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Comment I thought of this phrase recently when my Windows XP machine died. Software piracy may well be a very bad thing. But does it justify inflicting misery on legitimate software buyers, asks Martin Brampton.
[07 May 2008]
Round-Up The way it works is thus: by taking advantage of the "downgrade rights" offered as part of the Windows Vista licence agreement, PC companies plan to offer machines loaded with XP beyond the cut off date.
[02 May 2008]
Comment Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this week, with silicon.com readers undecided whether the OS should live on or not… And data losses never seem far from the reader comments page, with this week being no exception… Another item on the...
[01 May 2008]
Comment That includes two major data centres and 12 satellite centres, along with 1,500 servers and 40,000 desktops running Windows XP, and SAP for business applications. Being the CIO for a tech vendor can often be something of a double-edged sword.
[01 Apr 2008]
Comment Having been exposed to Vista I have to say Windows 98 is still the best OS produced by MS - and now XP is sort of stable I can live with XP. Shame it's Vista they are selling, don't suppose there's any chance of a price drop with the last few XP...
[06 Mar 2008]
Comment But this tends to affect those on more formal licence agreements or in more affluent areas, whereas for qualifying governments purchasing Windows-based PCs, Partners in Learning provides a full stack of Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and...
[07 Feb 2008]
Comment Except - and it was this that obliged him to buy the next round - it was Windows XP that came up on the screen rather than Windows Vista. Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. One year on: XP still outshining Vista
[15 Jan 2008]
Round-Up A month earlier, silicon.com readers ranked it below Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux as their operating system of choice. As any fool knows, the most popular fireworks applications FireOne and PyroDigital both run on Windows XP and Vista, at least...
[04 Jan 2008]
Comment In contrast, we have plenty of real world experience with XP and Vista viruses - this is clear. Windows User, UK Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site.
[03 Jan 2008]
Comment Windows XP is pretty good. You say in your story that it's likely software companies will drop support for XP in 2011/12 but this will only happen if the majority of people upgraded. XP is a pretty good OS.
[13 Dec 2007]
Round-Up Piracy rates for Windows Vista are half those of its predecessor Windows XP. In addition, a poll on the site indicates that Vista is failing to win over silicon.com readers, with about two-thirds saying their organisation will never move onto XP's...
[07 Dec 2007]
Comment Just because Microsoft says that Vista purchases are increasing, companies like ourselves with volume licencing agreements are buying Vista OEM licences with new machines, but are downgrading these to XP - so these figures don't mean that much.
[29 Nov 2007]
Round-Up Topping the poll of silicon.com users was Windows XP. XP garnered around 42 per cent of the vote. So with Windows out of the equation, the big question is who won the fight between a penguin and a leopard?
[16 Nov 2007]
Comment In comparison, my wife uses a Windows XP laptop. I have even put XP on my I moved from Windows to Mac OSX 2 years ago and have never looked back. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week?
[08 Nov 2007]
Leader The BBC is in the process of developing a video streaming version of iPlayer, its online on-demand TV service, for both Windows XP and non-XP platforms.iPlayer is currently only available as a download service for Windows XP, despite the BBC...
[19 Oct 2007]
Round-Up While it is still pushing Vista hard, the company is quietly allowing PC makers to offer a "downgrade" option to buyers that get machines with the new operating system but want to switch to Windows XP.
[28 Sep 2007]
Comment If Microsoft stick to their position of Vista or nothing then, as availability of XP dries up, all they will do is proliferate unlicenced copies of XP. I am now getting used to Vista and am learning to like it but I find it a nuisance to have to...
[27 Sep 2007]
Round-Up Standalone unit sales of Vista at US retail stores were down 59.7 per cent compared with Windows XP, during each product's first six months on store shelves, according to NPD Group. In fact, boxed copies of Vista are selling more slowly than boxed...
[14 Sep 2007]
Leader In addition, as one silicon.com reader pointed out, Channel 4's 4OD TV service is also only available for XP and Vista, so the BBC isn't the only organisation non-Windows users might like to moan at. The Beeb's attempt at an on-demand, online TV...
[31 Jul 2007]
Comment Secondly, in the same period Windows XP has suffered well-publicised security woes and its replacement Vista has been much delayed and is viewed by many with apprehension. However when silicon.com asked a similar question last week around half...
[19 Jul 2007]
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