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Microsoft allows HP to sell XP through April 30, 2010
D' Technology Weblog —
... 7, Microsoft has one again agreed to extend the option of selling Windows XP for use on new PCs for another year, through April 30, 2010. According to a source within Hewlett Packard, “Microsoft has granted the PC giant an extension to its existing rights to continue selling the nearly eight year old Windows XP on the company’s business desktops, workstations, and notebooks in place of Windows 7 for another year,” reports AppleInsider. ...
Linkpost | 4.5.2009
TechBlog —
... April 05, 2009 Linkpost | 4.5.2009 • Microsoft allows HP to wipe Windows 7 with XP through 2010 - Source tells AppleInsider that HP has an extension from Microsoft to downgrade to Windows XP on its systems through April 30, 2010. • ...
Inconceivable! Microsoft extends XP sales through April 2010
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... It is truly the OS that will not die: No matter what you think about Windows XP's successors, the Little OS That Could has reportedly been given yet another reprieve from the high-tech dustbin. AppleInsider claims that Microsoft has agreed to another extension on sales of Windows XP , at least for Hewlett-Packard, the largest manufacturer of Windows-based PCs in the country. The new extension -- assuming the report is accurate -- allows sales of XP bundled with new PCs through April 30, 2010, allowing HP an extra nine months of sales. The news puts all parties -- HP, ...
Windows XP gets additional life support until 2010
TG Daily - All News —
... may actually outlive Windows Vista in one way or the other. Apparently, Microsoft has granted HP an exclusive OEM license extension for Windows XP that reaches deep into 2010. By then, Windows XP will be competing with Windows 7 for market share on netbooks. The reason why Windows XP simply wont die may not be so much that the operating system is especially great; it may simply be another sign of hardware makers refusing to accept Windows Vista for certain platforms. According to a report published today by Apple Insider, Microsoft has quietly granted HP the right to ship ...
Windows XP Death Date Pushed Beyond Windows 7 Release
Today @ PC World —
... -- which is still in beta and does not yet have a firm release date -- it has been claimed that Microsoft will allow PC giant Hewlett Packard to continue shipping computers with Windows XP until April 30, 2010. This deal has not been widely announced and should be considered a rumor. AppleInsider reports that a source inside HP has learned that Microsoft will continue to sell ...
Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP
All about Microsoft —
... . When AppleInsider reported this weekend that HP was going to offer Windows 7 users the ability to downgrade to XP , I asked Microsoft about the story. Here’s what a spokesperson representing the company’s Windows client division told me via e-mail on April 5: MJF: Does Microsoft have downgrade rights for Windows XP planned as part of Windows 7? Microsoft spokesperson: Yes. This is not the first time that Microsoft has offered downgrade rights to a version other than its immediate predecessor and our Software Assurance customers can always downgrade to any previous version ...
Rumor: HP Granted One Year Extension to Offer XP Instead of Windows 7
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... Citing a "source within Hewlett Packard," AppleInsider says the OEM has been granted an extension to continue selling Windows XP on its business desktops, workstations, and notebooks instead of Windows 7 for another year. Microsoft appears to have been reluctant to grant the extension, reiterating that the nearly eight-year-old OS is on its last legs. ...
Windows XP's Got Survival Skills: Will Ship Through 2010 [Unconfirmed]
Gizmodo —
... will outlive Vista at this rate: Originally slated to die on May 30, it's reported that HP at least will be allowed to ship computers with XP on them until April 30, 2010. ...
Windows XP: I’m Not Dead Yet(?)
Technologizer —
... The rumor’s source is fairly dubious — it comes from AppleInsider, which typically only reports on Apple rumors, and even there its accuracy rate has not been the best. In any case, it claims the information comes from a source within HP. ...
Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP
Bink.nu —
... . When AppleInsider reported this weekend that HP was going to offer Windows 7 users the ability to downgrade to XP, I asked Microsoft about the story. ...
Report: Microsoft Extends XP for HP Until 2010
AppScout —
Will XP ever die? Microsoft will let Hewlett-Packard sell new PCs with XP until April 30, 2010, AppleInsider reports. "It's important to remind customers that Microsoft are still planning to retire XP Pro Mainstream support on April 14, 2009, and will only ...
Microsoft Already Extended Windows XP Licensing
Microsoft Watch —
... On April 4, I saw the AppleInsider news item about Microsoft extending Windows XP licensing until 2010. At first, I thought that perhaps somebody had accidentally republished an old story. On April 3, 2008, ...
Windows XP, The Zombie Operating System
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... , Apr 6, 2009 08:02 PM [image] We had to hear it from AppleInsider : Windows XP still won't bite the dust when Windows 7 ships. Given the source you might think it's a joke, but ...
PC Makers Can Offers Downgrades From Windows 7 to XP [Windows XP]
Lifehacker —
... installed. That's according to an internal HP memo picked up by AppleInsider . Microsoft officially says that downgrading is a right built into the licenses of its higher-cost Business and Ultimate editions, but HP's memo cites Microsoft allowing OEMs (i.e. computer makers that install Windows on machines) to offer a downgrade for "Win 7 Professional once available." ...
Microsoft to let users downgrade from Windows 7 to Vista or XP
Download Squad —
... Microsoft isn't commenting on the deadline for downgrading to Windows XP. But an early report indicated that the downgrade option would be available through April 30, 2010. ...
Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades
All about Microsoft —
... to Vista, Windows XP or other previous versions of Windows, according to Microsoft’s policies. Earlier this year, Microsoft officials refused to confirm a report which claimed that the company planned to limit the length of time it would allow users to downgrade from Windows 7 to XP to six months after Windows 7 shipped. The l eaked memo pegged that date at April 2010 , which both Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard (the OEM mentioned in the memo) declined to confirm. On June 17, however, Microsoft officials told Computerworld that the downgrade period during which users will be ...
