Windows XP
Microsoft once again extended the life of Windows XP considering popularity of the still most wanted OS for notebook computers. Windows XP, the best MS OS ever in my opinion, was supposed of dead by 30 January 2008, but Microsoft reprieved it to last one more year. The current announced life span is till 30 Jan 2009, but BBC news reports it will be available till 30 May 2009.
This move once again prove that even with all those record breaking sales Windows Vista is still lagging behind the usability and performance of it’s predecessor. This move will off course affect the resellers who over stocked the Windows XP licenses to sell them when the office source is dried on 20th of Jan 2008. Now they will have to wait till May to release those licenses.
The decision to extend the life of the product till 2010 for low-end laptops and netbooks is unaffected by this move. Once again I am looking forward to see Windows 7 to be perfected considering all the setbacks of Windows Vista.
Any of these life span extensions are not relaated to the actual Support for the product. This simply means once the time is up you cannot buy a new license from a retailer as a user and OEMs won’t be able to provide it preinstalled in their products. The “Extended Support” for Windows XP will begin on 14 April 2009, for a period that will last for 5 years until 8 April 2014.
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