As of today, PC makers are no longer allowed to preload Windows XP on netbooks, the last type of machine to go. That means that no PCs of any type are rolling off the assembly line with Windows XP. On a separate but not unrelated note, today marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of Windows 7. Times, they are a-changin’. [ZDNet]
Ron
Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 9:38 AMI did a Microsoft survey this week. I was suspect of the email but MS site confirmed they were using the company for surveys.
I suggested that they provided a very special price for XP users to upgrade to 7
What a stupid OS name anyway.
Travis New
Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 6:11 PMLove Win7. Hate XP and it’s slowness.
Todd Drexel
Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 12:29 PMYay,
Windows XP is now super rare ;D;D;D
Gotta love good old Windows XP I’ve been using it since it first came out.
Greg
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 4:10 PMNewsflash: Nobody cares how “rare” your operating system is.
XP died the day Windows 7 betas started surfacing. It is a slow, unreliable hunk of rubbish. Good riddance!
Simon Reidy
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 5:31 PMDon’t forget ugly. After installing XP over 7 zillion times on various machines I never want to see that blue task bar and grassy desktop ever again