The Windows XP Death Line Approaches How it Survives

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June o 02:05 Written by admin Wednesday, 18 June o 02:04

June 30, and sun will set on probably one of the most loved operating systems: Windows XP. With just two weeks left to the XP’s official “kill” date, it seems fans have not been successful in persuading the Redmond giant to extend the XP deadline.

Here’s looking into how XP, which analysts term as the biggest competition for Microsoft’s latest OS Vista, can continue to live after its termination.

XP will be available on PCs from smaller computer makers known as “system builders” until January 31, 2009.

Also, the low-end Windows XP Starter Edition will continue to be available in emerging markets until June 30, 2010.

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Windows XP gets extension

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 April o 04:41 Written by admin Saturday, 5 April o 04:41

SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp said that it will keep selling a version of Windows XP for use on a new breed of low-cost computers for at least two years longer than the system will be available for mainstream PCs.

The software maker said Windows XP Home will be available at least through June 2010 for computers like Intel Corp’s Classmate PC and ASUSTek Computer Inc’s Eee PC.

But Microsoft also vowed to keep XP on the market for those machines for a year after the next version of Windows is released, which could mean 2011 or later.

The low-cost machines have smaller hard drives, less memory and slower processors than most Windows computers sold today, and most would have a hard time running the bulkier Windows Vista.

The Classmate PC is currently marketed with Windows XP Professional, and the newest editions sell for between $300 and $500. The Eee PC, which costs around $400, comes with a Linux operating system.

A full version of XP Home will be able to run on most computers in this category, but Microsoft said hardware still varies widely. The $188 XO laptop from the One Laptop per Child organisation, for example, is too weak to run a standard version of XP. Microsoft is customising a version of XP for that machine.

Microsoft had planned to stop selling most versions of XP at the end of June 2008, with exceptions for small computer-building shops and PCs sold in developing countries.

But surprising demand in developed countries for what it calls ultra-low-cost personal computers prompted Redmond-based Microsoft to extend that deadline.

“There is incredibly strong demand for Windows on these devices, which is obviously great to hear,” said Michael Dix, a general manager for Microsoft’s Windows group. “The reason why they want Windows is because they think of Windows as being a real PC.”

Dix said Microsoft is grappling with how to serve a broader range of PC configurations than Vista does as it designs the next operating system, currently referred to as Windows 7 and set for launch in 2010. He would not say how engineers are addressing this problem.
Source: Times of India: The Infotech