Microsoft has announced that it will ship Windows 7, the successor to Vista, in or around January 2010. It also let it be known that Windows 7 will keep the same core architecture as , to minimize conversion problems to the new operating system.

One of the big problems with Vista was its incompatibility with many popular programs.

On another front, Microsoft also said that it will continue security updates and technical support for our beloved until April 2014. Most sales of XP will end on June 30, just a few days from now.

XP has evolved into a good, stable o/s. Keep it up to date, do your security scans, system cleanup and defrag, and it will probably last a long time. Maybe even until comes out!

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