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[Deeter]

Originally Posted by bobcox

I would get rid of Vista and go back to XP.
Thats what i did, Bob

Why do people keep suggesting this as a solution? Microsoft is abandoning further support or updates of XP as early as June of 2009.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by Deeter

Why do people keep suggesting this as a solution? Microsoft is abandoning further support or updates of XP as early as June of 2009.

Hey Deeter,
XP is a stable operating system like Windows 98. I know folks (not Hoster users ) who still use Windows 98. Some businesses I know of still use DOS, YUK BUT IT'S STABLE.

Vista is soon to join the ranks of Windows 2000 and Windows Me as operating systems that were never stable and were dropped by the public. When we get a good OS, we hang on to it. Let's pray that Windows 7 which should be out next year is stable.

This is my take on it.

Jim

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Deeter

Why do people keep suggesting this as a solution? Microsoft is abandoning further support or updates of XP as early as June of 2009.

i dont think he's suggesting that, you may read it that way, but the fact is hoster runs better with xp without all the problems and dont have to do a lot of changes just needed some custom updates, not like vista

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Deeter

Why do people keep suggesting this as a solution? Microsoft is abandoning further support or updates of XP as early as June of 2009.

And Microsoft will soon be abandoning Vista Support after they release another service pack for it to make it run more like XP. Then when they release Windows 7 (yet another new OS) early next year they will abandon Vista. As long as the Department of Defense and large companies hang on to XP which many are doing, Microsoft will have to continue supporting it. What they say and what they do are two different things. Both Dell and HP still sell XP in there business sections.
Of course Microsoft also said they were abandoning support and you would not be able to buy XP after June of 2008 and obviously that didn't happen either.

[billyo]

i work for the local govt and they just bought hundreds of dell latitude laptops for us to use in our vehicles and they specifically ordered them with xp os..so i dont think xp is going away for good

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by Deeter

Why do people keep suggesting this as a solution? Microsoft is abandoning further support or updates of XP as early as June of 2009.

Deeter, you are listening to the market hype that Microsoft wants you to hear. The fact of the matter is they will follow what the market demands. For example, I had to drag out an old machine for a project that required a floppy drive, bi-directional printer port, and Win98. This was just a couple of weeks ago. When I got online to download the software, I got windows updates pushed to me even though they "stopped supporting" Win98 July 11th 2006. That date was even considered "extended support" that only included critical bug fixes. So with that as a measure of when they actually stop support, I would assume we should be good until sometime in 2012. I would hope that we could get a decent replacement operating system by then.

[marklwood]

I guess I should have read the rest of the thread before I replied. Sorry for the re-hash.

[marklwood]

I just ran across an interesting article about this very thread.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15547...ml?tk=rss_news

[ddouglass]

Good article Mark. As usual Microsoft continues to shoot themselves in the foot. When NT came out I couldn't wait to upgrade and get away from 98. When 2000 came out it was the same thing. Again with XP, but not until after the first SP. With Vista I still won't touch it. We'll see what Windows 7 looks like and how it acts when it comes out.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

When 2000 came out it was the same thing.

Years ago at the TV staion I worked for, I installed windows 2000 on one machine and had nothing but problems, I was to scared to use ME. Did you find 2000 to be stable Dale?

I agree, good article Mark, thanks for posting a link to it.

Jim

[ddouglass]

Used it for a number of years on USAF network on several thousand computers with no major problems. Then we went to NT which was even better.

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by Deeter

Why do people keep suggesting this as a solution? Microsoft is abandoning further support or updates of XP as early as June of 2009.

From what I had understood from sources (reliable - who knows, but lets just say they come from Renton, WA where they work) is XP would be supported until around 2014.

[Lonman]

As a matter of fact here is a quote direct from Microsoft.

You can still buy new PCs and use Windows XP. Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate have downgrade rights that let you return your operating system to Windows XP. We plan to provide support for Windows XP until 2014.

and the source link
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-xp/future.aspx

So whoever told you XP support would end in 2009 was gravely mistaken!

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Lonman

As a matter of fact here is a quote direct from Microsoft.
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and the source link
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-xp/future.aspx

So whoever told you XP support would end in 2009 was gravely mistaken!

Salesmen say that stuff, don't they. It's their job, I guess.