30,000 ask Microsoft to save Windows XP

join the bandwagon and sign the petition.

not a chance.
vista is the best os yet.
all this same crap came out when xp was new.
everyone whined about it.
vista is really best.

Nope. Sorry. Best to just let XP die slowly and naturally, like we let Win98 do. Vista's already improved a great deal since its launch.

3.2GHz on S939--E.T. no need phone home.
Opty 185 @ 3.2GHz
Dual 8800GTS-640, both flashed to 625/1458/1950
4GB PC3200
HD-DVD/Blu-Ray combo
A8N32-SLI Deluxe
Big Typhoon HSF

"Anderson likened the reaction to XP's impending demise to what happened in the 1980s when Coca-Cola replaced its classic Coke soda formula with New Coke, causing massive protests and forcing the company to bring back the now-rechristened Coke Classic. "XP has come to the point of being Coke Classic," he said."

How on earth is it anything like that?! Sorry but XP has had its time. Vista, as has been said, is getting better and better.

I had a new computer built last November, and I told them Win XP pro was to be installed on it.

A load of bulls**t blustering about the benefits of Vista and all the eye crap/candy. No Win XP no sale as I do not want bloatware.

Now when the new M$ 7 come out I may purchase that . Maybe...

funny enough ... i'm just after looking up a new dell for a customer of mine. a laptop and a desktop pc, both entry level specification with vista home basic. some weird pricing going on:

desktop, although not tagged 'xp optional' both flavors of xp are a choice. add 50 euro for XP home, add 130 euro for XP pro

laptop, labeled 'xp optional', only XP Pro offered as a choice: add 18 euro

what are they thinking???

as for XP dying, i don't think so. i was one of the early adopters of an Eee PC in November 07. ASUS' marketeers predict is to sell between 3 and 5 million Eee PC in 2008 ... just in the US of A! picture this: 5 million non-windows computers to be sold in America, all with (Xandros) Linux ... this must cause a great deal of nightmares in Redmond :). Microsoft and ASUS have announced that Windows XP-preinstalled Eee PCs will be available by the end of Q1, 2008. Also Negroponte's OLPC is expected to be made available with a slim-lined version of Windows XP.

so, no worries that XP will die anytime soon :)

Slow down before you jump onto the bandwagon conceived of wishful thinkings, read this first to get the facts (and clarifications too). Oh yes, XP will die when it is supposed to die.

i_Xp/VistaUser

as i said ... ASUS' little baby laptop could very well turn out to be the 'life saver'

MS just couldn't resist those predicted sales figures :)

"Chicago (IL) - Several industry sources have confirmed to TG Daily that a very early version of Windows 7, previously code-named Blackcomb Vienna, already has been shipped to “key partners” as a “Milestone 1” (M1) code drop for validation purposes. A roadmap received by TG Daily indicates that the new operating system will be introduced in the second half of 2009.

While it has generally been believed that Windows 7 was scheduled for a 2010 debut, Microsoft has revised the roadmap and apparently moved up the release date by a few months: A recently distributed roadmap of the OS lists a release to manufacturing in H2 2009. Microsoft declined to comment on this date....."

XP already ran its course .... LOL

NOPE.
I like my Vista64... haven't used XP in 6 months... don't see a need for it anymore. XP should die.

May XP RIP.

whilst the security improvements were admirable, about 7 out of 10 people in my experience (as a technician and consultant) want the familiarity of XP.

Probably the main reason for this is a perception, and i think it's accurate, that in Vista a lot of prior things working fine have been changed and moved around for change's sake.

"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid" - Soren Kierkegaard.