XP Still Supported

[Richard Cranium]

I see many new netbooks still being promoted with XP as their OS of
choice. Does this mean that MS will continue to support XP for the
forseeable future?

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:46:20 GMT, (Richard Cranium)
wrote:

> I see many new netbooks still being promoted with XP as their OS of
> choice. Does this mean that MS will continue to support XP for the
> forseeable future?



Read here:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&x=16&y=12&C2=1173

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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[BillW50]

In ,
Richard Cranium typed on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:46:20 GMT:
> I see many new netbooks still being promoted with XP as their OS of
> choice. Does this mean that MS will continue to support XP for the
> forseeable future?

Does Microsoft have a choice? If they drop it, netbooks will be going to
favor Linux. I have one netbook (I have five of them) with Windows 7.
And I am not one bit impressed with it at all. But this is what
Microsoft wants netbook manufactures to use. I don't think it will go
well. Unless netbooks starts getting a lot more power. <grin>

--
Bill
Windows XP SP2 (5.1.2600)
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC

[Bob I]

Nope, since it is OEM, the vendor that put it on the netbook provides
the support.
Here is the Microsoft timeline for XP
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?alpha=Windows+XP

Richard Cranium wrote:

> I see many new netbooks still being promoted with XP as their OS of
> choice. Does this mean that MS will continue to support XP for the
> forseeable future?

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

WinXP SP3 (only) is in Extended Support phase. While no bugs will be
addressed nor will any additional functionality be offered, computers
running WinXP SP3 (only) will be offered criticial security updates until
April 2014.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
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Richard Cranium wrote:
> I see many new netbooks still being promoted with XP as their OS of
> choice. Does this mean that MS will continue to support XP for the
> forseeable future?

[Bennett Marco]

"BillW50" > wrote:

>In ,
>Richard Cranium typed on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:46:20 GMT:
>> I see many new netbooks still being promoted with XP as their OS of
>> choice. Does this mean that MS will continue to support XP for the
>> forseeable future?
>
>Does Microsoft have a choice? If they drop it, netbooks will be going to
>favor Linux. I have one netbook (I have five of them) with Windows 7.
>And I am not one bit impressed with it at all. But this is what
>Microsoft wants netbook manufactures to use. I don't think it will go
>well. Unless netbooks starts getting a lot more power. <grin>

Netbooks aren't for customers who need power... they're for the folks
who just want to do email and surf the 'net, and they're more than
sufficient for those purposes.

[BillW50]

In ,
Bennett Marco typed on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:33:04 -0500:
> "BillW50" > wrote:
>
>> In ,
>> Richard Cranium typed on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:46:20 GMT:
>>> I see many new netbooks still being promoted with XP as their OS of
>>> choice. Does this mean that MS will continue to support XP for the
>>> forseeable future?
>>
>> Does Microsoft have a choice? If they drop it, netbooks will be
>> going to favor Linux. I have one netbook (I have five of them) with
>> Windows 7. And I am not one bit impressed with it at all. But this
>> is what Microsoft wants netbook manufactures to use. I don't think
>> it will go well. Unless netbooks starts getting a lot more power.
>> <grin>
>
> Netbooks aren't for customers who need power... they're for the folks
> who just want to do email and surf the 'net, and they're more than
> sufficient for those purposes.

I don't know many users that actually need more power than a netbook.
And I think this surprised the experts (although I was not). As early on
many of them didn't expect netbooks to be a big hit. But they were and
millions of these things are sold every year.

The few that doesn't like netbooks usually have two complaints. The
keyboard and/or the screen are too small. Few complain that it doesn't
have enough power. I had five of them myself. Although I gave one away
to my nephew for school. <vbg>

--
Bill
Windows XP SP2 (5.1.2600)
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC

[Bob I]

BillW50 wrote:
> In ,
> Bennett Marco typed on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:33:04 -0500:
>
>>"BillW50" > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In ,
>>>Richard Cranium typed on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:46:20 GMT:
>>>
>>>>I see many new netbooks still being promoted with XP as their OS of
>>>>choice. Does this mean that MS will continue to support XP for the
>>>>forseeable future?
>>>
>>>Does Microsoft have a choice? If they drop it, netbooks will be
>>>going to favor Linux. I have one netbook (I have five of them) with
>>>Windows 7. And I am not one bit impressed with it at all. But this
>>>is what Microsoft wants netbook manufactures to use. I don't think
>>>it will go well. Unless netbooks starts getting a lot more power.
>>><grin>
>>
>>Netbooks aren't for customers who need power... they're for the folks
>>who just want to do email and surf the 'net, and they're more than
>>sufficient for those purposes.
>
>
> I don't know many users that actually need more power than a netbook.
> And I think this surprised the experts (although I was not). As early on
> many of them didn't expect netbooks to be a big hit. But they were and
> millions of these things are sold every year.
>
> The few that doesn't like netbooks usually have two complaints. The
> keyboard and/or the screen are too small. Few complain that it doesn't
> have enough power. I had five of them myself. Although I gave one away
> to my nephew for school. <vbg>
>
Looks like XP will be available on Netbooks for one more year.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/windows-7-may-mean-fewer-bargain-netbooks-544?source=rss_infoworld_news