Microsoft Extends XP For Low-Cost Laptops

Ian Lamont writes "Microsoft says it will extend the sales of Windows XP Home to OEMs by several years, but it's not in response to the SaveXP petition. Microsoft is supposedly making the move in part to ensure that Linux doesn't dominate the market for certain types of 'ultra-low-cost' laptops. XP will be available for OEMs until June 30, 2010, or one year after the availability of the next client version of Windows, whichever date comes later. This greatly extends the earlier XP deadline of June 30 of this year (which was an extension itself), and means XP will potentially be installed on new computers nearly a decade after its original release. The author of the article suggests that the post-June 2008 release of Atom-based laptops encouraged Microsoft to extend XP, even though Intel says Atom can support Vista. Intel also claims that 'Moblin' Linux will be available on Atom-equipped mobile devices starting this summer."

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[TubeSteak]

So when are they going to put out SP3 (and maybe SP4)?

I for one am happy about this.
Vista was not rushed out the door and still has issues, even after SP1.

WinXP is "good enough" (though not necessarily secure enough) in ways that previous version of Windows haven't been and Vista doesn't do much to change that.

several?

[OrangeTide]

several, a- Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many.

How did 2008 to 2010 become "several" ?