[July,10] Windows XP a hot item on Amazon

[Aurion]

Although Microsoft officially stopped selling Windows XP as of June 30, retailers can keep selling it as long as they have copies.

Perhaps as a result of its potentially impending scarcity, XP is near the top of Amazon.com's software list, with the full version of XP Home at No. 15 and the full version of XP Pro at No. 21.

The highest ranked Vista edition doesn't crack the top 25, although it does come on nearly all new PCs these days so most people don't need a boxed copy.

For those keeping score, Apple's Mac OS X Leopard is No. 7 on the software list, while the highest ranking Vista version is the update version of Windows Vista Home Premium, at No. 41.

On the bright side for Redmond, Office Home and Student for Windows is No. 1 and the Mac edition of Office Home and Student is No. 3.

Source :

Windows XP a hot item on Amazon | Beyond Binary - A blog by Ina Fried - CNET News.com

[zatoicchi]

probably most of the people who bought vista is finding that it suck and that they are buying whats left on windows xp because microsoft stops making it..

[Aurion]

well,yeah probably too the majority of the customers buying the remaining copies of XP are u know Companies,Banks & Large Origanizations since u know there must be only 1 copy per every single PC (thats how MS gets richer)

[anon]

a lot of people would still use windows 98 if it was supported