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Windows XP: Will Windows XP be discontued
Will Windows XP be discontued
by user470 - 9/10/08 10:20 AMDoes anyone know whether Windows XP will be discontinued and not updated any more by Microsoft? Thank you.
Yes
by Jimmy Greystone - 9/10/08 10:30 AM In reply to: Will Windows XP be discontued by user470Yes, ALL of Microsoft products eventually reach what is known as an End of Life (EOL) state where they are no longer maintained in any way, except for special patches generally available only to very large clients.
I think, but someone else can probably confirm, that this will happen for XP sometime in 2012. There's a page on Microsoft's site, if you can manage to find it, that gives specific time frames for this.
Yup.
by R. Proffitt
- 9/10/08 10:34 AM
In reply to: Will Windows XP be discontued by user470
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx and other Microsoft articles make no secrets about this.
And another.
by MarkFlax - 9/11/08 3:20 AM
In reply to: Will Windows XP be discontued by user470
XP EOL (End of Life)
by b1j - 9/12/08 6:08 PM In reply to: And another. by MarkFlax
If there will be no support for XP after 2014 what is the EOL for VISTA? Is it viable to purchase and use a system which does not evolve but is discontinued? New systems have always been plagued with bugs and system errors Vista is no different and I feel that no one should be forced to purchase a product against their will in the name of progress.
EOL of Vista
by Jrobin4006 - 9/12/08 7:02 PM In reply to: XP EOL (End of Life) by b1jAccording to a web page dealing with Microsoft, Vista is to be replaced by Windows 7 beginning of 2010. It's to be what Vista was supposed to have been in the first place.
JR
HEY NOW...Microsoft was just...
by make_or_break - 9/12/08 7:06 PM In reply to: EOL of Vista by Jrobin4006...trying to relive Window ME all over again. You know how contagious the nostalgia bug can be...
Force?
by MarkFlax - 9/13/08 1:11 AM
In reply to: XP EOL (End of Life) by b1j
I don't see anyone forcing you to buy something against your will.
There are plenty of alternatives available.
Mark
Force?
by b1j - 9/13/08 2:57 AM In reply to: Force? by MarkFlax
Please read it in context...in the name of progress? Why discontinue a proven system (say again) in the name of progress? If XP goes, users will be forced to seek the alternatives. Alternatives cost money and it would be against my will as I am quite comfortable with the XP system
Your current PC might have died ...
by Kees Bakker - 9/13/08 5:22 AM
In reply to: Force? by b1j
in 2014.
Only if you happen to have a retail version of XP you could install that on a new PC in 2014. Maybe. In fact, if it works, you really can do it, and you're not forced to spend money on a replacement.
If you've got an OEM version of XP, its license dies with your current PC. With the price of Vista being about equal to that of XP, there's no question at all of spending more money than if XP still was available.
Kees
Re: Will Windows XP be discontued
by JiMiZnHB - 9/12/08 7:35 PM In reply to: Will Windows XP be discontued by user470"http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-xp/future.aspx"
Basically what this site is saying to is Windows XP users DO NOT have to TRUDGE through vista (unless they purchase a NEW PC), and if the next version of Windows BLOWS you will still have time to wait for the next release of Windows as we will continue updates for Windows XP until 2014.
(i.e, XP is a GREAT OS. PERIOD.)
Yes, it certainly will be...like Windows 98
by aaasolanki - 9/13/08 5:06 AM In reply to: Will Windows XP be discontued by user470Windows98 was also an excellent OS, until XP SP1 came up and we got used to it...
Always wondered - How would the world stand today if Windows 98 was thrown open to the world (open-sourced)...?
Makes me draw a parallel to what Netscape has become today after it was opened up in 2000...
But Microsoft would never do it. That would threaten their existence...
Yes and No
by GENE8 - 9/13/08 4:57 PM In reply to: Will Windows XP be discontued by user470Yes, Windows XP will be continued for some time, according to Microsoft. And No, it will not be updated beyond SP3, Microsoft also saids.
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