XP Death Watch

XP Death Watch



http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/...e-weeks_1.html

Even though it has had its own problems of late, Windows XP remains
the most-used version of Windows. The newest data from Web metrics
vendor Net Applications, for example,
pegs XP as driving 73 percent of the personal computers that went
online last month,

five times the nearest competitor, Microsoft's own Windows Vista.

Which is why an impending deadline five weeks from today is important.

According to Microsoft, June 30 is the last day it will permit
retailers and OEMs to sell
the nearly seven-year-old operating system.

[ Make your voice heard. Sign InfoWorld's 'Save Windows XP' petition
today. ]


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/


You'll have questions as that date approaches,

including whether the deadline will drive up prices (gouging,
anyone?);

we plan to have the answers, starting with this FAQ and continuing
through the end of next month.

How long until Microsoft shuts off the XP spigot? Five weeks from
today is the last day Microsoft

will officially allow retailers to sell the old operating system, and
let major computer makers
--
called "OEMs," for "original equipment manufacturers" -- to sell PCs
with XP pre-installed.


Monday, June 30, is the EOL, or End-Of-Life, a term Dell, not
Microsoft, has publicly used,
for XP's retail and OEM availability.

So what's the June 18 date I've heard about? That's the day that Dell
has said is the last

possible day for its customers to buy a machine running Windows XP.
"To meet Microsoft's

June 30 last-day-to-ship OEM Windows XP deadline,

June 18 is the last time to purchase a Dell laptop, desktop, or
workstation

with an OEM Windows XP license"

, Dell says on its Web site.

www.dell.com

So help save Windows XP

On Jun 13, 8:52*pm, cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:
> XP Death Watch
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/...-T-minus-five-...
>
> Even though it has had its own problems of late, Windows XP remains
> the most-used version of *Windows. The newest data from Web metrics
> vendor Net Applications, for example,
> pegs XP as driving 73 percent of the personal computers that went
> online last month,
>
> five times the nearest competitor, Microsoft's own Windows Vista.
>
> Which is why an impending deadline five weeks from today is important.
>
> According to Microsoft, June 30 is the last day it will permit
> retailers and OEMs to sell
> *the nearly seven-year-old operating system.
>
> [ Make your voice heard. Sign InfoWorld's 'Save Windows XP' petition
> today. ]
>
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/
>
> You'll have questions as that date approaches,
>
> including whether the deadline will drive up *prices (gouging,
> anyone?);
>
> we plan to have the answers, starting with this FAQ and continuing
> through the end of next month.
>
> How long until Microsoft shuts off the XP spigot? Five weeks from
> today is the last day Microsoft
>
> will officially allow retailers to sell the old operating system, and
> let major computer makers
> --
> *called "OEMs," for "original equipment manufacturers" -- to sell PCs
> with XP pre-installed.
>
> Monday, June 30, is the EOL, or End-Of-Life, a term Dell, not
> Microsoft, has publicly used,
> *for XP's retail and OEM availability.
>
> So what's the June 18 date I've heard about? That's the day that Dell
> has said is the last
>
> *possible day for its customers to buy a machine running Windows XP.
> "To meet Microsoft's
>
> June 30 last-day-to-ship OEM Windows XP deadline,
>
> June 18 is the last time to purchase a Dell laptop, desktop, or
> workstation
>
> with an OEM Windows XP license"
>
> , Dell says on its Web site.
>
> *www.dell.com

wrote:
> So help save Windows XP
>

Save it? Its not going anywhere, you will still be able to use it for
years to come. Heck, you could still use Windows 3.1 if you wanted to,
no one is stopping you. Same with Windows 2000, NT, 98, ME, 95....

<> wrote in message
news:9a7b0dd0-6d20-47d2-bb3f-...
> XP Death Watch

Why buy XP or petition, Microsoft has declared it dead. Heck, for that
mater all the developers are off to "Win 7". Why even bother with Vista if
your PC isn't broke. And if it is broke, why not look at EeePC or a Apple
Mac? Or buy a commodity (cheap) PC and load Ubuntu/Linux?

Microsoft had the best, most accepted OS out there, XP. Now they shot it.
Making the same mistake as Coke, new Coke and Coke Clasic. But guess what,
the more people that learn Macs and Linux, they might not come back.

I am not going to sign the petition, I look forward to Microsoft shooting
there feet right off. Besides Linux is free of DRM. Serves them right.


> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/...e-weeks_1.html
>
> Even though it has had its own problems of late, Windows XP remains
> the most-used version of Windows. The newest data from Web metrics
> vendor Net Applications, for example,
> pegs XP as driving 73 percent of the personal computers that went
> online last month,
>
> five times the nearest competitor, Microsoft's own Windows Vista.
>
> Which is why an impending deadline five weeks from today is important.
>
> According to Microsoft, June 30 is the last day it will permit
> retailers and OEMs to sell
> the nearly seven-year-old operating system.
>
> [ Make your voice heard. Sign InfoWorld's 'Save Windows XP' petition
> today. ]
>
>
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/
>
>
> You'll have questions as that date approaches,
>
> including whether the deadline will drive up prices (gouging,
> anyone?);
>
> we plan to have the answers, starting with this FAQ and continuing
> through the end of next month.
>
> How long until Microsoft shuts off the XP spigot? Five weeks from
> today is the last day Microsoft
>
> will officially allow retailers to sell the old operating system, and
> let major computer makers
> --
> called "OEMs," for "original equipment manufacturers" -- to sell PCs
> with XP pre-installed.
>
>
> Monday, June 30, is the EOL, or End-Of-Life, a term Dell, not
> Microsoft, has publicly used,
> for XP's retail and OEM availability.
>
> So what's the June 18 date I've heard about? That's the day that Dell
> has said is the last
>
> possible day for its customers to buy a machine running Windows XP.
> "To meet Microsoft's
>
> June 30 last-day-to-ship OEM Windows XP deadline,
>
> June 18 is the last time to purchase a Dell laptop, desktop, or
> workstation
>
> with an OEM Windows XP license"
>
> , Dell says on its Web site.
>
> www.dell.com
>
>
>

"Milt" <> wrote in message
news:485326a2$0$5704$...
> wrote:
>> So help save Windows XP
>>
>
> Save it? Its not going anywhere, you will still be able to use it for
> years to come. Heck, you could still use Windows 3.1 if you wanted to, no
> one is stopping you. Same with Windows 2000, NT, 98, ME, 95....

You can in so long as your PC already has it and it does not crap out. Most
PCs are not designed to last 10+ years. (assuming your XP is original and a
patch does not blow it up).

On Jun 13, 10:02*pm, Milt <netr...@nospammiltsweb.com> wrote:
> cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:
> > So help save Windows XP
>
> Save it? Its not going anywhere, you will still be able to use it for
> years to come. Heck, you could still use Windows 3.1 if you wanted to,
> no one is stopping you. Same with Windows 2000, NT, 98, ME, 95....

Well,

let me spell it out.

say next year , you want to buy a nice new Shiny PC..

but your choices will be either Vista ( search for Vista on Youtube )

or something that might not be compatible with your work group, or
require a" Windows MVP" to support it.

If Windows XP is available , pre installed on your new PC,

you're good to go.

Currently, with Vista, to get any sort of performance out of it, you
have to figure out How to disable half of the system

just to get the same performance you currently get with Windows XP.

- and I say

Why force the computer illiterates of the world ( the rest of the
Population)

through all this Hosre Siht.

Why, with Vista, they can't even get out to Yahoo Groups.

Having a " Vista Only " PC world is delegating many PC's of the world
into fancy screen-saver endowed paperweights.

A Vista Only PC world will cripple normal commerce and industry.

And I say,

why put up with this Microsoft "Vista only " crap!

Just Worry, Cajole and Bullyrage Microsoft

into making Good old reliable Windows XP available for The
Foreseeable Future..

Thank You ..

David wrote:
> On Jun 13, 10:02 pm, Milt <netr...@nospammiltsweb.com> wrote:
>
>>cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:
>>
>>>So help save Windows XP
>>
>>Save it? Its not going anywhere, you will still be able to use it for
>>years to come. Heck, you could still use Windows 3.1 if you wanted to,
>>no one is stopping you. Same with Windows 2000, NT, 98, ME, 95....
>
>
> Well,
>
> let me spell it out.
>
> say next year , you want to buy a nice new Shiny PC..
>
> but your choices will be either Vista ( search for Vista on Youtube )
>
> or something that might not be compatible with your work group, or
> require a" Windows MVP" to support it.
>
> If Windows XP is available , pre installed on your new PC,
>
> you're good to go.
>
> Currently, with Vista, to get any sort of performance out of it, you
> have to figure out How to disable half of the system
>
> just to get the same performance you currently get with Windows XP.
>
> - and I say
>
> Why force the computer illiterates of the world ( the rest of the
> Population)
>
> through all this Hosre Siht.
>
> Why, with Vista, they can't even get out to Yahoo Groups.
>
> Having a " Vista Only " PC world is delegating many PC's of the world
> into fancy screen-saver endowed paperweights.
>
> A Vista Only PC world will cripple normal commerce and industry.
>
> And I say,
>
> why put up with this Microsoft "Vista only " crap!
>
> Just Worry, Cajole and Bullyrage Microsoft
>
> into making Good old reliable Windows XP available for The
> Foreseeable Future..
>
> Thank You ..
>
>
>
>
>
You can't be as stupid as you seem, can you?
Frank

"David" <> wrote in message
news:ccf7cc1b-e80d-4ce8-8003-...

> just to get the same performance you currently get with Windows XP.

You are doing good. I never got that far.

>Having a " Vista Only " PC world is delegating many PC's of the world
> into fancy screen-saver endowed paperweights.

Not really, Ubuntu works on it just great.

> A Vista Only PC world will cripple normal commerce and industry.

That is why business is rejecting Vista.

"Frank" <> wrote in message
news:48532ea3$0$4264$...
>>
> You can't be as stupid as you seem, can you?
> Frank

No Frank. That is the one thing that you can do better than anybody else.
It's your forte.

ss.

I sell Vista to many businesses.

They don't reject it at all. Just stop using min speced hardware, or
hardware under min spec. That's the reason it runs so slow. My customers
want a good 64bit system. 64bit Vista is a lot better than 64bit XP.

Do some homework, half of you sound like you haven't got a clue.

- Hayden


"Canuck57" <dave-> wrote in message
news:BVF4k.29746$gc5.5410@pd7urf2no...
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:9a7b0dd0-6d20-47d2-bb3f-...
>> XP Death Watch
>
> Why buy XP or petition, Microsoft has declared it dead. Heck, for that
> mater all the developers are off to "Win 7". Why even bother with Vista
> if your PC isn't broke. And if it is broke, why not look at EeePC or a
> Apple Mac? Or buy a commodity (cheap) PC and load Ubuntu/Linux?
>
> Microsoft had the best, most accepted OS out there, XP. Now they shot it.
> Making the same mistake as Coke, new Coke and Coke Clasic. But guess
> what, the more people that learn Macs and Linux, they might not come back.
>
> I am not going to sign the petition, I look forward to Microsoft shooting
> there feet right off. Besides Linux is free of DRM. Serves them right.
>
>
>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/...e-weeks_1.html
>>
>> Even though it has had its own problems of late, Windows XP remains
>> the most-used version of Windows. The newest data from Web metrics
>> vendor Net Applications, for example,
>> pegs XP as driving 73 percent of the personal computers that went
>> online last month,
>>
>> five times the nearest competitor, Microsoft's own Windows Vista.
>>
>> Which is why an impending deadline five weeks from today is important.
>>
>> According to Microsoft, June 30 is the last day it will permit
>> retailers and OEMs to sell
>> the nearly seven-year-old operating system.
>>
>> [ Make your voice heard. Sign InfoWorld's 'Save Windows XP' petition
>> today. ]
>>
>>
>> http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/
>>
>>
>> You'll have questions as that date approaches,
>>
>> including whether the deadline will drive up prices (gouging,
>> anyone?);
>>
>> we plan to have the answers, starting with this FAQ and continuing
>> through the end of next month.
>>
>> How long until Microsoft shuts off the XP spigot? Five weeks from
>> today is the last day Microsoft
>>
>> will officially allow retailers to sell the old operating system, and
>> let major computer makers
>> --
>> called "OEMs," for "original equipment manufacturers" -- to sell PCs
>> with XP pre-installed.
>>
>>
>> Monday, June 30, is the EOL, or End-Of-Life, a term Dell, not
>> Microsoft, has publicly used,
>> for XP's retail and OEM availability.
>>
>> So what's the June 18 date I've heard about? That's the day that Dell
>> has said is the last
>>
>> possible day for its customers to buy a machine running Windows XP.
>> "To meet Microsoft's
>>
>> June 30 last-day-to-ship OEM Windows XP deadline,
>>
>> June 18 is the last time to purchase a Dell laptop, desktop, or
>> workstation
>>
>> with an OEM Windows XP license"
>>
>> , Dell says on its Web site.
>>
>> www.dell.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>