by that time, though, the next Windows will probably be in circulation already.
I see. Negative, you think it'll take that long for the regular XP version to be off the shelves? And if so, in what market? Just European?

As soon as they're out of regular copies to sell, they'll have to sell the N copies
Yeah, a little common logic mixed with Microsoft's typical marketing venture. Gotta love the way they think and work. And yeah, I didn't exactly mean "New Release" although I didn't know the whole ordeal was something with EU's antitrust agreement.