Attention XP fans– get your copies NOW
Redmond laid to rest rumors that they might reconsider pulling XP from retail shelves and from most PC makers next Monday. Bill Veghte, the Senior Veep who manages Microsoft’s online and Windows business groups, confirmed that June 30 would indeed be the deadline when MS halts all shipments of boxed XP copies to retailers and stops licensing the OS directly to major computer manufacturers.*
So, if you’re one of those folks who thinks XP is the last Microsoft OS (version) you’re going to run, you better go buy whatever copies you think you might need for the future.
It’s going bye bye. Adios, amigo.
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* Source: WServerNews Vol. 13, #27 – Jun 30, 2008 – Issue #681
[Addenda: For more on the latest (last?) Service Pack for XP, including troubleshooting, click here]
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Dell did announce that customers may buy new PCs with XP until 2009. There is still hope for the die hards.
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