Windows 8 arrives

It’s here…

windows.microsoft.com

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End of support

It’s official (in case you didn’t know)!

Support is ending for some versions of Windows:
*Support for Windows XP is ending on April 8, 2014.
*Support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) ended on July 12,2011.
*Support for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) ended on July 13,2010.
If you’re running one of these versions after support ends, you won’t get security updates for Windows.