Comments on: Microsoft Windows XP Support Extended Until 2014 http://www.pcmech.com/article/microsoft-windows-xp-support-extended-until-2014/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/microsoft-windows-xp-support-extended-until-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-11420 Rich Menga Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:37:44 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/microsoft-windows-xp-support-extended-until-2014/#comment-11420 Yeah I guess I should have been more specific and said "You won't be able to be a retail license outright (as in off-the-shelf)". And yes it's true that there will still be enough white-box sales to go around until the end of '08 for OEM licenses. Yeah I guess I should have been more specific and said “You won’t be able to be a retail license outright (as in off-the-shelf)”.

And yes it’s true that there will still be enough white-box sales to go around until the end of ‘08 for OEM licenses.

]]> By: trendless http://www.pcmech.com/article/microsoft-windows-xp-support-extended-until-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-11417 trendless Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:06:41 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/microsoft-windows-xp-support-extended-until-2014/#comment-11417 You can purchase OEM licenses until December 31, 2008; major manufacturers are not allowed to sell/ship systems with an OEM XP license after June 30, 2008. Many small businesses will be selling their own 'white-box' systems with OEM XP licenses likely until the end of the year, and those that sold the OEM copies separate from a system will likely continue to do so for the same time-frame. You can purchase OEM licenses until December 31, 2008; major manufacturers are not allowed to sell/ship systems with an OEM XP license after June 30, 2008.

Many small businesses will be selling their own ‘white-box’ systems with OEM XP licenses likely until the end of the year, and those that sold the OEM copies separate from a system will likely continue to do so for the same time-frame.

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