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lywyre · 18-01-2008, 03:00 PM

MS wants Vista to sell and their own XP turns out to be the biggest competitor. Soon, they gonna stop selling XP and consequently support also. Then, Vista will be their primary selling product which already has poor reputation. Now SP1 seems to fix some of the problems though not all. Some new problems seem to be cropping up like DirectX 10.1 conflicts (means the latest off the shelf graphic cards are already obsolete !). On the other hand XP has found its feet firmly after SP2 though it still has some security problems (which may also be present in Vista). However, one does not know what SP3 is going to patch in Vista. Is it going to patch up security holes or is it going to back port newer features of Vista or is it going to add support for DirectX 10 (may be).

Whatever, but I suspect, given MS's reputation, SP3 is going to ruin XP anyway to boost sales of Vista.

18-01-2008, 03:00 PM	#28 (permalink)
lywyre Jai Suresh Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vellore, TN Posts: 578	Re: Will SP3 Save Windows XP? MS wants Vista to sell and their own XP turns out to be the biggest competitor. Soon, they gonna stop selling XP and consequently support also. Then, Vista will be their primary selling product which already has poor reputation. Now SP1 seems to fix some of the problems though not all. Some new problems seem to be cropping up like DirectX 10.1 conflicts (means the latest off the shelf graphic cards are already obsolete !). On the other hand XP has found its feet firmly after SP2 though it still has some security problems (which may also be present in Vista). However, one does not know what SP3 is going to patch in Vista. Is it going to patch up security holes or is it going to back port newer features of Vista or is it going to add support for DirectX 10 (may be). Whatever, but I suspect, given MS's reputation, SP3 is going to ruin XP anyway to boost sales of Vista.