Windows XP ”Reloaded” FAQ

Windows XP Reloaded is a planned interim marketing push for Windows XP that will more widely broadcast features that have been shipped since the initial XP release in 2001, including XP SP2, a new Windows Media Player version, and other exciting consumer-oriented features.

Q: What is Windows XP Reloaded?

A: Windows XP Reloaded is the code-name for a Windows XP marketing push that will focus on how XP has evolved since its initial release in October 2001. Filling the gap between the original XP release and Longhorn, the next major version of Windows, XP Reloaded is Microsoft’s vision for a combination of XP and various software updates that, in effect, amounts to an interim Windows version.

Q: Is Windows XP Reloaded this product’s real name?

A: No. XP Reloaded is a code-name. Final naming has yet to be determined.

Q: What will Microsoft include in XP Reloaded?

A: XP Reloaded will basically incorporate Windows XP plus all free new features released since then, including all of the features from Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), a major new version of Windows Media Player, and various other features that Microsoft has elected not to discuss yet.

Q: How much will XP Reloaded cost?

A: There’s no cost.

Q: So is Microsoft releasing an interim version of XP?

A: Not exactly. XP Reloaded is more of a marketing push than an actual product.


Q: When will XP Reloaded happen?

A: Microsoft is targeting Q3 2004, just in time for the holiday shopping season, but I’m expecting it to slip until early 2005.

News Source : Paul Thurrott’s