Microsoft wants XP to forever be in our hearts, minds, and computers

Windows XP brings different emotions to different people.  For those in the IT world, XP has matured into a more or less solid operating system that has been tweaked and loved to the fullest extent.  For home users, it is something they’ve been staring at for years now, possibly even growing a tad long in the tooth.  They want change.  It seems Microsoft isn’t ready to send this aging beast to the grave just yet as they are…again…extending the XP downgrade option.  This time, the magical date that is as solid as water is rather vague — “up to 18 months after Windows 7 is released or until the first Win 7 Service Pack…which every comes first”.  Right then.  XP is becoming the OS that just won’t go away.  While again it is a now mature and very common OS with ultra wide support, don’t you think it has had its time?  Someone else should come fill XP’s shoes…say I don’t know…Windows 7?  Microsoft really has to just let go and bite the bullet and let their customers get their own ducks in a line and stop holding their hands. Before long, XP will seem as old as that dear piece of plastic above.  Agree?

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