According to tgdaily.com, Microsoft extended their OEM downgrade timeline again. As of now, system builders can still offer Windows XP downgrades to their customers and will be able to do so until Vista’s second anniversary.Initially planned to expire on June 30 of this year, Microsoft at first granted an extension to July 31. However, OEMs are still selling the downgrade option (often for a premium) and, according to new reports, the deadline apparently has been officially extended for six more months to January 31, 2009. The information was based on a leaked email sent to an OEM. As a Windows XP user myself, it only show that a lot of people still preferred to downgrade from Vista because of XP’s “near stability”.

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