It's Time to Face the Ugly Truth, SP3 or No SP3, the Clock Is Ticking for Windows XP:
As 2008 has kicked in, it's now time to face the ugly truth. The clock is ticking for Windows XP. And while Microsoft may view this as a natural stage in the evolution of a product introduced all the way in 2001, a healthy proportion of end-users and businesses will fail to see eye to eye with the company on this one. In this context, Windows Vista, the latest Windows client dropped to businesses in November 2006, and to the general consumers in January 2007, generated an unexpected result, managing to wind up XP's clock. Even with Vista generally available on the market, XP did not give the feeling that it was struggling to survive.Well, the Clock Is Ticking, but It Will Tick for Quite a Long Time. The time is running on Windows XP. Even as Microsoft is gearing up to make available the 3rD service pack,it has emphasized the fact that the refresh will be the last major update served to the operating system. "While Windows Vista and 2007 Office Servers are getting their first service pack updates, Windows XP is getting its last. Windows XP SP3 will be a rollup that includes all previously released updates for Windows XP, including security updates, out-of-band releases and hotfixes. It contains a small number of new updates, but should not significantly change the Windows XP experience", the company revealed in an email sent to TechNet subscribers.
As of June 30th, 2008, Windows XP will no longer be available pre-loaded on machines from original equipment manufactures or from retail outlets. Starting with the summer of this year, and ending sometime in 2010, when Windows 7 is planned, end-users will have access only to Windows Vista. Sure, XP will survive with System Builders until early 2009, and until mid 2010 with the Starter edition, but sales of the Windows operating system connected with white-box PCs are only a fraction of the Windows client business.
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| Gatez make everyone to test VISTA.....I just hate this idea of forcing cosumers to use VISTA. I bought a laptop for one of my cousin last yr sometime october. He don't like Vista neither i. So I wanted XP pro from Dell. They charged us Extra bucks to downgrade from Vista to XP Pro...can you imagine how they are blackmailing....grrrrrrrrrrrrrr  didn't had any choice eventhough i have copy of XP Pro was more exp then home edition. So I bought the home edition told bhaia to upgrade with the XP pro...since he has it...  those moron. Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| yuP.iF u ve Home Edition.U caN updaTe iT 2 SP2. n Update 4 Home Edition n Professional,aLmOsT saMe. Angel | |||||||||||||||||||
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Can't believe you of all people bought it Mintu! I never buy things related to pc and gaming and softwares. One word for you>>> Download! I live in a world beyond your world.... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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That wasn't for me you know...I don't buy...  I didn't want him to be confuse with my stuff. so he wanted to pay...sure why not. he actually have all the copies from bd but scare to bring em on. LOL Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| i aLs downLoad maX sTuff Of Pc.bT u knOw,hErE wE gEt gamE or sOft or Movie DVD jSt oNly For 50 BDT. Angel | |||||||||||||||||||
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 lucky you...!! Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| humm let's see..if i wait till 2010 to get my laptop (which i dun think i will), i'll hv one of each. off course, by then the windows xp one will prob end up in the junk closet with the 98 one :/ ｰｺｰЪαβЎ щөδｰｺｰ | |||||||||||||||||||
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