Windows XP, The People’s Favorite, Receives Extended Support
By Michael Todd
14:36, June 25th 2008
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Windows XP, The People’s Favorite, Receives Extended Support

Taking into consideration the general demand, Microsoft reminded its Windows XP strategy through which the company will continue to offer technical support for the operating system, releasing new updates and security patches until April 2014.

On the other hand, the company’s decision to stop selling the Windows XP remains the same and is expected to take full effect starting with June 30.

Once the plan to discontinue the sales will be put to work, Microsoft will no longer distribute the operating system as a stand-alone product and also it will no longer be available for licensing by PC manufacturers such as Lenovo, Dell or HP.

According to the company’s officials, Windows XP will still be available for the ultra-low cost PCs until June 2010. This does not mean that the product will vanish off the market starting next week, as there are still numerous retail computer stores and PC makers with their stocks full for several months.

The decision to explain the deadline’s extension was mainly influenced by the massive positive customer feedback on Microsoft’s Windows XP. Windows Vista is still considered by many too expensive and also too demanding when it comes to system requirements.

There is actually an option offered by several PC makers to its clients for downgrading the Vista systems to XP. All Vista copies come with this feature at no additional cost.

It is very likely that many customers will choose to stick with Windows XP for the time being and wait the release of the new Windows 7, announced to hit the stores sometime in 2010.



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