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PC makers not ready to use XP update
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Posted by: Bobaroo
As most of you know Microsoft releases the first service pack for Windows XP on Monday. But the update may not appear on some newer PCs until next year.
Only a handful of PC makers expect to begin shipping PCs with the update by early October. Some PC makers, such as Sony, plan to release new models without the update and wait until possibly early next year to offer XP with the service pack.
The release of a first service pack is typically a watershed event for a new version of Windows, signaling that the initial shakedown is over and that the operating system is ready for prime time. Many businesses waited to upgrade to Windows 2000, for example, until Microsoft released the first update in July 2000, about five months after the operating system launched.
However, PC makers plan to be slow to add the Windows XP Service Pack 1 to new systems. PC makers say they are in no hurry to support the service pack--available as a free download from Microsoft's Web site--because the OS was launched with few major bugs, an automatic update feature keeps users current with new fixes, and many businesses still favor Windows 2000 over XP.
"There just isn't a lot to get excited about here," said ARS analyst Toni Duboise, who noted that other than security fixes, the service pack offers few must-have updates for Windows XP.
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Source:CNet News
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