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by **rosco4140** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:33 am

I"ve got to admit that I wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft table Service Pack (SP) 3 for Windows XP, as Windows expert Paul Thurrott claims the Redmondians have done.

"The company has completely abandoned Windows XP, and it has absolutely no plans to ever ship an XP SP3," Thurrott posted to his Web site on April 6. "My guess is that Microsoft will do what it did with the final Windows 2000 Service Pack: Claim years later that it's no longer needed and just ship a final security patch roll-up. This is the worst kiss-off to any Microsoft product I've ever seen, and you'd think the company would show a little more respect to its best-selling OS of all time."

Last fall, Microsoft admitted that XP SP3 had slipped and was now a 2008 deliverable. If Microsoft were to go a step further and dump XP SP3, such a move wouldn't be too shocking, especially given Redmond's ongoing reticence to commit to Vista SP1 because service packs are passe.

I asked Microsoft for an official comment on Thurrott's XP SP3 post and received the following response:

"SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition [and Professional] is currently plannedfor 1H CY2008. This date is preliminary," said a Microsoft spokeswoman.

In other words: At least for now, Microsoft is sticking by the XP SP3 information on its product-lifecycle page.

Anyone else hearing SP3 will (or won't) be a 2008 deliverable?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecy ... packs.mspx

Source:ZDNET

by **matt** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:50 am

Thx God, I knew Microsoft would put XP DOWN!

WIndows XP FOREVER!

by **MRBIBALLS** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:55 am

cant wait till it comes out :shock:

by **thepodest** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:59 am

matt wrote:Thx God, I knew Microsoft would put XP DOWN!

WIndows XP FOREVER!

Nope Vista will be better than XP one day.

BUT XP FOR NOW :twisted:

by **MRBIBALLS** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:01 am

well it depends on computers too... cuz some of the computer just cant take vista like mine... so i still think people are going to use xp more then vista since people are mostly using the computer that they got before last year...

by **matt** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:08 am

thepodest wrote:
matt wrote:Thx God, I knew Microsoft would put XP DOWN!

WIndows XP FOREVER!

Nope Vista will be better than XP one day.

BUT XP FOR NOW

Podest XP RULES, if Microsoft notice People getting XP, XP Support keeps going.

THATS who I love, Windows XP Codename NEPTUNE, YEY!

Well for now, Im also hereing rumors the XP will contain a Vista Skin and lock as well as other Vista Technology!

Hey I never changed the Color of my Banner Pdest :twisted:

by **ecko** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:09 am

matt wrote:Well for now, Im also hereing rumors the XP will contain a Vista Skin and lock as well as other Vista Technology!

Highly doubtful.

by **matt** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:11 am

ecko wrote:
matt wrote:Well for now, Im also hereing rumors the XP will contain a Vista Skin and lock as well as other Vista Technology!

Highly doubtful.

But it could be possible.

I wanna know who is staying With XP when SP3 comes out?

by **ecko** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:14 am

I'll be staying with it, I'm gonna keep it installed on my laptop when I get a new PC.

by **CodeCrapper** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:17 am

Vista is so much better than XP already.

by **thepodest** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:17 am

matt wrote:
thepodest wrote:
matt wrote:Thx God, I knew Microsoft would put XP DOWN!

WIndows XP FOREVER!

Nope Vista will be better than XP one day.

BUT XP FOR NOW

Podest XP RULES, if Microsoft notice People getting XP, XP Support keeps going.

THATS who I love, Windows XP Codename NEPTUNE, YEY!

Well for now, Im also hereing rumors the XP will contain a Vista Skin and lock as well as other Vista Technology!

Hey I never changed the Color of my Banner Pdest

I know you didn't I just changed it so it's clear

matt wrote:Well for now, Im also hereing rumors the XP will contain a Vista Skin and lock as well as other Vista Technology!

I don't think there'll be such thing. MS will want people to buy Vista to get those features.

by **matt** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:18 am

Since the last yr I decided to stay, I also want to see what XP SP3 will have, When I get a job this summer, ill be getting me a Laptop or desktop Dell

Podest or Biballs you guys staying with XP, or any1?

by **MRBIBALLS** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:18 am

i'm w/ u matt i'm gonna get rid of vista on my acer tomorrow and get xp back :wink:

by **thepodest** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:20 am

matt wrote:Since the last yr I decided to stay, I also want to see what XP SP3 will have, When I get a job this summer, ill be getting me a Laptop or desktop Dell

Podest or Biballs you guys staying with XP, or any1?

I'm hardly using Vista. I boot into it sometime to show off stuff to other people. But since I'm a gamer(Performance drop in Vista) and my tv tuner won't work properly in Vista yet. So I'm using XP all the time, hardly Vista.

by **matt** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:20 am

thepodest wrote:
matt wrote:
thepodest wrote:
matt wrote:Thx God, I knew Microsoft would put XP DOWN!

WIndows XP FOREVER!

Nope Vista will be better than XP one day.

BUT XP FOR NOW

Podest XP RULES, if Microsoft notice People getting XP, XP Support keeps going.

THATS who I love, Windows XP Codename NEPTUNE, YEY!

Well for now, Im also hereing rumors the XP will contain a Vista Skin and lock as well as other Vista Technology!

Hey I never changed the Color of my Banner Pdest
I know you didn't I just changed it so it's clear

matt wrote:Well for now, Im also hereing rumors the XP will contain a Vista Skin and lock as well as other Vista Technology!

I don't think there'll be such thing. MS will want people to buy Vista to get those features.

Hey I told ecko to make a diamond, oh well :twisted:

, but ill get u something 4 your bday, Staying with XP? :/

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