Microsoft began to reduce Win XP service standards

Mr. Chen went to Zhongguancun to buy a computer and asked the salesperson to drop the operating system from Windows Vista to the Windows XP he is familiar with, but the salesperson reminded him that Microsoft has lowered the service standard for Windows XP, and later its computer may No stable service support is available. Yesterday, news from Microsoft said that the company will begin to phase out the Windows XP process for the new version of Windows 7 from the 14th year of the Windows XP operating system, which has been launched for seven years. Give Way.

If there are no surprises, Windows 7 will be officially launched early next year.

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Microsoft related people told the "First Financial Daily" that Microsoft products have a variety of different technical support. Generally speaking, after the launch of Microsoft products, it will enter " The mainstream technical support phase, which is generally five years, will then enter the extended technical support program, which is also five years.

However, due to the long interval between Windows XP and its follow-up product, Windows Vista, Microsoft forced Microsoft to delay the final deadline for Windows XP technical support to 13 years.

According to Microsoft's policy, mainstream technical support provides free patches to every user, including security patches and other fixes. In the extended technical support phase, common users can get security patches, but non-security hot patches only provide companies that give Microsoft a technical support contract.

Since the launch of Windows Vista, it has been criticized by the industry and users for its strong hardware system support, and Vista cannot be used in low-end products such as netbooks. The latest survey also shows that Vista's penetration rate in the enterprise is very low, about 10% of enterprises upgrade to Vista, and the rest continue to use Windows XP platform.

And Windows 7, which is about to be launched, hopes to improve this situation. Windows 7 will have six versions, which are different from Vista's hardware requirements. Windows 7 is suitable for all configurations from the lowest-end netbook to the high-end work terminal.

"I am using it, my 8-year-old son is also using it. My son is the most critical of the computer. He feels good." Zhang Yaqin, senior vice president of Microsoft and president of China R&D Group, was interviewed by this reporter. When said: "Windows 7 security has been greatly improved, and it is particularly important that it has a cloud computing contact function, its application can be used on the cloud, or can be used on the terminal."

Zhang Yaqin said that Microsoft hopes to launch Windows 7 three years after the launch of Vista. Since Vista was launched in January 2007, Windows 7 should be launched around 2010, but Microsoft has no plans for which month.