I've got XP on three PC's and a Portable....but, do I care about the latest "XP" Shutout Scheme???
(I've also got an XP that's accepted with open arms by Apple Programs in General....for my IPOD touch.

It's just a touchy thing that Apple won't, at this point at least, accept XP users into their fall "Cloud" for their ios 5 when it comes out in the fall with its highly touted application "for the future".

Well, Microsoft has already done did its own exclusionary step when it barred XP from Windoze 7.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/09/windows_xp_apple_icloud/