With many business and individual PC users rejecting Vista Microsoft took an unprecedented step this week by promising support for Windows XP for a full 13 years. That is three years longer than it has allowed for previous Windows operating systems.
Meantime, security patches and updates to Windows XP will be provided until April 2014. Many large businesses have avoided upgrading to Windows Vista, which has been plagued with widely publicized problems, including incompatibilities with drivers for legacy hardware and applications. Upgrading to Vista could also be very expensive for enterprises that would need to upgrade older hardware. Many businesses and individuals have opted to buy Windows XP on new PCs.
While June 30 remains the cutoff date for selling Windows XP, retailers such as are still selling preconfigured PCs with XP. And enterprises with volume licensing contracts will still be able to install XP even on new machines.
Meantime, security patches and updates to Windows XP will be provided until April 2014. Many large businesses have avoided upgrading to Windows Vista, which has been plagued with widely publicized problems, including incompatibilities with drivers for legacy hardware and applications. Upgrading to Vista could also be very expensive for enterprises that would need to upgrade older hardware. Many businesses and individuals have opted to buy Windows XP on new PCs.
While June 30 remains the cutoff date for selling Windows XP, retailers such as are still selling preconfigured PCs with XP. And enterprises with volume licensing contracts will still be able to install XP even on new machines.
Downgrade Option
Microsoft will continue to sell a version of Windows XP to makers of low-cost computers through June 2010. Such machines as the Asus Eee PC are incapable of running Vista and the alternative would be for the makers to install open-source Linux as the operating system.
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