Corey Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Microsoft products fit into two different life cycle stages — mainstream support and extended support. With mainstream support, users receive free security updates, stability improvements, bug fixes and occasional new features. In the extended support phase, security updates are available for free but other fixes require paid support. Microsoft reminded Windows XP users earlier this week that XP is now in the extended phase, and it said support for the operating system and Office 2003 will be officially discontinued by April 2014. Mainstream support for Windows Vista has also officially ended as of Tuesday, along with support for Office 2007. Both Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be in the extended support phase from now until April 2017. Microsoft recommends that users with PCs running Windows XP and Office 2003 should migrate to Windows 7 and Office 2010 before support is completely cut off and systems are left vulnerable to new forms of malware. [Via Ars Technica] Read View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 they should drop vista and keep going with xp. IMO haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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