Microsoft may have decided to give XP Home (only for ultra-low-cost PC use) to OEMs at least through June 2010, but OEMs and customers have been warily eying Window XP's June 30, 2008, expiration date ...

Dell has extended the time it will sell systems preloaded with Windows XP, citing customer demand for the older operating system.. The company had started to charge purchasers of certain lines to ...

After a 5-month stay of execution, the end is nigh for Windows XP. Tomorrow, June 18, will be the last day you can purchase a Dell computer with XP pre-installed. Dell has announced this in order to ...

Windows XP, R.I.P. — at least for most buyers of new PCs. On Monday, Microsoft will stop selling copies of the operating system to retailers and computer manufacturers. There are exceptions: Until ...

SEATTLE — April 25, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today announced the general availability of Microsoft® Windows Server (TM) 2003 x64 Editions and Windows® XP ...

Three of the top four PC sellers worldwide plan to sell systems with Windows XP right up to the Microsoft-mandated deadline of June 30. Of the four, only Dell Inc. plans to call it quits before the ...

Windows XP Professional has an identity crisis. It is arguably the best desktop operating system Microsoft has produced in its 27-year history. It delivers demonstrably more reliability, scalability, ...

Microsoft's OS released in 2001 "Windows XPIt became clear that the personal computer equipped with "sale will be terminated. Extended sales period upon request from usersAnd furthermoreThe support ...

Microsoft on Friday revealed final retail pricing for Windows XP, a day after Amazon.com leaked the information on the Web for a second time. The bottom line: Consumers can expect to pay a little more ...

Just a day before Microsoft Corp. drops support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company announced on Monday that people running some versions of Windows 7 can “downgrade” to the aged ...

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 24, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of Microsoft® Windows® XP, the highly anticipated next major version of the Windows operating system, to computer ...