As reported elsewhere on silicon.com, Microsoft today released the XP code to PC manufacturers. For a short time yesterday, Amazon.com offered copies of Windows XP Professional Edition for $299, or $199 as an upgrade.
The company has two main management software programs: MOM and Systems Management Server (SMS). SMS is aimed at allowing large companies to distribute software updates and patches automatically to PCs over corporate networks.
Microsoft first released the SP2-blocking tool in August, saying it would allow customers to put off the upgrade for 120 days. In response to requests from businesses, Microsoft last year released a tool that allowed companies to continue using the...
The software maker issued a test version of 64-bit Windows in the fall of 2003, when AMD released its first Athlon 64 processors. Customers who buy a desktop or server with a 64-bit chip will have the option of getting the new operating system...
Christopher Linfoot, IT director at LDV Vans, said: "Vista seems to require a lot of machine power and a natural point at which to take the upgrade would be during a hardware refresh though I suspect most PC original equipment manufacturers will...
It's standard practice to allow OEMs, retailers and system builders to continue offering the previous version of Windows for a certain period of time after a new version is released. It said: "Windows Vista is safer, easier to use, better connected...
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