Hi John.
I think that the corporate customers will push Microsoft to keep Windows XP
for quite some time because of the hardware upgrades necessary to run
Windows Vista and because of the amount of software out there that doesn't
play well with Windows XP. The truth is that Microsoft will thumb their
nose at the government, but they tend to listen more to corporate America.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 12:23 PM 5/19/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>I'd bet XP will be around longer than that supported. The problem is, when
>you install XP, it's registered to your hardware in the system and I think
>some people are afraid that that system will be taken down so you can't
>activate windows and it will only be good for a few days. Fact is though,
>Vista uses the same system to activate so based on that, I'd bet XP's safe
>in that way until a major upgrade comes along to the activation system at
>least and I'd say that's a very long time. I switched to XP about 3 years
>ago and like it. When will I switch to Vista? not until I have to either by
>getting a new computer and not able to get XP anymore, or what ever, I plan
>to use XP still for at least another 3 or 4 years. Probably the useable life
>of this computer I use now as my main one.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 11:59 AM
>Subject: Re: Windows Live Mail.
>
>
> > John,
> >
> > There's no limit on how long you can run an operating system as long as
> > the
> > programs you use still work for you. The lack of support simply means
> > that
> > there will be no new security patches, and you won't be able to get
> > technical assistance from Microsoft if you run into a problem. It also
> > means that you'll ultimately be stuck running older programs, but if they
> > work well for you, that may not be a big deal. My rule of thumb for
> > migrating to a new operating system is to do so when the programs I use no
> > longer work under the old system. Therefore, I finally abandoned Windows
> > 98
> > last January because the latest version of JAWS only runs in XP. I don't
> > plan to upgrade to Vista for at least another year, and maybe longer than
> > that if I can get away with it. Despite all the hype, I expect XP will be
> > around for at least two more years. Too many people and businesses use
> > it,
> > and won't switch just because Microsoft has this fancy new system. Just
> > think how long XP has been around, and they just pulled the plug on 98
> > last
> > July. I'm sure they would have liked to do it sooner, but too many people
> > were using it. Despite the noise from the press, this kind of inertia is
> > a
> > fact of life, and has been for a long time.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 00:23
> > Subject: Re: Windows Live Mail.
> >
> >
> >> well, with any luck, XP will still be around for a while and supported.
> >> I'm
> >> sure they'll work out something so we can still run it for a while after
> >> it's unsupported. That should be a while off though, you figure there's a
> >> lot of computers out there that can't run vista. It would not be good if
> >> they suddenly pulled the plug on those people. I'd seriously doubt if
> >> they
> >> will, I plan to run XP for a long time to come. I think this computer I"m
> >> on
> >> now, my main computer, is the only computer I have that would run Vista
> >> with
> >> out some upgrading, my laptop it would never happen.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Robert Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 11:56 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Windows Live Mail.
> >>
> >>
> >>> But how long are we going to be able to use XP once MS drops support?
> >>> I
> >>> dont recall what was said but since XP uses an activation scheme, there
> >>> is
> >>> question about how to keep XP running on one's computer. Consumer
> >>> choice?
> >>> Heh yeah, Apple and Linux.
> >>>
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>
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