Microsoft XP

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Microsoft has announced that the Retail version of XP will be available until June 30, 2008.

Microsoft will continue to support XP until April 8, 2014.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

That is good news!

[Keitht Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Keitht]

That is good news!

Good news that it'll be supported for another 6 years. Bad news that after the end of June you won't be able to buy it and will be stuck with Vista and it's associated problems with support of older hardware.

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Vista's replacement

According to a report on CNet.com. "Windows 7", Vista's replacement, could be arriving much sooner than anticipated, according to none other than Bill Gates.

When asked about the progress of Windows Vista during a speech at the Inter-American Development Bank, Gates told the audience: "Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new version."