The Slow Death of Windows XP

[Third Eye]

Windows XP is living its last moments. Each boot is counting down to the operating system's death. 2008 will be synonymous with the end of XP's phase-out process. It is a bleak perspective for
the operating system that has grown to be ubiquitous, but it’s an illustration of what is to come. Windows XP will simply be phased out, and customer demand will not impact this process.

The expiration date for Windows XP is January 29, 2008, as far as original equipment manufacturers and retailers are concerned. January 29, 2008 is the official Microsoft direct OEM and retail license availability end date. The Redmond Company will no longer offer Windows XP either to OEMs or to the general public starting with February 2007.

After the end of January 2008, Windows XP will be accessible exclusively to System Builders, but only until January 29, 2009. The 2008 and 2009 end of availability dates concern Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Home Edition and all the editions of Windows XP Media Center Edition.

But the bottom line is that as 2008 draws near, Microsoft will alter the agreements with computer manufacturers to focus exclusively on Windows Vista. “The OEM version of XP Professional goes next January," said Frank Luburic, senior ThinkPad product manager for Lenovo for APC. “At that point, they'll have no choice.”

Dell also managed to give an insight on XP's phasing out: “Dell recognizes the needs of small business customers and understands that more time is needed to transition to a new operating system.The plan is to continue offering Windows XP on select Dimension and Inspiron systems until later this summer. Dell does not have plans to launch Windows XP for home users as the preference and demand is for the “latest and greatest” technology which includes Windows Vista,” reads an excerpt from Direct2Dell.

While consumers will no longer be able to acquire personal computers preloaded with Windows XP starting with February 2008, the operating system will not disappear. Not even close, and I am willing to guarantee this. The most obvious argument is the fact that you are still able to buy Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows XP SP1 even today.

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[jamyang312]

hmm,,,so will device manufacturers stop suporting xp???

[Kiran.dks]

It's only the death of Windows XP OEM editions. Windows XP will still rule most of our PC's. No doubt about that.

[prateek_san]

i dont think that manufactures will stop supporting XP.........cuz its the most widely used OS in the world currently....

[blackpearl]

What about updates for XP?

[jamyang312]

i think updates will be stopped by microsoft coz they r the one who have decided to end its support,,,so logically they wont,,,but who knows,,??,,,

[Third Eye]

I think Microsoft will stop making updates.

[azaad_shri75]

oh! no then I have to completely shift to linux.

[anandk]

Originally Posted by Kiran_tech_mania

It's only the death of Windows XP OEM editions. Windows XP will still rule most of our PC's.

i concur !

thanx for the read techie

[rajasekharan]

what big diff is it going to make ?now a days i dont even update through windows update . i only update my antivirus and firewall . thats enough for me .so i dont care if they stop making updates

[kirangp]

well after using Vista I really feel XP is crap...But still it had been a good friend during my good & bad times...I will keep it alive...btw its not gonna die for atleast 2-3 years

[emailaatif786]

In developing countries, Windows XP will die a later death, because it is very tough for them to upgrade from 128Mb RAM to 1024MB, 32MB Video to 256MB, 20Gb HDD to 80 GB, 6Mhz CPU to 2.2 Ghz.....at an sudden to run Vista. they even are running Windows 98, 2000.

[jamyang312]

yeps,,,completely valid point,,,,the cange will be slow in developing countries,,

[blackpearl]

Originally Posted by rajasekharan

what big diff is it going to make ?now a days i dont even update through windows update . i only update my antivirus and firewall . thats enough for me .so i dont care if they stop making updates

That's right. The last time I updated was sep 2005 through Autopatcher, after that no updates. My only concern is if new softwares stop supporting WinXP too. That would be really bad.

[nikhilrao]

Na dont think xp wil die ! piracy jindabad

[casanova]

Security updates will continue for XP for quite long I suppose. This completely depends on how quickly Vista penetrates the markets (read computers)

[amey_dude]

Originally Posted by emailaatif786

600Ghz CPU to 2.2 Ghz......

Hey hey hey...this is quite funny !! In developing countries we hv 600 GHz cpu!!!

No offence...jus pointing out the typo...


Cheers!!

[kin.vachhani]

The end of Xp has began.....

[abhi.eternal]

Originally Posted by emailaatif786

In developing countries, Windows XP will die a later death, because it is very tough for them to upgrade from 128Mb RAM to 1024MB, 32MB Video to 256MB, 8Gb HDD to 80 GB, 600Ghz CPU to 2.2 Ghz.....at an sudden to run Vista. they even are running Windows 98, 2000.

Don't you 8GB HDD a rarity these days... and 600Ghz CPU?

[faraaz]

Its funny you should say that...8 GB HDDs today are more expensive than 80 GB HDDs...atleast, if you want to buy them new...resale value is a completely different monkey!

[Choto Cheeta]

There are talks that Microsoft May stop the WinXP SP3 to push vista in... !! dont know how true it is, as Official MS has not commented !!

[ajaykumarmeher]

Originally Posted by faraaz

The Redmond Company will no longer offer Windows XP either to OEMs or to the general public starting with February 2007.

This is absolutely wrong.....As Windwos XP is available frm Microsoft....

Check it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/products/in...6-abfee19961df

[faraaz]

Originally Posted by ajaykumarmeher

This is absolutely wrong.....As Windwos XP is available frm Microsoft....

Check it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/products/in...6-abfee19961df

Um, first of all...WTF? I never said anything about windows being available or not...all I said was HDDs will be more expensive.

Secondly, I'm pretty sure it was a typo...all the months he referred to were in 2008 except for only ONE instance...kinda obvious dontcha think?

[nik_for_you]

its obvious to make way for vista and ofcourse monopoly

[prasad_den]

I don't think XP will be replaced that soon.. And there will be support for it even for the next 4 to 5 yrs., I'm sure.. Even today we see manufacturers giving drivers for Win 98 OSes... If that is the case, XP will have support at least for the next decade, by which time we (or at least most of us) would be running Vista or Linux or something else..!!

[ax3]

Death of XP ! ! !

i dont think so ....... even 2day some ppl use Win 98 on their pc`s ......

same willb FATE of XP ..........

[anandk]

Dell brings back XP on home systems !!!

Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs.

http://news.com.com/Dell+brings+back...3-6177619.html

"We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said...

Heck people still use windows 95, 98 and ME. The college which i study still uses windows 95. I wonder why cant they install latest Ubuntu it looks much better than windows me.

[freebird]

^^ Much better than Windows XP or Vista too.It is user who can customise to look the way u want without any 3rd party s/w unlike Winfows.Linux got better 3D effects than aero too using compiz/beryl
a GNOME ubuntu screenshot :

http://www.ubuntux.org/image-galleri...10-screenshots
http://shots.linuxquestions.org/?lin...=Ubuntu%207.04

[azaad_shri75]

Originally Posted by anandk

Dell brings back XP on home systems !!!

Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs.

http://news.com.com/Dell+brings+back...3-6177619.html

"We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said...

yep customers are demanding XP and saying no to Vista.