Microsoft grants XP new lifeline

[crashbcoot]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7435278.stm

Microsoft has given another lease of life to Windows XP only days before PC makers have to stop selling it.

Windows XP reaches its end of life on 30 June but Microsoft has now said it can continue being sold until June 2010 but only on cheap desktops.

 

[kevinswan007]

it can continue being sold until June 2010 but only on cheap desktops

thats because Vista cant run on anything with less than a dual core and 2 gigs of memory!

 

[LazyLion]

We all knew they were gonna have to give. Like I said before Vista was designed for ever increasingly powerful hardware, but manufacturers are still selling lesser hardware (cos it works just as good) and people are buying the cheaper hardware cos XP still runs like a dream on it. They had to give in. Was a given. I for one am glad and will continue to recommend and install XP for my clients.

 

[Ou grote]

thats because Vista cant run on anything with less than a dual core and 2 gigs of memory!

probably

 

[kiepie]

XP FTW