Comments on: Windows XP SP3 Scheduled Release Date: April 29th

By: Windows XP SP3 Released to Manufacturers

Windows XP SP3 Released to Manufacturers — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:15:22 +0000

[...] anticipated by Neowin earlier, Windows XP SP3 has been released to manufacturers yesterday. OEM and enterprise [...]

By: Wii

Wii — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:12:41 +0000

Thanks Thilak, much appreciated.

Beta can never get rid of all bugs though, it’s only when millions of us get into it that some of the subtler ones come out of the woodwork.

By: SEO Man

SEO Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:55:52 +0000

From discontinuing support to releasing service pack number three. Vista has been a spectacular flop, and I personally know, and know of many people that went there and are back on XP. Microsoft is acknowledging this by extending support for XP, The latest release of Ubuntu Linux is getting really close to Microsofts offerings. Another year or two and opensource is realy going to start impacting on Microsoft’s business.

By: Thilak

Thilak — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:03:46 +0000

Wii: Here's the PDF document which contains the overview of XP SP3. That should give you a better idea of SP3, but don't expect anything fancy (like the ones we saw in SP2). Infact, SP2 was the most complete service pack to come out of Microsoft's door.Come down to the second point, I think bugs are weeded out during beta. It's sent for RTM already.

By: Wii

Wii — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:58:28 +0000

Does anyone know off hand what the main features of SP3 will be?

And how long should we wait for others to find the errors for Microsoft to fix !

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:28:29 +0000

What however is the long term fate of XP? There are all kinds of stories going around that it will be retired by 2010 in favor of Vista.