Microsoft to Retire Windows XP to Promote Windows Vista
"SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp.’s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world’s largest software maker. But you’d never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system.
Unless it’s someone running Windows XP, a version Microsoft wants to retire.
Fans of the six-year-old operating system set to be pulled off store shelves in June have papered the Internet with blog posts, cartoons and petitions recently. They trumpet its superiority to Windows Vista, Microsoft’s latest PC operating system, whose consumer launch last January was greeted with lukewarm reviews.
No matter how hard Microsoft works to persuade people to embrace Vista, some just can’t be wowed. They complain about Vista’s hefty hardware requirements, its less-than-peppy performance, occasional incompatibility with other programs and devices and frequent, irritating security pop-up windows.
For them, the impending disappearance of XP computers from retailers, and the phased withdrawal of technical support in coming years, is causing a minor panic."
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With a very strong competition between OS and Software making companies, it is no doubt that Windows XP is still the most widely used OS in the whole world. Windows XP offers almost all features that any type of person might need. It is also user friendly and has a nice look. But Microsoft is already planning to retire XP to give way to their new OS which is Windows Vista. For me, this would be a bad decision for Windows because as i have noticed, most people who own a PC or a Laptop doesnt have enough resources to run Vista or the resources that Vista needs is just way to expensive. Forget about the look, forget about the great animation and graphics, Vista is still expensive and has compatibility issues. Vista is also very laggy and slow when you have minimum graphics. People are acustomed to using Windows XP rather than Windows Vista. So why force them to something that they dont really like? As the saying always says "The customer is always right!.". Long Live Windows XP .
