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04-19-2007, 08:45 PM
XP Retiring in 2008 (for those who didn't already know)
It's a bit older news item on BBC but still:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6551429.stm

Personally I won't be updating to Vista to beyond the middle of next year unless something catastrophic happens (like FEAR2 being Vista only); I've finally got XP how I like it, and I'll be damned if I'm going to switch to something this pc barely makes the minimum specs for (it blows XP's specs outta the water and it still aint fast enough)
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04-19-2007, 08:46 PM
Re: XP Retiring in 2008 (for those who didn't already know)
I'm saving my money up for a Falcon NW Mach V desktop or a TLX laptop with a Banana Republic messenger laptop case.

Forgot to mention; preloaded with Windows Vista Ultimate.
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04-19-2007, 09:19 PM
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Too bad. XP was good and too bad that Vista is better.
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04-19-2007, 09:58 PM
Re: XP Retiring in 2008 (for those who didn't already know)
I heard about this. Dell had started pre-loading vista on their computers, but consumers didn't like it. So they put XP back on them. Then Microsoft said that by the end of the year (I believe) that ONLY Vista would be allowed on computers. XP would no longer br allowed.
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04-28-2007, 01:10 AM
Re: XP Retiring in 2008 (for those who didn't already know)
That article means it will stop coming out on new pc's. You still have 5 years of support left from M$
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That sucks lol what if i need a new cd..
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Yeah sucks for people like me; I'm not gonna buy a new computer anytime soon.. XP is fine by me. If I wanted to waste processing power on fancy fx, I'd upgrade.
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I'm sure support will go on in the form of un-certified upgrade packages like it did with Win 98 long after the 5 year support is up.
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04-29-2007, 07:17 AM
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Yeah sucks for people like me; I'm not gonna buy a new computer anytime soon.. XP is fine by me. If I wanted to waste processing power on fancy fx, I'd upgrade.
Or you could find windows vista theme for XP...
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As nice looking as the theme is, it's a waste of processing power and memory. Any non MS skin will lag up a PC to death..
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