jorg - 7:17 am on May 11, 2009 (gmt 0)

There's nothing in Vista that isn't in XP, aside from garbage to slow you down even more. I already disable all the visual effects on XP. Fading stuff, why would you want to watch your window popping up? I want whatever I click on to popup right asap, I don't want a half second delay to watch it popping up.

I'm a Linux user, but if I have to use Windows, only XP is acceptable.

Anyways, why does anyone care about this news? The only important updates are security updates, which will be supported until 2014. XP was released 2001, how much longer did you expect them to spend money working on security updates?

As for the upgrade issue, upgrading rather than backing up and doing a clean install really isn't smart (for any OS). It can cause so many issues. Windows Seven is not an updated version of XP, it's an entirely new Operating System that should require a clean install. I understand from the average computer user's point of view, it would be easiest for them to upgrade, but that is to be understood that you can't upgrade a 2001 OS to a 2010 OS.

I never upgrade any OS, always backup and clean install. You have to backup anyways, since there is always a risk that the upgrade will fail.