For those who don't want the new Windows Vista :

June 5, 2008: Microsoft has announced that it is again extending the lifespan of Windows XP, saying that licensing to low-cost desktop systems.

No doubt driven by the ultraportable and ultra-cheap laptop and PC craze, Microsoft will continue to license and support the aging OS until 2010 – just as Windows 7, the successor to its beleaguered Vista, is released.

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