Windows XP Departs: Good Riddance or Sad Farewell?
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 27.6.2008
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversTwo of PC World's most opinionated editors weigh in on whether Microsoft Windows XP's departure is bad for PC users or the best thing that could happen to computing.
The forced retirement of Microsoft's Windows XP is set--with some exceptions--for Monday. To quell XP separation anxiety and the rancor of seething Vista haters, Microsoft has agreed to offer Windows XP updates and security patches until April 2014.
However, PC retailers such as Dell have pretty much stopped selling computers preloaded with the venerable OS.
XP's disappearance has stirred much conversation. In fact, more than 200,000 people signed a petition to keep XP--a campaign championed by our sibling publication InfoWorld. In the long run, though, Microsoft refused to yield to the entreaties of XP-philes.
We have discussed this issue so vigorously here at PC World--in meetings, in our offices, and in the hallways--that we decided to enlist advocates for the two principle points of view to make their case, and then ask for your input in our Comments section. How do you feel about XP's departure?
Speaking first, in favor of Vista, is Senior Editor Robert Strohmeyer.
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Comments(3)
good riddance, finally it's gone xd
xp is still the best os ever made other then linux which i dont feel like learning. i
have tried for 10 years and it still is annoying as hell trying to recompile a goddamn
kernel.
xp forever.. service 4 is still needed, hopefully one of the people in the
xp community will make one.
vista sukz donkey shit.
if its so good why does it need a service pack 4?
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By george washington on 28.06.2008 - 04:06