Not me. XP is working fine. It's going to be while yet before the hardware is cheap, fast and powerful enough to run HDTV etc., that I would want it for.

This should be a lesson to Microsoft. Put out overbloated software which requires everyone to buy a new computer and people won't buy it.

I'll probably wait and see what the next operating system brings. Of course it will be even more bloated. Oh, and most people still use 32 bit too. that hasn't changed too much.

oh good. The king of the futuristic agp can keep going. I wonder what will go backwards next.. agp on low NM isn't one of them. not that I haven't spotted vista to run on my own machine with resources saved by shutting down all I can before making it too constipated to run normal....just like xp, and win2000, and me, and 98, and even 95...

Speak in English, dude.

vista works fine for me(computer illiterate). some dumb things are the half life gets a stop working error if i just quit the game. and my dvd drive isn't wrking to well.

At least Microsoft made a wise decision on not making everyone with XP extremely upset. Vista had too much hype for what it really gives - even with service pack 1 it hasn't helped the people that I know that have it too much.

What the article does not state is that Microsoft is only continuing to offer xp for low cost computers, so those looking to purchase a mainstream computer after june 30 2008 are still out of luck.

This TG article is misleading at best. Microsoft only extended the support for "ultra-low-cost PCs."

http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9910253-56.html

Yep, essentially budget machines for those who buy off the shelf - and even if you are a DIY'er, you can only get Home for these OEM licenses. No Pro or Media Center XP after June '08

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

You must be computer illiterate, because you can't read.

Why isn't greedy Micro$oft extending availability for XP Professional? Damn they're so greedy; I'm so sick of their arrogance. This is what happens when a company has a monopoly. It's always the same. Micro$oft is the new age AT&T. Vista is crap. It slows down your PC, even fast ones.

They'll keep pushing Vista down your throat. The more people going on Vista now, the more money now, the more people will be happy to move to the next OS when time comes...
Why people seem to forget: Plain XP32 head to head with either Vista32 or Vista64 beats them close to throughly in performance. This is more important than the glass interface or the ready boost. That's my opinion, but opinion apart, Vista suck in user interface by a comparable means: a simple but important one by the way, the distance you need to travel via mouse for simple operations. It is bothering via mouse, let alone touchpads...

But it's ok and great that Apple does this every 2 years??? Can you ppl make up your minds?

I consider myself not a computer illiterate and I am introduced to some of the inner workings of the system. I would really like to see Vista gain momentum (in sense of development). All that arguments that it's slow, takes RAM and CPU are not based on the good reasoning. Of course Vista is heavier than XP... but can you compare the latter to 98? I think that we should compare how the system behaves on modern machines, not a 3-4 year old iron.

It seems to me that Vista got a bit too complicated for Microsoft to be able to put out a finished product. There were just too many new thing in the OS. XP was partly ready before starting to develop it because it's (after all) a desktop remake of Windows 2000 (maybe 4th generation NT). All they did is to make it work with games. As far as I can remember there were some problems when XP was introduced and people started to use it a bit later.

Now Vista is out and it has problems. I think that people do not see that the system in general is very good and a lot of improvements have been made. Microsoft should find a way to tell them that. And as they continue to have problems with that, people continue to call Vista - junk. In fact the system is good but Microsoft has problems making it as stable and reliable as XP. People should pressure MS to do that and stop yelling that they want to return to the stone age.

What j.Doe means is that Windows Vista is full of unnecessary things that for run it normaly you need to buy a new Computer with lots of internal memory.
Besides that after looking at a computer with vista it remind me a lot a Macintosh (Wonder why)

>> Low-cost computers, like the One Laptop Per Child
>> $200 laptop or Intel's Classmate PC, rely on XP and
>> would be forced to turn away from Microsoft if it
>> stopped supporting its last-generation OS.

Sure, the Classmate PC uses XP, but the OLPC uses a variation of LINUX.

It appears typical for a windows OS. Everyone might want to just get over the Vista this and Vista that. It will be "Windows" for a long time, Windows 7 or whatever its new official name will be, will launch in 2011 because the target is 2010. XP will be gone then. Any of you running Windows 2000 Pro?

To develop Java software, and without problems nor portability issues, from 2000 to XP, from linux to big Solaris or HPUX boxes.

Dude your credibility is shot...

You're a known post runner.

LOL I'll never forget you naming OMG calender, support from microfluff, media center, drive backup, drive encryption and DVD burning as new OS features that everyone should pay up to 399 to get vista for.

hahaha now you want post non sense "will launch in 2011 because the target is 2010".

Despite gates slipping and admitting that it will be ready next year.

Despite they have been showing demo's for over 6 months of minwin and other REAL OS FEATURES. All of which wasn't in that crap release.

Yes the target would be pushed back normally. But because of you OPEN BETA PURCHASERS OF VISTA, you suckers are paving the way for the future.

And diode as soon as you learn what an OS is you'll be on the road to recovery.

without it you'll stay a sucker that will just purchase anything put in your face. Microfluff could add 3 new OS releases between now and windows 7 and you'd shell out the cash because you ability to pick and chose and be an educated consumer is shot.

So the next time microfluff predict they will make X millions in quarter X. Know that it is you who's dollars are penciled in like a sucker.

I have several systems and I have DOS/Windows 3.11, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP.

What mine and I think most peoples complaint about Vista is, is that Microsoft sees a few people download and install things like widgets and decide that everyone needs it. I like my OS to be a OS not a application. If I want widgets I will goto Yahoo and install them. If i want Aero Glass I will goto Shock and get Aero 3D. I have used I even beta tested Vista aka Longhorn, and these use less resources then what Vista does. I can run these 2 programs on a P3 with 512Mb and it's not sluggy at all. Windows Vista you need 2Gb to have it run well. Vista more secure, not really a good anti virus, spy ware, firewall and common sense, makes XP just as secure as Microsoft claims Vista is. Also remember Vista is new so there are new bugs and new security holes that have yet to be found and plugged. With XP being 7 years old means that bugs have been fixed, and new ones made, security holes have been plugged. Most of the security issues that come with Windows is not really so much Windows it's self but other applications like Quick Time and Adobe reader. If Microsoft would get all the fluff out of Windows and shrink the kernel that will mean a smaller OS that runs faster and is more stable just for the fact that theres less code to debug and less code to be exploited.

As a ex-programmer I know its easier to debug a few million lines of code then a few hundred million lines of code.

I run a computer shop and everyone is buying XP, no one wants Vista. Our selling rate is about 40 XP vs one Vista. We were worried about the June deadline. My customers will be more than happy hearing this news!