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Vista SP1 on the Way, XP on the Way Out

If rumors are true, Vista Service Pack 1 could arrive by mid-February. Already, Microsoft claims that Vista's first year was the safest ever for a new OS, but that hasn't stopped some users from pining ahead of time for XP, which Microsoft plans to start putting out to pasture in June.

Posted by Lee Pender on January 29, 2008


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