byebye xp :(

[nasty]

Just telling you people if you havent heard, windows xp is not gonna be sold anymore at the end of june, but the questoin is does any1 know y they wont be producing it anymore?

[CarloGiann]

Google it.

It's just like Nintendo not making games for the Gamecube anymore.
They're moving on with their new product.

[BAMFLazurous]

within the next year they are supposed to be releasing a new OS... im already on Vista Ultimate... no problems from it at all so =P

[GuruJanitor]

Originally Posted by BAMFLazurous

within the next year they are supposed to be releasing a new OS... im already on Vista Ultimate... no problems from it at all so =P

It's not within the next year, its being released by 2010. It's called Windows 7

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by GuruJanitor

It's not within the next year, its being released by 2010. It's called Windows 7

yep, and with microsoft, expected release dates really don't mean all that much, just google "vista delayed"

i'd expect 2011 as a more likely release year.

[nasty]

Originally Posted by CarloGiann

Google it.

It's just like Nintendo not making games for the Gamecube anymore.
They're moving on with their new product.

true but a lot of people say xp is better than vista.. Vista only has better graphics. Vista overheats too easily

[CookiEDo]

Originally Posted by nasty

true but a lot of people say xp is better than vista.. Vista only has better graphics. Vista overheats too easily

When XP first came out around 2001, people didn't like it because of all the bugs and prefered 2000, same thing for Vista. Over time Vista's bugs will be fixed and eventually pwn XP.

[teh-pwnzer]

Never had any problems with my Vista...I <3 my vista...so far!

[GuruJanitor]

Originally Posted by nasty

true but a lot of people say xp is better than vista.. Vista only has better graphics. Vista overheats too easily

How can an operating system overheat? If your hardware meets the requirements, you shouldn't have any problems at all, I don't have any problems and I've been running it since it's release month.

[canttouchthis]

Originally Posted by GuruJanitor

How can an operating system overheat? If your hardware meets the requirements, you shouldn't have any problems at all, I don't have any problems and I've been running it since it's release month.

haha was just about to ask about that. Doesn't even make sense.
But they "dont sell" 2000 anymore, do they?

[tenkae]

Originally Posted by CookiEDo

When XP first came out around 2001, people didn't like it because of all the bugs and prefered 2000, same thing for Vista. Over time Vista's bugs will be fixed and eventually pwn XP.

That's the thing, Vista's problems aren't bugs. Its lack of support for features and rendering engines in previous OS versions. Vista is promoting OpenAI audio engine by cutting out almost all the others, including directdraw which HL games use.

[nasty]

Originally Posted by GuruJanitor

How can an operating system overheat? If your hardware meets the requirements, you shouldn't have any problems at all, I don't have any problems and I've been running it since it's release month.

sorry i wasnt clear when i said overheat. What I meant was that.....example(my friends gateway vista laptop) he turns it on and plays cs for like half an hour and eventually, when he is using his mouse he feels a massive heat wave coming from the laptop. So like hes using his mouse which is like 4 in away from the laptop and he can feel a lot of heat coming from the computer.

[canttouchthis]

okay, maybe it uses more resources, which generates more heat.

[GuruJanitor]

That makes more sense, but I had a laptop that ran windows 2000 and it was hot too, so you cant blame it entirely on vista. But yes, I'm not denying it, it uses more resources, thus more heat.