Windows XP Not Out to Pasture Yet
Posted by Nick in Current Events, My Thoughts, Technology
So everyone has been saying that Microsoft is planned to dismiss Windows XP on June 30th, 2008 but that is not the case for Windows XP Home (only this edition) because Microsoft thought that they can’t run Windows Vista on the one-laptop-per-child but could run windows XP Home and also for ULCPCs “Ultra low-cost PCs” as well as mobile PCs which as Microsoft describes it as not having enough “Horsepower” to run Windows Vista.
Microsoft has extended the deadline for Windows XP Home Edition to June 30th, 2010 or one year after the next version of windows which is “Windows 7″ (which will be released sometime in 2010). Microsoft also sees ULCPS appealing to first time PC buyers or users that want to have more computers in their network.
So Microsoft is looking to ship Windows XP Home pre-installed on devices that have limited resources.
But if your wondering when Service Pack 3 will be out and herd rumors that is coming out sometime in mid- to late-April, is not true. Microsoft said SP3 is not officially due until the end of June
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I really thought this is pretty cool, I knew Microsoft will at least extend one of the versions of windows XP, may not be PRO but its still XP 
Microsoft just thought that its not quite ready to dismiss there most popular and most stable operating system.
Soruce:
http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3738656/Microsoft+XP+Not+Out+to+Pasture+Yet.htm
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