http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223

Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this product is released. Extended support will end five years after mainstream support ends.

12/31/2001


算 2002/1 出來好了
明年 Vista 出來 (2007)
Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this product is release...
那麼也就是 2009 年 XP 會停止 Support (not the Extended support)
一個OS用了7年...夠了啦
如果按照目前硬體發展來看
XP可以一直用到 XP 完全停止 Support 都沒有問題 (Extended support)
所謂都沒有問題 就是說比如 98系列對硬體上的支援