XP Home updates end December 31, 2006

what does this mean?

What!! why the hell would they do that.

Cause it's time to move to the next OS version.

U.N.inspector

You mean vista? whens that coming out?

That's the shortest time gap so far by them, isn't it? -The time between the next OS release and the previous OS update cutoff date, I mean.

Yeah, I was thinking that.

Though 98/98SE support was ment to end Jan 16 2004 but on Jan 12 2004 they extended it to June 30 2006 and ME that was ment to end on Dec 31 2004 was extended to the same date.

The reason? Their use was still widespread...

That's what I was thinking. Maybe it will be extended.

all this hype your all full of dung

It basicly means we're all screwed after that date, because none of our laptops support Vista.

That is incorrect. The i9300 WILL BE supported by Vista. It meets the system requirements for the OS. I forgot where I read it at, but I did see confirmation that the 9300 will have no problems running it.

Well it probably is a ploy. XP must be HUGELY distributed around the world by corporations running everything off of it. Though Micro$oft probably tags 85% of OS income from mucks like us who buy products with it installed, the contracts must be HUGE.
So yes their whip-cracking marketing approach to herding the masses like paranoid cattle into the Vista Purchase Corral will probably net them uber-profit for the first quarter in 06, they will certainly have better long-term profit by demonstrating their "generosity" by giving an update "grace period extension".
They need to fulfill their end of the cute contract deals they have undoubtedly have with all the screen manufacturers, but they need to balance it with sales and retain current corporate clients. The Vista OS is rumored to degrade to "Suck-Ass" visual quality if you don't have the latest expensive screen hardware. Like I say, "rumored", and I don't know the facts so I'm conjecturing, but business wise it makes evil cents...

-The release of XP after W2K (I don't even count the partial birth abortion they called the "Millennium Edition" ) was appropriate due to the advances in hardware that W2K could no longer keep up with without weekly updates. But with XP, it's actually very good, and the pace of hardware advance has slowed a bit. Having not maxed out XP's hardware capabilities by now, as possibly Micr$ost had projected, I suggest that they are having a hand in forcing an "out dating" of hardware by creating the new OS with support specific to a new hardware.

Ya gotta buy a new screen to get all of Vista, and if ya buy anything with a new screen, ...it's gonna have Vista installed.

Inspired by... gamers.
Where there's market, there's opportunity.

My guess is that Microsoft already has six months worth of "grace period extension" updates ready to rock n' roll.

Nonsense of the Day?

Only the most cool user interface of Vista (the Glass one) will have high requirements due to its intense use of DirectX 10 special effects; all other user interfaces that will come as options in Vista and are similar to the interface of Windows XP so they won't have high graphical requirements and can be run on almost any machine out there with P4 and built-in Intel video accelerator or higher.

That's technical view of things. Now business view - since when do you think Bill would go MAD and release an OS that's only supported by high-end machines? Bill being as superb of a businessman as he is, he'd never make such a mistake because his interest lies not in pretty looks of his next OS but in billions in his bank account.

Overall, Vista will have features for both low-end and high-end computers, thus making it more versatile than Windows XP. So that's good news

Someone made a post about a week or two ago about how none of our laptops would support the new windows, i was falsely informed, or i misunderstood. I do know that it is going to take up more ram.

that just made my day knowing that vista will run on my laptop

ya all this hype is bull shizzy. Rest assured, the i9300 (provided you have a go6800) will support ALL of the features in Vista. I mean visual features such as the glass effects and the such. If you have a X300...well *ahem* i dont know about that cuz its not as powerful.

Now if u have a dvd burner, bluetooth, wireless b/g card or any extras, you will greatly enhance your experience with Vista. But again, be happy that if you have a good processor (I believe it was a intel m or higher...none of that celeron sh:t) and the go6800, you will have a good time with the OS

Can anyone tell me what Vista offers other than a lame theme that cripples performance of windowed OpenGL and older DirectX applications and a bunch of eye candy?

That's what I want to know... I can't believe they'll actually stop updating Home in 1 year. That's a slap in the face. Oh well I'll just "upgrade" to Pro when they do.

Windows Vista Ready PC Requirements
Windows Vista Ready PCs need to pass the current certification requirements for Designed for Windows XP logo. In addition, these PCs would need the following combination of essential PC hardware for good overall Windows Vista performance:

• CPU — PC systems should have a modern CPU.

• RAM — PC systems should have 512MB of memory or more.

• GPU — PC systems should have a graphics processor that will support Windows Vista Display Driver Model.


Windows Vista offers significant improvements to the graphics user experience. To take advantage of these advances in the graphics user experience, graphics processor will need to support the Windows Vista Display Driver Model.

Graphics processors capable of supporting Windows Vista Display Driver Model:

• Are designed to ensure that graphics user experience scales up with hardware capabilities.

• Offer improved graphic stability and performance.

• May be able to support additional desktop productivity features.

Ready vs. Capable Systems
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PC systems that do not meet the above hardware requirements for CPU, RAM and GPU may be capable of running Windows Vista. However, such Windows Vista-capable systems may not offer all the features and benefits of Windows Vista.

PC systems with GPUs that do not support Windows Vista Display Driver Model will only be able to provide a Windows XP-comparable desktop graphics experience, with regards to features, stability, and performance.

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