No More Service Packs for Windows XP

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[citation][nom]Cryogenic[/nom]I'm running Windows 7 RTM at home (got it through MSDN subscription) and sadly I'm still using XP at work . XP Was good at his time, but if you only try Win 7 for a short while, there's no going back, the difference is huge. I've run Win 7 for 31 days and 19 hours without reboot and it was still running like I just started it, that's way above XPs league regarding system stability.[/citation]
I run XP for several months non-stop, with an occasional standby, and never experienced any trouble. I don't remember keeping my XP online for over 4 months in a row though!
 
... yaeh... time to move on... XP is still good... and will be around for the many usable single core 1 gig systems... but if you have a dual or more core system with at least 2 gig... windows 7 looks promising... ok... it haz some isues like vista, like multichannel sound for many audio programs, but that is most part because of the driver support... but the benefits even it out... i use Win7 RC...
 
[citation][nom]Renegade_Warrior[/nom]At least they're putting the Windows XP out to pasture instead of outright killing it![/citation]
haha yes!

off to the slaughter house... =P
 
[citation][nom]IronRyan21[/nom]M$ Fail.[/citation]

Cry Some Maor.

Seriously, XP is old. Its 8 years old. Its time to move on. Windows 7 is excellent. Stop trying to stagnate improvements.

If only people moved as fast as the software/hardware companies we could be at light speed PCs by now.....
 
MicroS**t should be forced to continue supporting ALL of it's past OS, or let me become open source. Instead they are allowed to periodically force everyone to at some point adopt their latest and (greatest???) OS release. The "geniuses" on the European courts continue to force MicroS**t to take out add-ons that benefit the public, but wont' do what is necessary, and force both MicroS**t and Apple to make their OS' open source.
 
I will stick with XP until Microsoft remove DRM from its operating systems, which is designed AGAINST user, not for user.
 
Windows 7 might have some improvements over XP, but DRM is not among them. In fact, DRM was made against user, praticulary for users who use only legal content. It was big big mistake for Microsoft to make DRM part of operating system, that should be for users, not against them.
 
FU tomshardware for constantly circumventing adblock. Im tied of the lame links that pop up when my mouse moves over them. Its not worht visiting here anymore if I have to keep updating something to block this SHIIT go to H E L L THG
 
[citation][nom]urfags[/nom]FU tomshardware for constantly circumventing adblock. Im tied of the lame links that pop up when my mouse moves over them. Its not worht visiting here anymore if I have to keep updating something to block this SHIIT go to H E L L THG[/citation]
no need to get so pissy at THG, if the ads annoy you, adblock them. most of them are blockable.
the only ones that get on my nerves are the words that are hyperlinked on the page.
 
[citation][nom]ElNochero[/nom]MicroS**t should be forced to continue supporting ALL of it's past OS, or let me become open source. Instead they are allowed to periodically force everyone to at some point adopt their latest and (greatest???) OS release. The "geniuses" on the European courts continue to force MicroS**t to take out add-ons that benefit the public, but wont' do what is necessary, and force both MicroS**t and Apple to make their OS' open source.[/citation]

You're talking about becomming open source? Take a Linux distribution and install WINE on it. Microsoft should provide libraries that map old API's to new API's that customers could still use old things. There is nothing wrong with a price tag, or else everybody will not use newer programs and progress will stall. Developers would just include the downlload on their list of requirements and don't worry much about improving their software for newer OS's.
Apple has some open source components. Seriously if MS and apple would make Open Source then pirates would compile the source and everybody would have such a pirated OS. Those European geniuses did NOT take away anything, Microsoft choose to remove IE and add the ballot screen AFTER the EU said it was not good enough. thanks to the EU, In windows in europe WE the USers CHOOSE OUR BROWSER, not Microsoft!
 
[citation][nom]Belardo[/nom]XP is dead? LOL?! XP has about 65% of the market, Vista at about 25%. And keep in MIND that MS does include PCs shipped with Vista-Business, but up-graded to XP-Pro as a "Vista" sale.Vista is closer to death. When 2014 comes around, there WILL STILL more XP systems in use than Vista.As of today, its still possible to buy WindowsXP and even with Win7-Pro, the owner can change the OS to XP. Somehow I doubt that anyone will be going out of their way to buy Vista after this October. By the way... I don't see any reason that XP would need a new Service Pak. What does it need?PS: I use Win7-RC on 3 out of 4 PCs in my home. Only my main desktop is WinXP.[/citation]
1. XP x64 NEEDS SP3 in order to make my life easier (aka slipstream SP3 so I don't have to DL a ton of hotfixes).

2. XP is dead in terms of technological progress.
 
win NT 4 - 6 service packs
win 2000 - 4 service packs + 1 final update rollup
win xp - 3 service packs
win 2003 - 2 service packs
Boy, is MS getting good at coding new OS, requiring less fixes?
Or, is MS getting lazier at fixing old OS (no money, no fixes)?
Or, newer OS are supposed to retire quicker and we should
replace them sooner? Like disposable cups and plates.
 
[citation][nom]tpi2007[/nom]I just hope that for simplicity's sake, when by 2014 they stop rolling out individual fixes they release a final "Service Pack"/patch pack, or whatever they want to call it, with all the fixes since SP3. Have you ever had to install an old operating system ...[/citation]
the simple solution to that is to install the OS, all the drivers, all the updates and then make an image of the drive. Then when you need to, you restore from the image. I have two images for each of my computers, one for the OS and one for OS plus basic software load.

Saves a lot of time.
 
That ending line about "you were a good OS"

Have you really forgotten how god-awful XP was pre-SP1? It still didn't even really hit it's stride until SP2, but when it first came out, it was just terrible, and crashed constantly. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that Vista was better when it first came out than XP was.

Ubuntu isn't always perfect, and yet with 1/1000000000000 the revenue of MS, they can generally release a major OS update every 6 months that is far more stable. I also prefer their (non-existent)advertising to Microsoft's "OMGWTF?!?!" style of advertising.
 
We all already knew this. And to those wondering, the Life Cycle of Windows XP is 2012. So in 2012, Microsoft will no longer supply any security updates.
 
[citation][nom]jimmysmitty[/nom]If only people moved as fast as the software/hardware companies we could be at light speed PCs by now.....[/citation]

u stupid SOB, don't know anything bout technology.
 
I bought my Dell PC 7 years ago loaded with the then, newly launched XP. 6 years later today, these people tells me what I've paid so much for 7 years ago will no longer be updated. What a crock! Even cars or any electrical items have over 10 years of parts stock-up.

Computing has become too expensive a tech to maintain. Maybe that's why so many 3rd world countries are making copies. Can't blame them at all.
 
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