We still run 2000 at work.
You act as if you’ve been waiting breathlessly for this news for a long time.
I predict an upswing in Linux and Mac sales.
I have a Vista laptop on it’s way next week. I’d heard that the newest Vista SP helped out with a lot of the bugs.
I guess we’ll see.
Good Riddance. I have hated it for quite some time.
My next computer will be a Mac.
Screw Microsoft.
Yes, the XP laptop by a long shot. Both run the same Antivirus and antispyware programs. The desktop is drastically faster in terms of hardware, but Vista has so many bells and whistles that it drags a bit on boot.
Once running, it seems to be plenty quick though.
Yeah that's why everybody's dumping it and moving on to Vista or Macs. NOT. XP kicks ass.
bfl
I think MS made a huge mistake in marketing Vista as an XP replacement. Would have been much better had they worked a bit longer, and made Vista the “Premium” OS from MS, and let XP remain, as is (with security updates) in the product mix. Whenever possible, you should always have a good, better, best or small, medium, large range of offerings.
I mean, what if a great automotive manufacturer, like Packard or Kaiser, paired their line down to one...oh, nevermind. Or, if the largest auto manufacturer, like GM, refused to give people what they really wanted, quality, service, and value...uh, oh yeah.
It says a lot about a company, especially one like MS, to take an action which indicates they have no confidence in their newest flagship release.
And think, they could’ve had XP, Vista, and next year-Horizon (or whatever)!
apt-get install reality...
> MSFT is pulling the XP operating system from its
> product line come Monday.
Typically incompetent and misleading media reporting.
MSFT is terminating sales of retail versions of XP
to resellers, but they are not “pulling” XP, or
fully dropping it - they can’t.
Blista won’t run on low-end PCs, so (OEM) XP remains
available for them, for years.
Enterprise buyers can still exercise “downgrade”
rights, buy Fista PCs, and install XP on them.
Copies of XP in the retail channel will remain for
sale. Doubtless many eBay speculators stocked up,
expecting bids to spike next week. Perhaps a few
mainstream resellers did likewise.
I’m planning to build a PC after the AMD 790GX
chipset is released, and lately bought a copy of
XP for that purpose.
With any luck, I’ll never run Vista. If some key
apps (esp. CAD) were available on Linux, I’d flush
all my MSFT code down my toilet.
Good way to push people over to MAC ....
If anyone checked out the BT networks, Windows XP is currently being DL’d quickly. Some nice XP Pro versions out there which are slip streamed and easy to install.
Actually, you are still able to buy XP. At Dell its called Vista Plus or Vista Bonus or something like that. You get your machine with XP Pro installed, an XP recovery disk and the Vista disk/upgrade.
Much of the business software in the world is either incompatible with Vista or works very poorly on Vista and Dell and others (including MS) recognize that customers will not replace hardware or move up to the new Office, if they are required to buy Vista.
While Microsoft may have quit selling it, many other vendors will still be selling it. So actually, Microsoft is STILL selling XP.
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