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03-02-2007, 04:12 PM
Microsoft Corp. yesterday said it would limit support for three versions of the Windows Vista operating system, including its most expensive, to five years rather than the usual 10 years.
Although the corporate editions of Vista -- Business and Enterprise -- will be supported for the usual "5 + 5" span that includes five years of what Microsoft calls "mainstream" support and another five of "extended" support, the consumer versions currently have an end date of April 10, 2012. Vista Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate will stop receiving updates, even critical security updates, after that. Ultimate, which retails for $499 ($299 for an upgrade), is the priciest Vista edition, and is touted by Microsoft in its marketing materials as offering "all of the features found in Windows Vista Home Premium [and] also all of the features found in Windows Vista Business."
Vista Business and Vista Enterprise users will receive security updates into 2017.
News source: computerworld (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=89&articleId=9011984&intsrc=hm_topic)
Although the corporate editions of Vista -- Business and Enterprise -- will be supported for the usual "5 + 5" span that includes five years of what Microsoft calls "mainstream" support and another five of "extended" support, the consumer versions currently have an end date of April 10, 2012. Vista Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate will stop receiving updates, even critical security updates, after that. Ultimate, which retails for $499 ($299 for an upgrade), is the priciest Vista edition, and is touted by Microsoft in its marketing materials as offering "all of the features found in Windows Vista Home Premium [and] also all of the features found in Windows Vista Business."
Vista Business and Vista Enterprise users will receive security updates into 2017.
News source: computerworld (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=89&articleId=9011984&intsrc=hm_topic)