The End is Nigh for XP

SlinkySausage writes "Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite strong ongoing demand for the OS. Analysts and computer makers are wondering if the move is premature given Vista's ongoing performance and compatibility issues. Dell recently said it would reintroduce XP on a range of machines due to customer demand but Microsoft will only allow this until the end of the year."

Force Vista

[gustolove]

So since they can't sell vista they shall force it upon us. Time to burn stacks of Ubuntu Live CD's! GOGO!

Foot?

[Chmcginn]

Check.

Gun?

Check.

I think you can figure out the rest.

Seriously... This is a good move on Microsoft's part only if they enjoy annoying their customers.

Wait, why did I bother putting that 'only if' in there?

They are trying to push linux adoption.

[shaitand]

Force once Microsoft is trying to do the right thing.

It's a trick

[krakass]

They're going to take XP off the market, then a couple months later after they get tired of everyone bitching about Vista, they'll reintroduce it as Windows Classic. Either that or as XP SE.

2.4 OS Images

[Anonymous Coward]

From the article:

If you're a consumer, you're unlikely to be managing more than say 2.4 OS images at home

What is the 0.4? Windows 98?

Re:XP

[Anonymous Coward]

$30k worth of games? You must weigh about 500 pounds. Put down the Chicken McNugget and invest your next $30 on a Dance Dance Revolution CD and a dance mat. Or I don't know, go really crazy and take a walk around the block. Who knows, your heart might not give out before you're 40.

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Re:hehe 'sup kids

[Merusdraconis]

Man, I used to beat someone like you up in high school.

I feel old. (Still have no patience for evangelists, I must be new here, etc. etc.)

Re:Will anyone gain anything from this? Not Linux

[Anonymous Coward]

For the Fedora users:
yum -y update

For Windows Users
Run Windows Update
Do you want to reboot now?
Later...
Do you want to reboot now?
Later...
Do you want to reboot now?
Oops I'm away from my desk for five minutes.
Come back. WHere's all my stuff!

Re:Will anyone gain anything from this? Not Linux

[BlueTrin]

I have added the relevant dialogue:

For the Fedora users:
yum -y update

For Windows Users
Run Windows Update
Do you want to reboot now?

You: Heck, no I am doing some important work

Later...
Do you want to reboot now?

You: What the hell ... fortunately I just finished in time my presentation ...

Later...

*clicking on save as* *putting cursor on confirmation to overwrite*

Do you want to reboot now?

* clicking on yes on the new popup*

Oops I'm away from my desk for five minutes.
Come back. WHere's all my stuff!

You: NOOOOOO !

Re:Downfall

[gbobeck]

Is it just me, or is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot by pushing this new, and somewhat unpopular product into the marketplace?

Do you remember Windows ME? It seems like history is repeating itself again.

Let me use an analogy... You can take a Honda Civic and with very liberal applications of accessories bolt on enough stuff to make it riced out enough so that it (almost) appears to be a Porche. Of course, it still isn't a Porche, just a Honda with a bunch of bolted on toys... Microsoft seems to have a problem understanding this, and this is one reason why I think they keep on making the same OS mistakes.

So in essence...

[ady1]

you should respond to the windows update just the way you respond to your gf.

Re:Will anyone gain anything from this? Not Linux

[Fred_A]

I don't see why people should update their Windows computers either. Those zombie programs run fine on machines that haven't been upgraded for years, you don't need upgrades to run the latest software.

Re:So in essence...

[Brickwall]

mod parent +5 funny; as if anyone at /. has a girlfriend..

Re:Will anyone gain anything from this?

[trentblase]

On Apple machines you have no ... games

What are you talking about? There's Breakout... Super Breakout.... *cough* Photoshop. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiAgrrwL_mk)

Re:So in essence...

[mythar]

Well, what if she comes at me with Girlfriend Genuine Advantage?

Re:So in essence...

[Rob the Bold]

Well, what if she comes at me with Girlfriend Genuine Advantage?

You mean when she searches in your nightstand and under your bed every time she comes over to make sure you haven't violated the EULA?

Re:Will anyone gain anything from this? Not Linux

[Aceticon]

Another way is to click on the reboot modal dialog box in an morse code pattern that says "SOS" (that's 3 longs, 3 shorts, 3 longs), then pull out our keyboard connector and wistle Dixie into the thus freed port and finally turn your chair 3 times counter-clockwise, click your heels and say "i wish i was back in Munich".

This is not documented anywhere but i heard it from a guy who knows a guy whose father-in-law used to work with someone whose sister worked at Microsoft, so it must be true.

Re:Will anyone gain anything from this? Not Linux

[Hognoxious]

Wow, that's intuitive. Do I have to stand on any particular leg while performing this arcane ritual?

Re:It's a shame

[CFTM]

Wow, you're using an operating system that is 7000 years ahead of its time...that rocks :)

Re:So in essence...

[hotdiggitydawg]

Well, what if she comes at me with Girlfriend Genuine Advantage?

You mean when she searches in your nightstand and under your bed every time she comes over to make sure you haven't violated the EULA?

Mine never does that... I suspect she's been cracked, what with that little glass pipe I saw her with yesterday. And don't even get me started about the backdoor trojan I found last week...

Re:Will anyone gain anything from this?

[somersault]

Seems like you need some new hardware before software anyway - your period key is broken..

Re:Be kind to Bill Gates

[Anonymous Coward]

Clippy is more than a 1.5b/year debt to humanity.

Re:So in essence...

[dreamlax]

Some of us are married. What rating does that get us? :)

+5 Drunk