On 30 June 2008,


http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/252...mment_count=20

 

Seriously. I hate Windows ME v2.

 

It means we're are left with Vista....


.....and we know everyone LOOOOOOOVES Vista

 

Works OK for me. Got a dual boot XP/Vista system and use XP maybe once a month. Vista hates my photo processing programs.

 

yeah i have no problems with vista except for the rumors that theyre dropping it.

 

only issue i got is the slow file transfers thats it.

 

although i think i need to get another 2gb of ram so i have 4 total (well 3.2 or so because mines the 32bit version)

cause every time i use adobe bridge cs3 and photoshop cs3 at the same time my computer runs way low on memory and it starts to act funky.

 

I guess the download rate for Windows XP will sky-rocket after June 30th, 2008

 

Any chance they will stop enforcing the anti piracy on XP when they stop selling it?

 

There's one issue not mentioned that can have an impact on pretty much anyone. That being driver support for new hardware that comes out after the cutoff date. Will hardware manufacturers bother developing drivers for XP when the OS is no longer even sold? It will probably be a coin toss.

 

People actually buy XP?

 

They will... but only for so long... I think driver support for Win2k is at the end of it's lifecycle, so XP support should continue for a few years...

 

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Like he said.

I'm guessing driver support will continue, at least until a new OS comes out. Companies just have NOT been buying into the Vista thing. Neither has the government. The Navy computers we got two weeks ago came with XP on them. Now with rumors of Vista not being around that long, I don't think XP support is really going anywhere.

 

I disagree that XP driver support can be assumed for everything. For several items it seems like a safe bet. For example "enterprise" targeted systems to address the corporate concerns TzarChasm raised and video cards, where there is a large DIY user base.

But let's say it's September and you buy a new "consumer" level laptop. What if that laptop includes a new generation of mobile video card or network adapter? Why should the hardware manufacturer go through the time and expense of developing, testing, and certifying XP drivers when the hardware can never be sold with that OS? You think they're going to do it out of the goodness of their corporate heart?

 

I dread the day I have to change from XP. Upgrading everything at work will be a nice nightmare.

 

Good riddance, I look forward to the day when people won't be whining all the time about how they're glad they're using XP instead of Vista.