Microsoft gives XP another four months to live

Antaletriangle · 12-22-2008, 08:53 PM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12...her_extension/

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Microsoft just can't quit you, Windows XP.

The final shipment date of Microsoft's aged, yet distinctively non-Vista operating system has been extended yet again. System builders can now obtain Windows XP until May 30, 2009.

Windows XP was originally scheduled for OEM extinction on January 31, 2009. That deadline was given once, twice, three times the delay to mid-2010, provided the Windows XP licenses were for netbooks and low-cost PCs that can't handle Windows Vista - or perhaps more importantly, can and do support Linux.

Microsoft has a problem, though, given the popular opinion of Windows Vista ranks just below Typhoid Mary in terms of "must-have" status. PC makers selling larger systems have been working around the January 2009 Windows XP expiration date by offering Windows-Vista-loaded machines with an option to downgrade to Windows XP.

Under the new, four-month extension, PC makers must still purchase licenses before January 31, but can choose to have the licenses delivered through May 30, 2009. This is apparently a move to keep system builders from stockpiling licenses as currency in a post-XPalypic future or at least until Microsoft can shove early versions of Windows 7 out the door in late 2009.

The latest extension means Windows XP is now coming in just short of being Microsoft's longest-offered operating system, with 89 months of desktop license availability. The winner by a nose is MS-DOS 6, which was available to system builders for 90 months. ®

Dantheman62 · 12-22-2008, 09:00 PM

I've got Windows Vista and have had few problems except things like the scanner/copier wasn't compatible and I had to spend an hour on the phone with HP and with some guy from India that I could barely understand! LOL! Oh and Vista doesn't like Adobe Acrobat for some reason, it can lock up my computer sometimes!

Brinty · 12-22-2008, 09:47 PM

Yeah, I've got the home version of Vista and I can't complain about it either Dan. I would hazard a guess that 90% of any problems I strike have been caused by myself. Like trying to open a graphics file with a word processor or a video file that isn't in the format my video software recognises. Then, when I go to change the format I find that my free trial period has expired. Gosh! I have more problems trying to set up my video recorder to record TV than I've ever had with Vista, or XP, or Windows 98. Maybe it's just that I'm getting too old for this modern technology.

Brinty · 12-22-2008, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

I had to spend an hour on the phone with HP and with some guy from India that I could barely understand! LOL!

That was probably Mudgereebaa. He applied for a job at an Indian call centre and was asked if he understood the English language. He was subsequently asked to use the following three words in a sentence - greeen, pink and yellow.

He thought for a moment then said, :The telephone goes 'green - green - green'. I pink it up and say 'yellow, who dere?"

Dantheman62 · 12-22-2008, 10:09 PM

Ah that's so funny Brinty, HaHa, and here I thought you were the expert on computers too!

Dantheman62 · 12-22-2008, 10:11 PM

Here ya go! LOL!

alyscat · 12-22-2008, 11:06 PM

I so don't buy anything MS for several years after its release. I resent paying to be a beta tester. I am still running XP and chose to do a downgrade on my Sony laptop when I bought it in the fall.
alys

ENdJOY · 12-23-2008, 02:44 AM

If anything VISTA should be pulled off the shelf...

why fix something that isn't broke (200+ patches later lol)

ask around, and you will find vista users do nothing but complain about the systems incompatibility issues and more... I'll stick with XP thank you

Brinty · 12-23-2008, 06:57 AM

I'd like to know what the specific problems are that others are experiencing with Vista .

avyaktam · 12-23-2008, 03:01 PM

I have a specific problem with signing the license agreement of vista. Did you ever read it? I DON't agree.

12-22-2008, 08:53 PM	#1
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Microsoft gives XP another four months to live http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12...her_extension/ Free whitepaper - How to get started with a Service Oriented Architecture Microsoft just can't quit you, Windows XP. The final shipment date of Microsoft's aged, yet distinctively non-Vista operating system has been extended yet again. System builders can now obtain Windows XP until May 30, 2009. Windows XP was originally scheduled for OEM extinction on January 31, 2009. That deadline was given once, twice, three times the delay to mid-2010, provided the Windows XP licenses were for netbooks and low-cost PCs that can't handle Windows Vista - or perhaps more importantly, can and do support Linux. Microsoft has a problem, though, given the popular opinion of Windows Vista ranks just below Typhoid Mary in terms of "must-have" status. PC makers selling larger systems have been working around the January 2009 Windows XP expiration date by offering Windows-Vista-loaded machines with an option to downgrade to Windows XP. Under the new, four-month extension, PC makers must still purchase licenses before January 31, but can choose to have the licenses delivered through May 30, 2009. This is apparently a move to keep system builders from stockpiling licenses as currency in a post-XPalypic future or at least until Microsoft can shove early versions of Windows 7 out the door in late 2009. The latest extension means Windows XP is now coming in just short of being Microsoft's longest-offered operating system, with 89 months of desktop license availability. The winner by a nose is MS-DOS 6, which was available to system builders for 90 months. ®

12-22-2008, 09:00 PM	#2
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Microsoft gives XP another four months to live I've got Windows Vista and have had few problems except things like the scanner/copier wasn't compatible and I had to spend an hour on the phone with HP and with some guy from India that I could barely understand! LOL! Oh and Vista doesn't like Adobe Acrobat for some reason, it can lock up my computer sometimes!

12-22-2008, 09:47 PM	#3
Brinty Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,004	Re: Microsoft gives XP another four months to live Yeah, I've got the home version of Vista and I can't complain about it either Dan. I would hazard a guess that 90% of any problems I strike have been caused by myself. Like trying to open a graphics file with a word processor or a video file that isn't in the format my video software recognises. Then, when I go to change the format I find that my free trial period has expired. Gosh! I have more problems trying to set up my video recorder to record TV than I've ever had with Vista, or XP, or Windows 98. Maybe it's just that I'm getting too old for this modern technology.

12-22-2008, 10:09 PM	#5
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Microsoft gives XP another four months to live Ah that's so funny Brinty, HaHa, and here I thought you were the expert on computers too!

12-22-2008, 10:11 PM	#6
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Microsoft gives XP another four months to live Here ya go! LOL!

12-22-2008, 11:06 PM	#7
alyscat Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Washington state Posts: 743	Re: Microsoft gives XP another four months to live I so don't buy anything MS for several years after its release. I resent paying to be a beta tester. I am still running XP and chose to do a downgrade on my Sony laptop when I bought it in the fall. alys

12-23-2008, 02:44 AM	#8
ENdJOY Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 129	Re: Microsoft gives XP another four months to live If anything VISTA should be pulled off the shelf... why fix something that isn't broke (200+ patches later lol) ask around, and you will find vista users do nothing but complain about the systems incompatibility issues and more... I'll stick with XP thank you

12-23-2008, 06:57 AM	#9
Brinty Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,004	Re: Microsoft gives XP another four months to live I'd like to know what the *specific* problems are that others are experiencing with Vista .

12-23-2008, 03:01 PM	#10
avyaktam Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Auroville, India Posts: 268	Re: Microsoft gives XP another four months to live I have a specific problem with signing the license agreement of vista. Did you ever read it? I DON't agree.