Analysts: Keep Windows XP Until At Least 2009

zekrahminator · Feb 9, 2008

The Gartner and The Burton Group, two highly respected groups of analysts, confirm what consumers have been saying for the past year or two: June 30 2008 is simply too early to stop printing new licenses of Windows XP. The analysts had this to say about any OS transition:

A good rule of thumb in any OS transition is that you have to have the original and new products available for at least two years to handle customer (migration) needs

Analysts over at Gartner explain why, exactly, Microsoft should be easing off the "upgrade your OS" button. While Microsoft does a fine job of ensuring as much application compatibility as possible, they simply cannot patch up every single application on the face of the planet, especially "home-brew" applications and applications from minor things. Pushing the cut-off date off by seven more months (so that the cut-off date would be two years after Vista was first released) would give everyone plenty of time for transitions.

There are a lot more reasons, which are just about all listed at the source link, if you're interested.

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AddSub · Feb 9, 2008

especially "home-brew" applications and applications from minor things.

Which make up the majority of applications out there... ugh. :rolleyes:

They (Microsoft) obviously wanted every developer to switch over to .NET by the time Vista rolled out. They hoped everyone would have rewritten their “home-brew applications” under .Net and everything would be just fine. Problem is, .Net dissemination among developer shops was (and is) nowhere near what they expected, and for good reasons.

happita · Feb 9, 2008

XP definitely has some juice left though even if support stops. Unofficial support will surely keep it alive long after MS stops updating/supporting it. With the rumors about SP3, I just hope the gaming factor/compatibleness are resolved and most of the bugs are sorted out from what they forgot to implement on SP2.

Morgoth · Feb 9, 2008

in 2009 i allready left xp

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

System Name	[Primary Workstation]
Processor	Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield @ 3.8GHz/4.55GHz [24-7/Bench]
Motherboard	EVGA X58 E758-A1 [Tweaked right!]
Cooling	Cooler Master V8 [stock fan + two 133CFM ULTRA KAZE fans]
Memory	12GB [Kingston HyperX]
Video Card(s)	constantly upgrading/downgrading [prefer nVidia]
Storage	constantly upgrading/downgrading [prefer Hitachi/Samsung]
Display(s)	Triple LCD [40 inch primary + 32 & 28 inch auxiliary displays]
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 [Mesh Mod, CFM Overload]
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar D1 + onboard Realtek ALC889A [Logitech Z-5300 Spk., Niko 650-HP 5.1 Hp., X-Bass Hp.]
Power Supply	Corsair TX950W [aka Reactor]
Software	This and that... [All software 100% legit and paid for, 0% pirated]
Benchmark Scores	Ridiculously good scores!!!

Processor	i5-7600k
Motherboard	ASRock Z170 Pro4
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO w/ AC MX-4
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 2400 Corsair LPX Vengeance 15-15-15-36
Video Card(s)	MSI Twin Frozr 1070ti
Storage	240GB Corsair Force GT
Display(s)	23' Dell AW2310
Case	Corsair 550D
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-760XP2 Platinum
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	Wopr "War Operation Plan Response"
Processor	5900x ryzen 9 12 cores 24 threads
Motherboard	aorus x570 pro
Cooling	air (GPU Liquid graphene) rad outside case mounted 120mm 68mm thick
Memory	kingston 32gb ddr4 3200mhz ecc 2x16gb
Video Card(s)	sapphire RX 6950 xt Nitro+ 16gb
Storage	300gb hdd OS backup. Crucial 500gb ssd OS. 6tb raid 1 hdd. 1.8tb pci-e nytro warp drive LSI
Display(s)	AOC display 1080p
Case	SilverStone SST-CS380 V2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair 850MX watt
Mouse	corsair gaming mouse
Keyboard	Microsoft brand
Software	Windows 10 pro 64bit, Luxion Keyshot 7, fusion 360, steam
Benchmark Scores	timespy 19 104

Analysts: Keep Windows XP Until At Least 2009

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