Windows XP to be phased out by year’s end
A report by APC identified that the computer manufacturers were told that OEM copies of Windows XP will no longer be distributed through new computer packages. Even with a huge resistance from the Windows community, Microsoft is adamant to closing any and all options to skimp on their flagship OS.
Even with the many publicity stunts to market Vista to the PC community, there is still demand for preloaded Windows XP in newly purchased computers, especially in the home and small office segment. The plan, as it stands, is to force all computer manufacturers to ship Vista-only machines by early 2008.
It seems that despite Dell’s stand that they recognize “the needs of small business customers,” the general consensus among PC manufacturers – that Vista contributed a minor boost in computer hardware sales – was enough to steer Dell into adopting “no more XP” move earlier than the specified January 2008 deadline. As a premier home and business computing solutions provider, Dell plans to continue distributing Windows XP “on select Dimension and Inspiron systems until later this [northern] summer.”
So it looks like the PC gaming community has their work cut out for them. Now while we go and scan our hard drives, defragment those files and clean out that registry, let’s give Windows XP its last days one more chance to shine. Come 2008, it may just officially be the “Year of the Penguin.”
Via APC
A report by APC identified that the computer manufacturers were told that OEM copies of Windows XP will no longer be distributed through new computer packages. Even with a huge resistance from the Windows community, Microsoft is adamant to closing any and all options to skimp on their flagship OS.
Even with the many publicity stunts to market Vista to the PC community, there is still demand for preloaded Windows XP in newly purchased computers, especially in the home and small office segment. The plan, as it stands, is to force all computer manufacturers to ship Vista-only machines by early 2008.
It seems that despite Dell’s stand that they recognize “the needs of small business customers,” the general consensus among PC manufacturers – that Vista contributed a minor boost in computer hardware sales – was enough to steer Dell into adopting “no more XP” move earlier than the specified January 2008 deadline. As a premier home and business computing solutions provider, Dell plans to continue distributing Windows XP “on select Dimension and Inspiron systems until later this [northern] summer.”
So it looks like the PC gaming community has their work cut out for them. Now while we go and scan our hard drives, defragment those files and clean out that registry, let’s give Windows XP its last days one more chance to shine. Come 2008, it may just officially be the “Year of the Penguin.”
Via APC