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   Message 2,027 of 2,222   
   Alias to Tim Slattery   
   Re: General Question    
   15 Jun 10 15:17:56   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general   
   From: aka@maskedandanymous.org.invalido   
      
   Tim Slattery wrote:   
   > "JC"  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> So the question I guess: Is XP a thing of the past? Can I no longer get XP   
   >> (it definitely is not in stores)? If I wanted to migrate the clients to XP   
   >> at work would that not be possible?   
   >   
   > XP is two versions ago. At this point MS is still supporting it, but   
   > eventually they will drop that while Win7 support continues. You can   
   > bet that support for any new hardware that comes along will be in   
   > Win7, maybe in Vista, but not in XP.   
   >   
   > IMHO, migrating your work machines to XP instead of Win7 at this point   
   > would not be a good idea.   
   >   
      
   I don't think the hardware folks will stop making XP drivers until XP is   
   not the OS on the vast majority of computers.   
      
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