They do normally have a support plan that lasts a few years after they stop selling it. The big thing is when will they stop putting out security patches and updates for XP? It won't be anytime soon because my company won't be ready to go for a while and we are a big customer. We aren't even on Office 2007 yet and it will probably be another year before we make that move.
I will ask the MS guy tomorrow and see what his story is. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don White Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Liveaboard] XP and Vista question This site indicates that Home Edition will extent into 2010, bu the rest will end on 6/30/2008. I don't think the fact that XP is no longer available means that it is not suppoerted. You just won't be able to buy a new XP system, although I'm sure corporations will still be installing it on new hardware under license. I have an older Dell with XP and a new dell with Vista. I've been happy with both. No trouble at all with Vista. I know there have been a lot of negative reports on Vista, but I don't have any. The corporate world won't be ready to convert to Vista for 2 to 3 years, so I doubt support of XP is likely to be tropped before that. Don Sam Densler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you guys have any good information regarding the end of XP Pro availability? I am being told that as of the end of June, XP Pro will no longer be available and we will be forced to Vista. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Since this will quickly digress outside liveaboard focus, please email me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED], thanks. Sam
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