How Windows XP extension ties in with Windows 7
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by admin
Microsoft has extended the availability of Windows XP – both the 32-bit XP SP3 and 64-bit XP SP2 – to June 2009. This is for a few reasons -
- It gives system builders an additional 4 months to get their hands on XP.
- A lot of PC companies are shipping PCs, laptops, and netbooks with XP rather than Vista. Includes Asus Eee PC.
- Microsoft has lost the perception battle on Vista and people don’t want Vista.
- This is to the extent that If Microsoft stops offering XP, some people would switch from Windows rather than keep Vista.
- XP has lower system requirements than Vista – which makes it ideal for use in netbooks and other lower configuration PCs.
And – I think this strongly hints that Windows 7 will be available around June 2009. The larger transition than Vista to Windows 7, is going to be XP to Windows 7. By delaying XP availability till the wide scale availability of Windows 7, Microsoft does 2 main things -
- Provide a great transition path for PC Manufacturers, Companies and People.
- Always have a well perceived OS available. Windows 7 with its MultiTouch and ability to be loaded onto netbooks (and use less than 1 GB of RAM) is already creating a much better image than Vista did.
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