People just don't want vista.. it stinks big time.. and as I have said.. you
will see that more people will still sell XP
until windows7 is out...
Vista is just too horrible, it's a joke of an OS, a worthless piece of
garbage... and people with intact brains know how stupid it is.
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Dell to Sell Windows XP Professional with PCs Through 2009
In a letter to some of Dells customers, they said that "XP Professional is
available for OEM installation on your Dell PC purchases through at least
2009 and likely longer."
The "official" OEM and retail end date from Microsoft is June 30, 2008, just
a few weeks away. There has been much talk of whether Microsoft would bow to
the demand of the consumers to keep XP alive, and with this it is still hard
to tell if Dell bought a years stock of licenses ahead of time, or if this
is the precursor to an announcement from Microsoft.
Dell's plan for users is to have Windows XP Professional installed on their
machines, but include the Vista install disk for when they are ready to
upgrade. "With XP installed, we will send media for both Vista and XP with
each PC so that when you are ready to migrate to Vista you may at no
addition upgrade cost." The demand seems high, so let's hope others follow
suit to allow companies the time and resources to fully upgrade.
source:
http://neowin.net/news/main/08/06/09...s-through-2009