nsane.forums Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Company will leave out aging OS with new browser Microsoft has revealed that the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 web browser will not be supported for Windows XP systems. The company confirmed earlier media reports, saying that the performance and security limitations of the operating system would not be able to handle the new version of the browser. Talk of dropping support for XP began this week after Microsoft unveiled the first preview versions of IE 9. The browser will feature support for the new HTML 5 standards and will sport an improved Java engine. The news comes as Microsoft continues to nudge both business and consumer users away from Windows XP and towards the new Windows 7. Originally slated to end its support lifecycle in 2011, the company decided to push the deadline back three years due to the prevalence of XP systems and the lack of uptake for its successor, the much maligned Windows Vista. Though XP is still supported, the company has advised users to move to Windows 7 systems, citing the added security benefits of the operating system designed to limit the risk and severity of malware infections. Those benefits have been underscored by recent patch releases where critical vulnerabilities for Windows XP posed a far lesser threat to Vista and Windows 7 systems. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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