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Windows XP sticking around
Kevin Spiess - Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 | 10:55AM (PT)


Microsoft gives XP an 11th hour reprieve

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Microsoft has announced a change of plans: they are going to extend support for Windows XP all the way until April of 2014. By support, this means that they will release and develop security patches and critical updates for the favored OS. XP was scheduled to no longer be sold this year, with security updates tapering off in 2010, but Microsoft faced a minor backlash over this, due to the popularity of the operating system.

Furthermore, while you will no longer be able to buy XP licenses after the end of this month directly, Microsoft will allow Vista buyers a 'downgrade' option -- while some would not call it a downgrade, this option would allow people to get a new license for XP.

As you are probably aware, Microsoft's Vista adoption by the mainstream has been somewhat slow. For computers with a bit less horsepower (such as the EeePC 900 released this month, and older machines) XP is generally a better fit because it requires less resources to run satisfactorily. Many, many buisnesses have stuck with XP, not seeing any real benefit of going with Vista, so this probably factors into Microsoft's decision to extended the support for the OS.

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June 25th, 2008 1:27PM(PT)
OmegaFury
Yeah, Vista doesn't really bring anything additional to the table that XP already has except for Direct X 10, which I doubt any business really cares about anyway. Actually, I couldn't give a damn either- not with the sacrifices you will have to make.
June 25th, 2008 7:07PM(PT)
Bill Gates03
The only thing I would have wanted DX10 for was Crysis, and oh wait, you can still get it with XP.

June 25th, 2008 7:32PM(PT)
kspiess
DX10 doesn't really exist.
June 25th, 2008 9:20PM(PT)
OmegaFury
@Kspiess

Meh?
June 25th, 2008 10:59PM(PT)
VeGiTAX2
DX10 was originally DX 9.0L 10.1 from what I know was still apparently a variation of 9 as well in the naming respect. It's a series of extensions that can be enabled often through hacks and in game code changes.
June 26th, 2008 2:25AM(PT)
DeathMonkey
@omega "the sacrifices you will have to make"?
What ye on about?
June 26th, 2008 2:49AM(PT)
THM
Believe it or not, I'm still using XP on my laptop and I will be using it until the end of 2011 or when I graduate and get a good job, then I will upgrade to Vista or whatever operating systems Microsoft can provide in the future.

At the moment, XP is my buddy. Not Vista or should I say, Hastala Vista???
June 26th, 2008 9:30AM(PT)
Bill Gates03
What we need to do is just hang on to XP until Windows 7 comes out.

Win7 should be awesome, and we will all make the move to that.

XD

No, I am not advertising my new OS already...

>___<
June 26th, 2008 10:06AM(PT)
kspiess
Omega-=> In actual gaming, you'd be hard presesd to find any differences between any DX9 version of a game and any DX10 version of game yet released. There are some really minor differences, but for the most part, the reality is DX10 has not, up to this point, really existed. It's been pretty much all marketing so far.

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