译文:微软公司周一停止销售 Windows XP
微软公司计划周一停止向零售商和主要电脑制造商出售其 Windows XP 操作系统，尽管来自成片 PC 用户的抗议者不愿意被迫采用 XP 的继承者 Vista 。 一旦装载有 XP 的电脑从 PC 制造商如戴尔公司和惠普公司的产品目录中清除，在他们的新机器中没有老的操作系统就不能活的消费者，就将必须购买 Vista 旗舰版或 Vista 商业版，然后在合法地“降级”到 Windows XP。 微软公司将仍然允许较小的传统 PC 组装商店购买 XP 进行转售直到 1 月底。一个 Windows XP 版本也将继续提供给超低成本的 PC，例如华硕 Eee PC 。 一组声乐电脑的用户，他们聚集在张贴在业界的新闻网站 InfoWorld 的“保存 XP ”请愿书的周围，叫嚷微软公司继续销售 XP ，直至可以得到其下一个操作系统 Windows 7。软件制造商已表示，预计 Windows 7 在 2009 年的某个时候发布。 上周，微软表示，它将为 6 年龄的 Windows XP 提供全面技术支持到 2009 年，以及有限度的支持到 2014 年。
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| 原文:Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday |
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Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.
Once computers loaded with XP have been cleared from the inventory of PC makers such as Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., consumers who can't live without the old operating system on their new machine will have to buy Vista Ultimate or Vista Business and then legally "downgrade" to XP.
Microsoft will still allow smaller mom-and-pop PC builder shops to buy XP for resale through the end of January. A version of XP will also remain available for ultra-low-cost PCs such as the Asus Eee PC.
A group of vocal computer users who rallied around a "Save XP" petition posted on the industry news site InfoWorld had been clamoring for Microsoft to keep selling XP until its next operating system, Windows 7, is available. The software maker has said it expects to release Windows 7 sometime in 2009.
Last week, Microsoft said it would provide full technical support for six-year-old Windows XP through 2009, and limited support through 2014. |
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