March 25, 2008

Life after XP

Normally when Microsoft brings out a new operating system most computer users cannot wait to replace their existing operating system with the latest offering. However as we have come to find out, there has been several problems with the new Vista system, despite all of the hype and it has to be said the promises of so much, it seems that Vista has not set the world on fire.

In fact it was the downgrading from Vista back to XP that really set the ball rolling, but it seems that the end is nigh for XP so what happens now?

XP timeline:

June 30, 2008 - PC manufacturers stop selling computers with XP installed.
Jan. 31, 2009 - Microsoft stops selling XP altogether.
April 14, 2009 - Mainstream support (free live support and warranty support) ends. Free maintenance is limited to security fixes.
April 8, 2014 - All support for XP ends.

For fans of XP this is the beginning of the end, leaving only Vista to upgrade to. No matter what the problem is, it may be that the user feels that Microsoft has done a bad thing or as in some cases Vista just will not run on certain computers. Whatever the problem one thing is for sure XP is finished and Vista lives.

Source [Computer World]