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Five weeks until D-Day: Windows XP\'s Demise According to Microsoft, June 30 is the last day it will permit retailers and OEMs to sell the nearly-seven-year-old operating system.
"I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to."
-- Jimi Hendrix
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I’ll stock up on the Advil, Vista gives me headaches. :bang:
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"Well informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires. Even if it were, it would be of no practical value" Boston Post, 1865
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Yup. That's why I was in a hurry to buy a new laptop.
-Hal
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Yes, OEM's will not be able to ship anything but Vista after next month, but licenses for Windows XP Professional will still be sold until January of 2009 with talks of extending it further due to the onslaught of the new ultraportables running versions of Linux (such as the Asus EEE PC and Intel's Classmate PC and other super small form factor laptop style units). Micro$oft doesn't like the competition in this field and may be considering extending XP's licensing or losing a small handful of customers to Linux. Only time will tell.
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming and panicking like the passengers in his car.
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Actually, per the article, Dell will downgrade a Vista Pro or Ultimate box to XP Pro at the factory free of charge. Of course one could always purchase XP home.
Sometimes you carpe diem, sometimes your diem gets carped.
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This is where I just purchased a few copies of XP-PRO SP2. Very nice to deal with. :thumb:
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