Xylophone said:
This is what it says here:
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/cont...nsumer_windows_xp_gets_another_lifecycle.html
Can we rely upon this. I understood XP has a remaining life of 2/3
years. On that basis, I had decided to go for Vista on my new PC.
Till 2014 is a huge difference.
What is it with people and not going to the source?
You can always check out the life cycle of any Microsoft product (that has
gone into "RTM" status) here:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect
Specifically - for your question:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3221
Windows XP Home Edition
Generally Availability Date: 12/31/2001
Mainstream Support Retired: 4/14/2009
Extended Support Retired: 4/8/2014
Go here:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
And read up on 'Extended support' --> which means you will still be getting
security updates at no charge. Which only makes sense and was really no
extra effort - since they will be providing the same for the business-class
Windows XP Professional - and most patches that apply to Windows XP
Professional apply to Windows XP Home Edition.
Now - as for Windows XP's *real* life - that doesn't depend necessarily on
support from Microsoft at all. Hardware vendors have a LOT of control.
They may choose to only release drivers for the latest operating systems -
which means your new XXXX may not function 100% under Windows XP (irony is
that a lot of older products don't currently function under Windows Vista...
*grin*)
