Windows XP will be supported until 2014
Microsoft confirms extended ‘window’ of support
Microsoft has told its customers that it will be supporting Windows XP until 2014 – a much longer period than it normally supplies.
The failure of Vista to get the kind of purchase of its predecessor and the continued rise of sub-notebooks which need less memory intensive operating systems has given XP a life outside of the expected.
Although the OS will not be sold by OEM manufacturers after June 30 apart from as a preinstalled ‘downgrade’ (until January 2009) in their more powerful products, XP will not be fading away just yet, and Microsoft has listened to its customers and will provide support.
Full article: techradar.com
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