RIP Windows XP (2001-2014)

[Gatt]

 

You will be missed...

[free780]

Good riddens to fisher price os.

[elsiegee40]

It was time for it to go, but a little bit of me will always feel some affection to the OS that really got business networks going.

 

Saying "good riddance" to XP is like being rude to a retiring colleague. That person should probably have retired 5 years ago, but has still been my friend for many years and I would still go out for a drink with them if invited and might even initiate the night out myself

Edited April 8, 2014 by elsiegee40

[Devontechie]

Yeah XP will be missed.. Yep is time for it to be retired. Also Office 2003 RIP today!

 

[hawc]

It's amazing who still uses XP. I was in the Halifax yesterday and when the lady showed me my accounts on the screen, it was very visible they were using it.

[SYNACK]

Thank god for that, it was past due to go a long time ago. Edited April 8, 2014 by SYNACK

[Steven_Cleaver]

Bye Bye

[themightymrp]

A good OS that did its hard time. The fact it hung around as long as it did speaks volumes for its usability and functionality.

 

The King is dead, long live the King (Win 7 )

[cpjitservices]

I have some good memories of XP, to getting our first XP machines in the first school I ever worked in... to recieve the machines and then have to wipe them with the RM CC2.4 Windows 98 SE Image

 

To then moving to a college were every machine was XP, built with ZENWorks, and managed by Netware 6. Fond Memories. Including Office 2003 too.

 

Server 2003 for me also, some good memories, having started out on NT4, then upgrading that to 2000, I then went to work at said college who had a couple of 2003 servers and we also used 2003 for training new teccies. The first CC3 network I worked on was also Server 2003 based.

 

Good times.

[abillybob]

Windows XP is where I learnt most things about hardware, registry and the basics as a kid! It was on my first ever Gaming Computer that I built Good Times!

[Rodan]

Interesting XP fact: The Flare code (< x.30) on EMC Clariion arrays is a cut down version of XP complete with GUI for engineers.

[rich_tech]

I was on Win2k at home which I had put on my home machine instead of Millenium Edition it came pre-installed with until this came along

 

Decent stable OS and testament to M$ doing things decent that it lasted this long, instead of the likes of ME/Vista

[Michael]

It's amazing who still uses XP. I was in the Halifax yesterday and when the lady showed me my accounts on the screen, it was very visible they were using it.

 

B & Q were the other day as I saw the Windows XP 'flag' screensaver in the background! XP was a great OS, but it is incredible people are still using it in 2014 bearing in mind it was released in 2001.

 

I think Microsoft need to take note of this - instead of releasing whole new OSes every 2 years (it appears), they could very easily keep working on Windows 8, now 8.1 and the latest Update 1. It's still essentially the same OS, but I think a better naming standard is needed. Update 1 should have been 8.2 for example.

[computer_expert]

I guess XP will finally XPire today then.

 

I remember upgrading my first machine from 98SE to XP (then getting it riddled with viruses and the like by installing free screensavers!).

[abillybob]

I think Microsoft need to take note of this - instead of releasing whole new OSes every 2 years (it appears), they could very easily keep working on Windows 8, now 8.1 and the latest Update 1. It's still essentially the same OS, but I think a better naming standard is needed. Update 1 should have been 8.2 for example.

 

+1 to this! I don't understand how they are coming up with names it would be logical to just call it 8.2... Though you could argue the fact Windows 8 and 8.1 aren't the same OS! I don't know how Microsoft are looking at it though it would be nice for them to keep releasing improvements for 8 as I actually really like the OS and not dont care for Windows 9 to be released anytime soon!

Edited April 8, 2014 by abillybob

[sonofsanta]

Love the header image on the site today

 

XP was fantastic, the first modern OS to my mind: stable, fast, easy to use yet still tweakable and configurable and a great learning platform for budding techies but it is definitely its time to die. Windows 7 is a more than worthy successor to it.

 

Some perspective: Windows XP is 13 years old right now. You know what was 13 years old when XP came out? Windows 2.1.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Windows_2.1.png

[Quackers]

I don't get why they stopped doing Service Packs for Windows. Its the best way. I also think they should have done an XP SP4 at some point as there was so many updates after SP3 it gets silly, same with Windows 7 now, they need a Service Pack 2! .

 

You see all theses PC's running XP in the banks and on tills and they are more than likely going to get binned when they upgrade which is a waste and replaced with new PCs to do exactly what they were doing before , running the banks applications to get a task done.

[Michael]

I don't get why they stopped doing Service Packs for Windows. Its the best way. I also think they should have done an XP SP4 at some point as there was so many updates after SP3 it gets silly, same with Windows 7 now, they need a Service Pack 2! .

 

You see all theses PC's running XP in the banks and on tills and they are more than likely going to get binned when they upgrade which is a waste and replaced with new PCs to do exactly what they were doing before , running the banks applications to get a task done.

 

Problem is every OS has a life cycle and XP has without doubt exceeded that - mainly because Vista was badly received (comparatively), as well as a longer than expected development time. All this work paid off however, as we wouldn't have Windows 7 without Windows Vista and many people forget that.

 

Personally I don't think Service Packs are the answer either - they're too big, whereas these smaller updates (sort of an update rollup) makes more sense, plus you'd have a better naming system. Even if you ended up with Windows 8.1 Update 52 (down the line), it's easier than remembering KB12345678 and the many other 100's of updates!

[Fleetwood]

Ignoring that Windows ManyErrors was my first OS, I consider XP my first proper OS. Like @abillybob, it's where I learnt the ins and outs to start from and what started my adventure into this mad industry! While I will miss it dearly, it definitely needed to retire and I do think people/businesses need to accept it and move on - it's just not up to the task anymore.

 

I imagine it will be a few years yet 'til we see XP's "next-gen" cousin, but Windows 7 is filling in that void nicely for me right now

[cpjitservices]

Windows 7 I reckon is the "next" Windows XP - it's as reliable! And as easy to use!

 

I think XP definitely set the benchmark for 7.... I'm hoping 7 will be around as long as XP has been.

[Dos_Box]

I suspect we shall see much less longentivity from the current batch of Microsofts OS's. Not particularly from a usability point of view, but from the leaps we are are now seeing in hardware technologies currently being introduced and developed.

With XP it had the kernal hacked several times to allow for newer technologies such as wi-fi (a rarity when XP launched), but in the future an operating system may find itself obsolete with advances in storage, memory and communications.

I support the new Microsoft ideal of more regular OS 'updates' as it makes more sense than releasing a whole new OS (ok, ok, we all know that there will be 'new' versions of Windows), just as long as they keep the price down as Apple do with their almost yearly updates.

[adhutton]

XP has been the best OS around in the last 13 years IMHO. Not perfect, but it endured.

 

Others have been and gone, but none had the staying power of XP.

 

It is now time for it to go, but like an old friend I will miss it with fond memories.

 

Thanks for getting something right Microsoft.

 

Andrew

[GrumbleDook]

So how many here will qualify for the following deal negotiated by Crown Commercial Services?

Custom Support | Crown Commercial Service

[free780]

MS have not said it publicly but they don't want to do service packs as it extends the support of the OS. Ideally Win7 should be in use for 4/5 years-ish then we should move onto Windows . There should be a cycle of upgrading to the OS XP to 7 and then 7 to 9. The software testing should take place continually so the OS upgrade isn't such a pain and alot of work. This is why XP has been such a pain because no body had to do OSD for 10 years. We shall see...

[localzuk]

So how many here will qualify for the following deal negotiated by Crown Commercial Services?

Custom Support | Crown Commercial Service

 

Pretty sure all public sector schools will be covered - as we're all covered by the MoU are we not?