Microsoft announced that the its latest browser, Internet Explorer 10, will not be available for Windows Vista users. Earlier Microsoft announced the Platform Preview for IE10 and also not good news for Vista users .They will not be able to install the Platform Preview, nor the final release of Internet Explorer 10.
Microsoft also made it clear that when Internet Explorer 10 launches, only Windows 7 users will be able to install the latest version of the browser.Both the release notes and installation process mention that the IE10 Platform Preview 1 requires Windows 7 32 bit or 64bit for installation.
The Internet Explorer Platform Preview requires Windows 7 (x86 or x64) Operating System. Platform Preview 4 and later require updates to be installed on Windows 7 systems, after which your computer will require a restart.
A Microsoft spokesperson notes the reasoning behind dropping Vista support in Internet Explorer 10 is to focus on innovation on a modern operating system and modern hardware. As market share for both Windows XP and Vista quickly fall, more and more products are likely to be limited to Windows 7.
Microsoft ended support for Windows XP with Internet Explorer 9, which just launched last month on March 14. Following this trend, the next version of Internet Explorer will not support Windows Vista.
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