Windows XP Sales Extended - 28th Sep 2007 12:34pm
Originally Posted by BBC News
Customer demand has forced Microsoft to extend the shelf life of Windows XP by five months.
Microsoft was scheduled to stop selling the six-year-old operating system on 30 January 2008 to leave the field clear for Vista.
Now the date on which many sellers of XP will no longer be able to offer it has been lengthened to 30 June 2008.
Microsoft said the change was to help those customers that needed more time to make the switch to Vista.
Microsoft was scheduled to stop selling the six-year-old operating system on 30 January 2008 to leave the field clear for Vista.
Now the date on which many sellers of XP will no longer be able to offer it has been lengthened to 30 June 2008.
Microsoft said the change was to help those customers that needed more time to make the switch to Vista.
Haha quality, cheers Microsoft for finally listening to everyone, power to the people!!
I personally dont understand why they dont continue to sell XP Home as a low spec and resource usage alternative, possibly even re-package it as Vista Lite or similar. Getting rid of XP isnt going to help Vista sales, if anything, from what the industry feels about Vista, it's actually going hammer overall Microsoft sales.
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