Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st Apr 2008 17:53 UTC, submitted by mikemuch
Windows Despite Microsoft's obvious focus on selling Windows Vista to its customers, it hasn't yet forgotten about all those people out there that still use Windows XP (personally, I use Windows XP MCE 2005). The company has confirmed it has finally 'released to manufacturing' the third service pack to Windows XP - 7 years after the operating system's original release.
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RE: Great!
by areimann on Mon 21st Apr 2008 18:48 UTC in reply to "Great! "
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2006-06-12

SP4 for XP? I wonder if that will ever happen. I doubt that...if it takes 3 years or so to do a Service Pack, that means XP would be 10 years old before SP4. You would hope Vista would be the main OS for Windows consumers by that point.

On a funny note, that would be like releasing a Service Pack for Windows 98 this year.

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RE[2]: Great!
by PJBonoVox on Tue 22nd Apr 2008 09:38 in reply to "RE: Great! "
PJBonoVox Member since:
2006-08-14

"On a funny note, that would be like releasing a Service Pack for Windows 98 this year."

Not exactly. Windows XP is still relevant and the perfect tool for the job.

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RE[2]: Great!
by bolomkxxviii on Tue 22nd Apr 2008 10:28 in reply to "RE: Great! "
bolomkxxviii Member since:
2006-05-19

You would hope Vista would be the main OS for Windows consumers by that point (in three years).

You might hope that, but many of us do not. In three years I hope Windows 7 starts putting nails in Vista's coffin. It should be buried next to Windows ME and MS Bob.

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RE[2]: Great!
by helf on Wed 23rd Apr 2008 00:31 in reply to "RE: Great! "
helf Member since:
2005-07-06

yeah, highly doubt a SP4 for it... I'm surprised at a SP3, honestly.

NT4 - SP6a
Win 2k - SP4, 5 unofficially
XP - SP3
Vista - Already at SP1

The numbers are dwindling for service packs. I bet Vista will end at SP2 and no more.

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