XP Price Cut?

Mattu · 11-26-2006, 08:35 PM

I was wandering if anyone knows if there would be a price cut on Windows XP Pro at the release of Windows Vista.

Oh and is it true that Microsoft will stop supporting XP Home at the release of Vista?

Thanks :]

SirKenin · 11-26-2006, 10:37 PM

No, MS never cuts prices on former OSes. They simply discontinue them.

Bradan · 11-26-2006, 10:52 PM

buy a copy off ur friend when he buys vista, you could easily pick one up for like 20$

Camper · 11-27-2006, 02:13 AM

I believe there is still support for Windows 2000 and maybe even 98 but I know they have been try to end that for a while.

Emperor_nero · 11-27-2006, 02:45 AM

They ended support for windows 98 and ME on July 11th, 2006

jjsevdt · 11-27-2006, 04:25 PM

I think they'll support XP for a while. Especially since people aren't going to run out and buy new computers just to use the new OS. And alot of people can't spend or don't want to spend 100's of dollars on software when they have something that works.

[-0MEGA-] · 11-27-2006, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emperor_nero

They ended support for windows 98 and ME on July 11th, 2006

Exactly, it looks Microsoft around 8 years to stop supporting Windows 98. So if they follow the same time table, then they will stop supporting Windows XP sometime in 2009.

Mattu · 11-27-2006, 09:53 PM

Hey, thanks for the replies

I found this and it says support for XP Home will last till 2008:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/01...-home-to-2008/

Camper · 11-27-2006, 11:52 PM

The will be force to support it longer just like Win98

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jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,025	I think they'll support XP for a while. Especially since people aren't going to run out and buy new computers just to use the new OS. And alot of people can't spend or don't want to spend 100's of dollars on software when they have something that works. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 2GB DDR2 533 1 - 80GB \| 1 - 60GB BFG Nvidia 7600GS Soundblaster Audigy PSN: JjSeVdT XBOX Live: JjSeVdT

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	No, MS never cuts prices on former OSes. They simply discontinue them.

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Mattu Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 431	Hey, thanks for the replies I found this and it says support for XP Home will last till 2008: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/01...-home-to-2008/ __________________ My Home Built Machine: Intel Pentium D 925 3GHz 1024MB DDR 2700 RAM Nvidia GeForce 7600 512MB

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Camper Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: /dev/null Age: 22 Posts: 1,227	The will be force to support it longer just like Win98 __________________ Dell Inspiron 530 Q6600 Quad 3gb RAM Nvidia 8600 GT 500GB HD

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