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Microsoft Pledges Windows XP Support Through 2014

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For the last year the media outlets keep telling us that Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP. No more XP support! No wait…they are keeping it. Hold on, it’s only for 5 years. Actually, that support is only for netbooks and UMPCs. What is that you say? Support for Windows XP will now last until 2014? I wonder what it will be tomorrow?

In a letter sent to customers this week, Microsoft senior VP Bill Veghte said the software maker will provide security patches "and other critical updates" for Windows XP until April, 2014. "Our ongoing support for Windows XP is the result of our recognition that people keep their Windows-based PCs for many years," Veghte wrote.
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"In a letter sent to customers this week, Microsoft senior VP Bill Veghte said the software maker will provide security patches "and other critical updates" for Windows XP until April, 2014. "Our ongoing support for Windows XP is the result of our recognition that people keep their Windows-based PCs for many years," Veghte wrote. "

Yeah it doesn't have anything to do with the faxt that Win XP is better than Vista:p. But this is good for us XP users, I still have no need to upgrade to Vista and this news makes it that much easier to do.
 
Holy jumping jesus. With this news, would anybody mind if I called Vista a flop?
 
Haha, I happy to see this. I've favored using XP over Vista for quite some time now and unless something big happens, I'll probably keep using it. Vista has some nice appeals, but it doesn't really want to make me switch permanently.
 
MrLonghair said:
Holy jumping jesus. With this news, would anybody mind if I called Vista a flop?
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I wouldn't mind, but that could be a little harsh now. I'm getting conflicting reports. I see a lot of home and consumer users pretty happy with it. The enterprise market though is not pushing it through. I'm not using it at home or deploying it at work. But, if this turns out true, then it's short of an admission from MS that Vista is going nowhere and will have history record it as the next ME.
 
This is old news. Microsoft set the extended support end date of all versions of Windows XP to April 8, 2014 a couple of years ago. Why Information Week thinks this is newsworthy escapes me.
 
MrLonghair said:
Holy jumping jesus. With this news, would anybody mind if I called Vista a flop?
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Shotglass01 said:
I wouldn't mind, but that could be a little harsh now. I'm getting conflicting reports. I see a lot of home and consumer users pretty happy with it. The enterprise market though is not pushing it through. I'm not using it at home or deploying it at work. But, if this turns out true, then it's short of an admission from MS that Vista is going nowhere and will have history record it as the next ME.
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Neither would I, It's an expensive flop to Me. :D And I'm glad I didn't spend any money on It. :)
 
I stand by my statement that it is fine and well for home users, but businesses have no incentive to upgrade. I run Vista64 at home (quite happily) and manage a XP/2003 domain at work. No way we would start rolling it out to our (l)users.
 
Allyn said:
This is old news. Microsoft set the extended support end date of all versions of Windows XP to April 8, 2014 a couple of years ago. Why Information Week thinks this is newsworthy escapes me.
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You know...If I had a nickle every time somebody pipes in that "this is old news"...the only thing worse is "first".
 
well this is just Microsoft realizing that the all star player vista has turned out to be a complete failure and decided to keep an old vet in the game
 
MrLonghair said:
Holy jumping jesus. With this news, would anybody mind if I called Vista a flop?
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great news and vista might be a bit of a turd in some peoples opinions but besides that XP is very important to businesses, so this support is needed.. vista isn't really important to businesses right now, we are still perfectly happy with xp and won't migrate to vista unless forced to
 
The company I work for has used XP for about four or five years now. I don't see them upgrading the thousands of PC's to Vista anytime soon.

As far as home us goes, the only reason I really see using Vista is the x64 version as it will allow much more memory to be used. XP x64 allows more memory but no support. (sorry if I'm preaching to the choir :p)
 
M$ has now decided that they will stop patching vista (a la Crytek) so they can work on Vienna full bore.


j/p
 
I personally like Vista and think it's better than XP, but there's no harm in MS offering extended support to those who prefer XP.
 
After using it for quite awhile now, I prefer Vista over XP.
Different strokes for different folks I suppose...
 
I also prefer Vista over XP, but my computer isn't a piece of crap as what must be the case for the people who complain about it being slow. Also MS has always said they were going to support XP for a number of years from now. They won't be selling it through that time, though. This is not news!
 
I hope those of you shunning Vista are running XP x64, or you sure are enjoying your 3.25GB or less of RAM and not doing anything besides dicking around on your computer. Those of us who use VMs for development and testing require more than 4GB of RAM for a minimum of two test servers and two test clients.

Anyone who is a programmer or network admin tests this way on XP x64, Vista x64, Server 2003 x64, or Server 2008 x64 as their host OS. XP x64 and Server 2003 x64 are the same product at heart. XP x64 just has the server features stripped out, which is why I prefer it or a stripped down Debian installation.

32-bit operating systems are for users whose largest responsibility is paperwork. Call this flamebait all you want, but 32-bit hurts seriously in gaming too. Company of Heroes, World in Conflict, Supreme Commander, Crysis, etc will map 2GB+ of memory if it's available resulting in better performance. 32-bit XP and a 1GB video card is 2.25GB of RAM max.
 
Awesome, now I have something to link to about people saying "I don't want to get Vista because they're going to stop support for Windows 7" :rolleyes:. Im pretty sure if theyre going to keep XP til 2014 Vista will last quite some time, too.
 
We're not going to hear the end of "Vista is a complete failure." and other nonsense regarding Vista.
 
I'm currently running XP and Vista on different machines, and like another user above, Vista has definitely grown on me. All operating systems have pros and cons, get off the Vista-bashing bandwagon.
 
Well if MS keep updates on their website for everyone til 2014 then I can only congratulate them instead of my normal pissing all over them, they must of took notice of how many people wanted to keep XP for that little bit longer.

Fair play to them if you ask me, I am happy with the decision as long as I can still get updates til april 2014 without any problems.

See, keeping customers happy is easy to do and in the long run they will be awarded for it because if they decided to stick with the usual kill date then that would of meant xp was gunna be useless from if i recall the middle of this or next year when the updates were first proposed to be cut off, an extra 6 or so years is great if you ask me.

for once I am happy with MS
 
MrMike said:
...32-bit operating systems are for users whose largest responsibility is paperwork. Call this flamebait all you want, but 32-bit hurts seriously in gaming too....
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32bit gaming has been superb so far. Until I see some evidence that a 64 bit OS offers a vastly superior gaming experience over 32 bit OS, I'll remain on the fence.

But getting back to the article, it might be more entertaining for us if MS quit supporting Vista before XP.
 
MrMike said:
I hope those of you shunning Vista are running XP x64, or you sure are enjoying your 3.25GB or less of RAM and not doing anything besides dicking around on your computer. Those of us who use VMs for development and testing require more than 4GB of RAM for a minimum of two test servers and two test clients.

Anyone who is a programmer or network admin tests this way on XP x64, Vista x64, Server 2003 x64, or Server 2008 x64 as their host OS. XP x64 and Server 2003 x64 are the same product at heart. XP x64 just has the server features stripped out, which is why I prefer it or a stripped down Debian installation.

32-bit operating systems are for users whose largest responsibility is paperwork. Call this flamebait all you want, but 32-bit hurts seriously in gaming too. Company of Heroes, World in Conflict, Supreme Commander, Crysis, etc will map 2GB+ of memory if it's available resulting in better performance. 32-bit XP and a 1GB video card is 2.25GB of RAM max.
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A decent 32b OS with the same specs as a 64b one can do practically everything the 64b one can albeit with less memory, if you have the max amount of ram in a 32b os, that is quite ample for gaming on and for doing the majority of things, ok 64bit is the way to go but 32bit is just as capable. Maybe not as capable for what you are doing and some things like VM which requires large amounts of ram, but for the majority of home users 32bit is adequate and will remain adequate for some time to come.

Now when it comes to workstations and such like, 32b would be retarded but for the home their is nothing at all wrong with it and during the next 6 years or so 32bit will continue to perform just as good as it performs today, remember even vista comes in 32bit so it isnt that antiquated yet.
 
Amen. Atleast Microsoft see a good (or bad) product after they releace it. And kodos for not forcing everyone to use Vista.
 
MrLonghair said:
Holy jumping jesus. With this news, would anybody mind if I called Vista a flop?
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You do realize that Microsoft supports an operating system even after it is no longer produced and sold? Win 98 was supported up until 2006.
 
E7130 said:
You do realize that Microsoft supports an operating system even after it is no longer produced and sold? Win 98 was supported up until 2006.
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Don't introduce "facts" and "reason" into this argument. Let us blindly jump on the anti-Vista bandwagon because Apple makes funny commercials.
 
Jaerb4 said:
Don't introduce "facts" and "reason" into this argument. Let us blindly jump on the anti-Vista bandwagon because Apple makes funny commercials.
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Right. Don't forget we all must disregard the misleading information in said commercials because they are full of wit. :D
 
...and stereotypes. Don't forget those.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a brand new pocket protector to fill with pens, and my 3" thick nerd frames are in need of a Windex treatment. *ahem*
 
There really is nothing new at all about this and it is not a change from MS. Full support for XP has been set to 2014 for a long time. The standard policy is that support ends 5 years after availability of the OS ends (which is 2009 for system builder copies of XP AFAIK).

This is not a "oh vista sucks and MS knows it" this has been standard practice at MS since NT, if not earlier. They brought the home support inline with corporate support sometime after the release of XP since it finally unified the product lines.
 
ICOM said:
But getting back to the article, it might be more entertaining for us if MS quit supporting Vista before XP.
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Indeed! Current policy is for Microsoft to cease supporting Windows Vista Home Basic, Premium, and UItimate Editions April 10, 2012, two years before ending support for all versions of Windows XP. Presently, there is no extended support option for Windows Vista consumer operating systems.
 
ICOM said:
You know...If I had a nickle every time somebody pipes in that "this is old news"...the only thing worse is "first".
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Paul McDougall should be flogged by the "old news police" for labeling Microsoft's actions as "an unprecedented move" nearly two years after the fact. It's weak journalism that only fans the flames of a weaking XP versus Vista debate.

Again, the entire article and this topic is old news.

Enjoy counting your nickels.
 
I finally moved over to Vista 64 with my new machine, so far my only disappointment is the lack of drivers for my printer (Okidata-says use the XP64 stuff) and I have to remember that a couple of games need compatibility mode (TDU-last time I tried -15fps native)
 
ssratt said:
I finally moved over to Vista 64 with my new machine, so far my only disappointment is the lack of drivers for my printer (Okidata-says use the XP64 stuff) and I have to remember that a couple of games need compatibility mode (TDU-last time I tried -15fps native)
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I don't know what kind of printers some of you guys use; everyone say's "lack of print drivers," I have not had any problems and I run Vista x64
 
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