Apple isn’t the only one who has gazillions of fanboys. Windows XP has its own following too — in the hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions. By June 2008, Windows XP will no longer be an option for new PCs.
First, let me state that I’m a Windows XP fan myself and I was frustrated that my recent laptop purchase forced me to go with Windows Vista. The vendor says they no longer offer XP bundled with the new units and there’s no option to downgrade from Vista unless you buy your own XP license and install it yourself.
The main problem I had with Vista is that it’s slow and 1GB of RAM just wouldn’t cut it (I decided to ramp up the memory to 4GB).
Anyway, according to an article on MSNBC, over 110,000 supporters of Windows XP has sent in a petition online to save the OS from expiring on June 2008.
The “Save Windows XP” drive aims to do just that. Microsoft originally planned to stop selling XP to retailers and computer manufacturers at the end of 2007, but extended that deadline to June 30 of this year.
In May 2007, XP had 82.25% of the OS market — still an overwhelmingly huge chunk of the pie. Microsoft’s push to cease support for XP may not guarantee that all those 80 plus percent XP users will migrate to Vista. They might just settle for other OSes like Ubuntu or OS X.
Also i bought a windows xp laptop at 2011 in singapore so some shop still sell it although i doubt they are selling them now.