Vista - Windows XP will be around a lot longer than you think!!

Dedicated to Justin!

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=242

Over at CNET News, the bold headline reads: No more Windows XP as of 2008.
And the opening line continues the theme: "Starting next year you won't be
able to buy a new PC loaded with Windows XP." A PC World story echoed that
report, noting Microsoft's plans to "discontinue shipments of Windows XP to
OEMs on January 31, 2008." The PC World reporter went out to the web to find
anonymous comments on message boards (apparently this is now a staple of
online journalism) and found this doozy: "[T]ime for enterprises to stock up
on shrink-wrapped copies of XP Pro."

read more at the link

Former captain of the Enterprise wrote:
> Dedicated to Justin!
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=242
>
> Over at CNET News, the bold headline reads: No more Windows XP as of 2008.
> And the opening line continues the theme: "Starting next year you won't be
> able to buy a new PC loaded with Windows XP." A PC World story echoed that
> report, noting Microsoft's plans to "discontinue shipments of Windows XP to
> OEMs on January 31, 2008." The PC World reporter went out to the web to find
> anonymous comments on message boards (apparently this is now a staple of
> online journalism) and found this doozy: "[T]ime for enterprises to stock up
> on shrink-wrapped copies of XP Pro."
....

Those enterprises will have a VLK...

Along with my XP I still use an old computer running Windows ME. In some
ways it's better than the XP, except for the blue screen that popups everynow
and then after forcing the machine beyond its capabilities. In fact it's
a hardware problem, a Pentium II @400MHz, 256 MB RAM, compared against my
Pentium IV @3GHz XP. So, for the same reason, most people will use the XP
for quite a long time, even if M$ support ends on 2008. As far as I'm concerned
I will continue using my ME until the motherboard dies.

>a Pentium II @400MHz, 256 MB RAM

That would run stable as a rock if you installed Windows 2000

and fast too (comparably)



"Andreas Koppa" <akoppa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:96785eb350988c950ca396670e0@news.microsoft.com...
> Along with my XP I still use an old computer running Windows ME. In some
> ways it's better than the XP, except for the blue screen that popups
> everynow and then after forcing the machine beyond its capabilities. In
> fact it's a hardware problem, a Pentium II @400MHz, 256 MB RAM, compared
> against my Pentium IV @3GHz XP. So, for the same reason, most people will
> use the XP for quite a long time, even if M$ support ends on 2008. As far
> as I'm concerned I will continue using my ME until the motherboard dies.
>
>

XP support is going to carry on for 5-6 years

"Andreas Koppa" wrote:

> Along with my XP I still use an old computer running Windows ME. In some
> ways it's better than the XP, except for the blue screen that popups everynow
> and then after forcing the machine beyond its capabilities. In fact it's
> a hardware problem, a Pentium II @400MHz, 256 MB RAM, compared against my
> Pentium IV @3GHz XP. So, for the same reason, most people will use the XP
> for quite a long time, even if M$ support ends on 2008. As far as I'm concerned
> I will continue using my ME until the motherboard dies.
>
>
>

Mick wrote:
> XP support is going to carry on for 5-6 years


A lot longer as long as we have these newsgroups.


>
> "Andreas Koppa" wrote:
>
>> Along with my XP I still use an old computer running Windows ME. In some
>> ways it's better than the XP, except for the blue screen that popups everynow
>> and then after forcing the machine beyond its capabilities. In fact it's
>> a hardware problem, a Pentium II @400MHz, 256 MB RAM, compared against my
>> Pentium IV @3GHz XP. So, for the same reason, most people will use the XP
>> for quite a long time, even if M$ support ends on 2008. As far as I'm concerned
>> I will continue using my ME until the motherboard dies.
>>
>>
>>

We have seen post like this before when new windows versions were
released. And in no time everyone was using the new system.
So, end 2008 almost everyone will use vista.

Former captain of the Enterprise wrote:
> Dedicated to Justin!
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=242
>
> Over at CNET News, the bold headline reads: No more Windows XP as of 2008.
> And the opening line continues the theme: "Starting next year you won't be
> able to buy a new PC loaded with Windows XP." A PC World story echoed that
> report, noting Microsoft's plans to "discontinue shipments of Windows XP to
> OEMs on January 31, 2008." The PC World reporter went out to the web to find
> anonymous comments on message boards (apparently this is now a staple of
> online journalism) and found this doozy: "[T]ime for enterprises to stock up
> on shrink-wrapped copies of XP Pro."
>
> read more at the link
>
>

We have seen post like this before when new windows versions were
released. And in no time everyone was using the new system.
So, end 2008 almost everyone will use vista.

Former captain of the Enterprise wrote:
> Dedicated to Justin!
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=242
>
> Over at CNET News, the bold headline reads: No more Windows XP as of 2008.
> And the opening line continues the theme: "Starting next year you won't be
> able to buy a new PC loaded with Windows XP." A PC World story echoed that
> report, noting Microsoft's plans to "discontinue shipments of Windows XP to
> OEMs on January 31, 2008." The PC World reporter went out to the web to find
> anonymous comments on message boards (apparently this is now a staple of
> online journalism) and found this doozy: "[T]ime for enterprises to stock up
> on shrink-wrapped copies of XP Pro."
>
> read more at the link
>
>

willshak wrote:
> Mick wrote:
>> XP support is going to carry on for 5-6 years
>
>
> A lot longer as long as we have these newsgroups.
>
>
>>
>> "Andreas Koppa" wrote:
>>
>>> Along with my XP I still use an old computer running Windows ME. In
>>> some ways it's better than the XP, except for the blue screen that
>>> popups everynow and then after forcing the machine beyond its
>>> capabilities. In fact it's a hardware problem, a Pentium II @400MHz,
>>> 256 MB RAM, compared against my Pentium IV @3GHz XP. So, for the
>>> same reason, most people will use the XP for quite a long time, even
>>> if M$ support ends on 2008. As far as I'm concerned I will continue
>>> using my ME until the motherboard dies.

but patches will no longer available which is a problem...