When Vista start working great, how much time you give to XP to be obsolete?

Answer 1

probably 10 years from now. I mean look people still use windows 2000 especailly in a work place with the main server. Its too costly to replace just for upgraded software.

Answer 2

people are still using windows 98 (NOT ME) and XP has been out since (I think)2000/2001 Vista has not improved much on XP Areo interface (more of a graphics upgrade than an OS) and the Search feature I think that most Windows users will stick with XP until Microsoft can really step up to the plate and offer something that is a Major improvement. I have my theme set to a Vista look a like and I'm very happy not spending the $350 it would of cost to upgrade to Vista so I would give Vista 2 1/2 yrs to be bug free and another 8-10 before it is obsolete

Answer 3

I think XP will be obsolete when Microsoft makes the next Windows after Vista. This might happen in 2 to 3 years, because they know that some people are mad because they took 6 years to make Vista come out after XP, which is a long time.

Answer 4

Windows 95 is still not totally obsolete yet 12 years later. MS does not support it anymore, but I know of a couple of computers still running it. I believe Windows 98 is no longer supported as of end of last year or beginning of this year. So, I give XP at least another 5 years with support from MS. As for totally obsolete, maybe about the year 2035.

Answer 5

I use windows 98SE until year 2005, and then jump to XP with SP2.

But Vista, No. I won't install vista, never. I will keep my XP even 10 or 15 years. Perhaps I will try something better like MacOS or Linux.

 

Answer 6

upgrading even a medium sized network can be pretty costly. The hospital I work for is still running windows nt......i'm sure xp will be powering quite a few networks for some time to come.