Windows XP To Stay On Sale For An Additional Five Months; Vista Is To Blame
September 30, 2007 by Lauren
Instead of cutting off the XP sales in Januray, 2008, it will continue to ship into June of 2008. Why? Because Vista sucks.
Even users who've never touched Vista can tell you how bad it is, simply from hearing all of the horror stories from those of us who have worked with it. And I mean that literally; it is work, and a constant struggle, to use Vista. But of course, in its infinite wisdom, Microsoft can find a clever way play it in words (and it goes a little something like this):
"There are some customers who need a little more time to make the switch."
...Right. Frankly, they should sell XP as long as possible, or at least until a decent, usable version of Vista becomes available. XP is stable and it's served us all well over the years, where Vista is a public beta disaster.
If Microsoft can manage to work out even some of the bugs, namely the nagging request to confirm every action you make, then Vista is bound to fare better. This is especially true considering the number of laptops that ship claiming Vista as their primary, standard operating systems. It's an outrage and an expensive annoyance, but perhaps help is on the way.
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