I just read the Mainstream Support for Windows XP is ending on April 14, 2009. Extended support will continue until April 8, 2014. Here is a table from Microsoft defining the difference between Mainstream Support and Extended Support.
|
Support provided |
Mainstream Support phase |
Extended Support phase |
|
Paid support (per-incident, per hour, and others) |
X |
X |
|
Security update support |
X |
X |
|
Non-security hotfix support |
X |
Requires extended hotfix agreement, purchased within 90 days of mainstream support ending. |
|
No-charge incident support |
X |
|
|
Warranty claims |
X |
|
|
Design changes and feature requests |
X |
|
|
Product-specific information that is available by using the online Microsoft Knowledge Base |
X |
X |
|
Product-specific information that is available by using the Support site at Microsoft Help and Support to find answers to technical questions |
X |
X |
Windows XP will be supported for a total of 13 years. That’s impressive for an OS that cost about $200.00. Out of all the different versions of Windows, I really like Windowx XP Professional. It is a solid OS and in my opinion it is better than Vista.
ratedmaxpower 