WinXP Approaches

by Steve Gibson Sep 22, 2001 8:32am CST tags: Windows XP
That glorious day where Microsoft bestows upon us their latest and greatest innovations on how to make the internet faster and our lives more efficient is almost here. WindowsXP will be showing up in both desktop and laptop machines being sold by pretty much all of the major brands.

Officially, Windows XP won't debut until Oct. 25, but Microsoft is permitting PC makers to sell computers with the new OS on Monday. Initially, Microsoft instructed PC makers to soft-pedal the prelaunch. But subtlety appears to be falling by the wayside. And roughly 30 days after the Oct. 25 release, Windows XP will become the near-exclusive OS for consumer computers, according to sources in the PC industry.

I've been meaning to give XP a shot, a friend at MS was kind enough to get beta2 sent out my way right around time all hell broke loose and I was in the middle of moving so never got to check it out. Doh.

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