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After a long-announced transition, 30 June marks the end of an era at Microsoft. Well, really it’s the end of two eras.

Not only does the date mark the departure of Bill Gates but another epoch is also really coming to an end – that of Windows XP.

As of 30 June, large PC makers will no longer be able to sell Windows XP-based PCs, at least on mainstream laptops and desktops. Retailers will also have only until their current supply is exhausted to sell boxed copies of the operating system.

Check out this article which is talking about general availability of Windows XP when buying a new pc, it mentions the ability to downgrade certain versions of Vista to XP, an interesting read, do check it out.

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