Microsoft bestätigte gestern den Cut-Off-Termin für Windows XP, das heißt nach dem 30. Juni 2008 wird Windows XP nicht mehr offiziell vertrieben. Die einzige Ausnahme soll Windows XP Home sein, allerdings nur für die Ultra-Low-Cost-PCs. Mary Jo Foley schreibt:

Some customers and partners had been hoping the company might extend again the deadline for all PC makers to be allowed to preload Windows XP, rather than Windows Vista, on new PCs. But today, Microsoft officials said the current June 30, 2008 cut-off date would remain in place for the vast majority of machines.

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Microsoft will still provide mainstream (free) support for XP until April 2009. Extended support (free for security fixes and paid for other help) ends in 2014.