Windows XP OEM To Be Killed Off In Jan '08

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In an interview with APC Frank Luburic, Lenovo's ThinkPad Product Manager, said "The OEM version of XP Professional goes next January. At that point, they'll have no choice."

OEM – or Original Equipment Manufacturer – is the white box edition of the product which is given to manufacturers to pre-install and supply on new PCs. When this runs out the effective take up of the OS goes up in smoke.

Ok, so what - it's an old OS why would anyone want a new PC with XP? Because Vista places far greater demands on the hardware (notably RAM and graphics) meaning those on tight budgets will be forced to splash out on a heavier spec machine than they would have otherwise required (Aero interface or not).

In sum, it's a powerful statement of intent by Microsoft but not one that is likely to be universally welcomed. The price of progress people, suck it up.

Or buy a Mac.
Or Linux.

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