Getting XP after June 30, 2008
Posted on June 6th, 2008 at 6:30 amLoopholes that let you get Windows XP after June 30
Windows XP is dead … long live Windows XP. You may have heard that as of June 30, you’re no longer able to buy the operating system or obtain support for it. But that isn’t quite the case.
In fact, you’ll be able to buy XP on certain mainstream PCs at least until January 31, 2009, and possibly beyond. The cutoff date is even later for some ultra-low-cost notebooks such as those made by Asus: They’ll sell with XP until June 2010. As for technical support, that has a lot of life left as well–officially, Microsoft will provide at least some forms of support until 2014.
OEM Downgrade options, retailer’s stocked up on XP and ultra-low-cost notebooks are the big ones. Read the entire article at IT Business Canada
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