System builders - typically small shops that assemble PCs from components for you - can continue to sell Windows XP licenses until Feb.
Get a new 'white box' PC instead of a brand-name one. Here is InfoWorld's guide to getting XP now that new licenses are no longer generally available. Except for whatever copies of Windows are still on store shelves or installed on computers sitting on store shelves, you can no longer buy Windows XP after today.īut you can still get XP for new computers, if you're willing to jump through some hurdles.