Microsoft to extend Windows XP life or connect with Windows 7

&http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/37954.html ">nbsp; December 23 foreign media reported that Microsoft is usually in the new version of the operating system listed 6 months later, no longer allow the old version of the operating system on the market. But Windows Vista has been in the market for nearly two years and Windows XP continues to be marketed.

Microsoft has been extending XP for the third time since Vista was unveiled in January 2007.

PC makers are still due to buy XP licenses by the end of next January, but PC makers will still be able to accept XP licenses by May 30 next year. As a result, users will be able to buy Windows XP-pre-installed machines by the end of next June. This date will coincide with the rumored release date of Windows 7. Despite Microsoft's public announcement that Windows 7 would be available in early 2010, other signs are that Windows 7 will be released in early June 2009.

But Microsoft insists the move does not extend the life of XP. "The aim of Microsoft's move is to adapt to a flexible inventory plan that allows distributors to set their final order date for January 31 next year and receive Windows XP-pre-installed machines by next May 30," Microsoft said in an e-mail statement. This is not an extension of XP's sales deadline. ”

Microsoft has adjusted the XP deadline no less than four times since Vista began selling. By the time Microsoft terminates Windows XP next May, Windows XP will be on the market for up to 90 months, while previous Windows products have averaged 60 months on the market. The problem is not that people like the "frail" windows XP, but instead accept Windows Vista. Although Microsoft has racked up its brains to promote Windows Vista, it is not a user interest. Whether or not Windows Vista is good or bad, people do resist vista, and Microsoft doesn't seem to change that reality.