More here http://www.gameshout.com/headlines/..._windows_xp_if_customers_wish/article1308.htm And it is what we want! 160,000 petitions strong! We can keep XP alive! *back to writing content*
There's no point doing that, the power is still in Microsoft hands. So what if Windows XP's lifespan is prolonged? they will still be eliminated one day by their creator.
There is an agreement signed since a while back guaranteeing that XP will be preserved after the deadline for new but low-profile computers
Microsoft made their choice, it's our turn now. Either continue to use XP until it becomes as outdated as Win98 is right now or look in our pockets and buy the Vista. They've already done enough to make XP look as if it has been left behind and it's only a matter of time till we start feel the discomfort.
Yeah Right, I bet in 10 years Ill be using XP. XP is great and all I'll ever need. I used windows 95 until the end of last year!!
I have found online many people who are still using Windows 3.1 or even MS-Dos 6 since the time when those operating systems were new releases.
Frankly to say it's already continued in ASUS EEE Pc for example. There is XP. As for my desktop I'll install Vista this August when will buy new PC. In one way or another I'll need DirectX 10 and probably some new things/software which may need Vista. Anyway DDR2 RAM is really cheap today, so don't see any problem with Vista.
I have a Dell Laptop that XP constantly crashed on; I tried updating drivers, reimaging - it never failed after a few months = erratic. So I upgraded it to VISTA. What a catastrophe. Even after getting it semi-stabilized sloooooowwwwww as molasses. I was about to turf the laptop and figured, hey let's try Ubuntu on it. Works perfectly, super fast. I've never looked back. I've got two other machines, both desktops - one has XP and the other VISTA (my quad core with 4 GB RAM). The laptop which is much less of a computer has equally good response time on most operations...though of course it is poor at doing full-out multitasking but hey this was a machine I was ready to ditch suddenly being iron solid, robust and very fast. There should be NO comparison at ALL between a 1.6 Celeron to a Q6600, 4GB with 500 GB SATA2 RAID5!! Shows you just how FAST Ubuntu is. So I'm now thinking of trying Ubuntu as my prime environment on my quad core. WINE and Open Office let me do the 'pretend PC' if I need to. So if you really won't go to VISTA, you might give Ubuntu a shot if XP can't do what you need or won't work on your new hardware. It's surprisingly very configuration friendly. However VISTA has been working out rather well on the quad since the big upgrades were pushed out 2 months ago. While I (strongly) prefer XP as an OS, the memory issue and core support make VISTA the only game in town for big iron - if you stay with a Microsoft environment.
I wouldn't mind vista if it wasn't for all the compatibility problems. If they fix all that then I'll switch no problem, but until then I'm sticking with xp pro.