibility and support only available on the Windows platform." Microsoft also acknowledged that Windows XP makes more sense than Windows Vista for these machines adding, "While Windows Vista provides many benefits, including an easier and more secure user experience, Windows XP Home provides an effective solution on these devices from a performance and cost perspective." Unfortunately, only XP Home will get a reprieve from Microsoft.
Source:
DailyTech
49 Comments on Microsoft Extends Sales of Windows XP Home for ULPCs Until 2010
I prefer Vista over XP, and I want the schools to upgrade, cause XP drives me mad.
Editors.
They don't like vista, and they rate it low. People believe everything they read on the internet. So, without trying Vista, they'll just be like "Vista sucks"
I read reviews on Vista through CNET, and they seem very biased on things. And CNET is popular, so alot of people will catch those.
I've had that happen here at school. People who don't use Vista will tell me (the schools have the Vista Capable stickers) that Vista is terrible. I ask them if they ever used it. They say No, I read about it.
Many cheap laptops lands in children's hand's and when they grow up without Windows in the early year's Microsoft goes Crazy!!! :banghead::roll:
ULPPCs don't have the power for Vista, but a slim XP version can roll on these notebooks!
I used vista (untimate x86) for about 4 months, first month it was great, but then it just started to get really anoying (mainly vista alone using well over a gig of RAM) and the realisation hit me (vista is just a slower, bloated XP), so i got my trusty XP Pro disk out again and havn't looked back, and i WILL NOT be installing Vista again, not unless the performance issues and bugs are fully sorted, wich i highly dought, so i hope Windows 7 will make me think otherwise about Microsoft can still make a good OS.
My rig won't run it though (in my specs)
As to MS extending the life of XP... :toast: YAY!!! That means XP won't be obsolete until 2010 or 2011 now, lol. This announcement will make XP either their longest or second longest lived OS (depending on how you count MS-DOS). Now, let's hope Vista don't get this treatment in 2014... :D