XP Price Cut?

[Mattu]

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]

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

 

[Bradan]

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

 

[Camper]

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]

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

 

[jjsevdt]

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.

 

[Geoff]

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]

Hey, thanks for the replies

I found this and it says support for XP Home will last till 2008:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/01/16/microsoft-extending-support-for-xp-home-to-2008/

 

[Camper]

The will be force to support it longer just like Win98