Goodbye to an old friend...

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katsh — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:54:03 GMT

XP thx for everything.

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Chuck Walbourn - MSFT — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:57:18 GMT

The same complaint was made about Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. The key point is that the entire OS has to evolve to keep up with changes to the PC. Direct3D 10.x/11 rely on a new driver model, major changes to the kernel, and many other things that are well beyond simple 'tweaks' or 'fixes' that are within the scope of a Service Pack.

The reason people move to Windows Vista and Windows 7 today is because they want a better match for modern hardware be it 3 or 4 core multicore CPUs, high-power GPUs, or 4+ GB of physical RAM which requires a 64-bit OS.

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nexus99 — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:53:41 GMT

walbourn, you can support new hardware with service packs, maybe like WinXP SP4? But microsoft goes the lazy way and launches a new OS. Maybe thats because you cant sell XP for crazy prices like vista? ($499) I can buy a superb graphics card for that price. I would never waste that much money for a few aero eye candy. Btw, I laughed a lot when you said: "wasting a lot of hardware resources". I wanna remind you that Vista was a real resource-hog bloatware, using all the RAM and leaving you nothing to use. Since Windows 7 is a vista-clone, it is no different. So, Windows XP is still the king. Only reason that people move to vista and seven is you unfairly FORCE them by not supporting DX10 and 11 in windows xp. Very cheap and dishonest tactic if you ask me.

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Chuck Walbourn - MSFT — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:06:38 GMT

Windows XP has had a great run, but the point I'm making here is that the PC itself has changed a lot since 2001. Windows Vista was designed for a computer sold in 2006. Windows 7 has the same recommendations for system specification as Windows Vista, but it includes support for higher-end systems with more efficient multicore scheduling (i.e. 256 core machines mostly seen today in servers).

If you are running a single-core Pentium 4 or AMD K8 bought in 2001, then by all means keep running Windows XP on it. If you are installing it on a system bought today, then you are likely wasting a lot of hardware resources and relying heavily on old drivers to still work on new hardware.

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marshmellow — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:07:31 GMT

just use windows 7 pro and getthe xp mode for it

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jack — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:07:19 GMT

just use windows 7 pro and getthe xp mode for it

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Just a guy — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:04:24 GMT

While 7 is certainly a step up from Vista, I still feel it's somewhat a step down from XP. For the most part it's pretty good, but XP seems to have been far more stable, and I intend on using it until I absolutely cant anymore.

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Anders — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:38:42 GMT

Well, it's not very surprising from Microsoft guys to say XP is dead. For many software developers it will not be reasonable to drop support for XP for a long time. You guys need to realise not every application requires the latest and shiniest thing on the operating system and hardware side. Oh, of course you realise it very well, you just have to pull the corporate line and hide the truth a bit.

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anand — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:25:29 GMT

It will be long race for any OS to beat Windows XP :)

Lets see how much windows 7 has to promise :)

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KP — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:04:27 GMT

Why not leave it to the users to decide if they want to buy XP or not ?