Microsoft Ends Windows XP Support
Are you a Windows XP die hard? You may want to rethink about
it. Perhaps you may want to look into upgrading to Windows 7 or soon to be
launched Windows 8. I am hoping to see Windows 8 Beta at MVP Summit.
On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP
that will be over 10 years. In
Microsoft's support policy, it supports 10 years for a product and that will
be the time when XP support will end.
If your company has not started the migration to a modern
PC, you are late. Based on historical customer deployment data, the average
enterprise deployment can take 18 to 32 months from business case through full
deployment. To ensure you remain on supported versions of Windows and Office,
you should begin your planning and application testing immediately to ensure
you deploy before end of support.
If you are planning to install Windows 8 that is developer preview now, you may want to be careful. I highly recommend reading Mamta's Comprehensive Resource Guide to Windows 8 Developer Preview Installation.
If you want to keep yourself up to date with Windows 8 progress and availability, check out my blog Keep up with Windows 8.