Worry Not : Microsoft Will Support Windows XP Till 2014

People who were worrying that Microsoft will drop support for Windows XP later this year can rest easy. Microsoft has announced today that it will continue to support Windows XP till the year 2014. That means, you can expect that Microsoft will release security fixes, patches and upgrades for XP in the future. It seems that Microsoft has finally made a wise decision, earlier they were threatening to stop supporting Windows XP. Although they won’t continue selling XP up to 2014, but users who purchase Vista can downgrade to XP at no extra cost, if they desire.

Microsoft has finally learned that you can’t force users to upgrade to a shabby piece of software. Although I have upgraded to Vista Ultimate in late 2007, but I notice relative performance drop in game frame rates. Gamers should wait for another year before switching to Vista.