XP vs Vista

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XP vs Vista
By Alexandre Carst
April 26th 2008

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer presented Windows XP fans with some excellent news when he announced that the company may extend XP’s lifespan. Obviously enough, in order for this to happen, user feedback must come down hard on Vista, as such a decision can only be taken if the target demographic surpasses certain numbers.

"XP will hit an end-of-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies, we can always wake up smarter," Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, said according to Reuters.

Although the selling of XP is scheduled to cease on June 30, several PC makers (including Dell) have expressed their intention to continue to offer the operating system. Microsoft does however intend to keep on selling Windows XP for a limited category of PCs, "ultralow-cost PCs," which are computers with slower processors, smaller screens and all in all of lower performance.
At the beginning of the month, during a speech held at the Inter-American Development Bank in Miami, Bill Gates hinted about the follow-up to Vista, Windows 7, which could be launched as early as next year. But for the time being, it is still unclear if Gates meant a beta or a final version.

In its six years of existence, Windows XP has managed to reach an incredible range of users; even though some are turning towards Vista or other companies’ competing operating systems, XP is still going strong and therefore, continuous efforts have been put into its updating and improvement.

Source : enews20.com
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I believe windows XP deserve to be improved and updated ...
anybody knows if the official XP SP3 have been released ?

Thank You ...

[Kingroudy]

XP SP3 is not released yet, but this will come soon.
the wierd thing is that i read 2 days ago that ballmer was tending to shorten the life of XP if consumers are mostly choosing vista.
anyway i don't care, because in lebanon, we don't buy licenses and my vista license will hold few years

[SysTaMatIcS]

There is an xp sp3 ... but a syrian made one , its full with bugs and viruses .. dont fall for it

[Sony]

[quote=SysTaMatIcS;132838]There is an xp sp3 ... but a syrian made one/quote]
that's why i call the xp sp3 xp syrian plastic 3 :P

[Kingroudy]

bala ta2 7anak
there is an XP SP3 but to be released NEXT WEEK.

[xcoder]

Originally Posted by Kingroudy

XP SP3 is not released yet, but this will come soon.
the wierd thing is that i read 2 days ago that ballmer was tending to shorten the life of XP if consumers are mostly choosing vista.
anyway i don't care, because in lebanon, we don't buy licenses and my vista license will hold few years

Wrong! XP SP3 has been released few months ago if not more, i have it installed on my computer at work, in fact it's more like security fixes, nothing graphical to be mentioned.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

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Originally Posted by xcoder

Wrong! XP SP3 has been released few months ago if not more, i have it installed on my computer at work, in fact it's more like security fixes, nothing graphical to be mentioned.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

The one you installed i think was a beta version aw RC version (release candidate), but the official one isn't released yet ...
I don't know where i read it today, but SP3 will be officialy released at the middle of this year ... however Kingroudy said in a week ... so still waiting although the overview i read about it isn't that enthusiastic ... as u mentioned mostly security updates ...

Thank You ...

[Kingroudy]

Download Size: 428 KB - 1.0 MB*

xcoder, u just showed me where to download the overview.
what you have on your pc is the RC version. so i'm not wrong.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2285971,00.asp
the pcmag link above is about SP3, check it out, in the header (bold) they say next week.
see?

[pouta]

its out now..size about 350 mb

[xcoder]

Originally Posted by Kingroudy

xcoder, u just showed me where to download the overview.
what you have on your pc is the RC version. so i'm not wrong.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2285971,00.asp
the pcmag link above is about SP3, check it out, in the header (bold) they say next week.
see?

No man, you are wrong!
filename: windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu.exe
filesize: 336mb
i have it installed since February