Monday, October 15th 2012
Dell to Continue to Offer Windows 7 After Windows 8 Launch
PC giant Dell will continue to offer Windows 7 pre-installed on its Precision, Optiplex, and Latitude brands of notebooks and business desktops, post-Windows 8 launch, the company said. Dell's gaming PC subsidiary Alienware, too, will offer Windows 7 as an option. Microsoft has been generally laxed about OEMs offering older versions of Windows pre-installed, after the launch of a newer one. PC makers were allowed to pre-install PCs with Windows Vista for two years after the launch of Windows 7, however, Windows XP was allowed to be loaded for nearly a decade after its launch.
"We're still moving our business customers from [Windows] XP to Windows 7," said Alison Gardner, director at Dell. "The OS migration for a large company is no small feat. We make it easier but it takes some planning and work," he continued. "For Alienware customers, they know what they want and we give them that choice," Gardner continued. Analysts expect Windows 7 to maintain its popularity post Windows 8 launch, at least with computing devices that lack touch interface.
Source:
PC World
"We're still moving our business customers from [Windows] XP to Windows 7," said Alison Gardner, director at Dell. "The OS migration for a large company is no small feat. We make it easier but it takes some planning and work," he continued. "For Alienware customers, they know what they want and we give them that choice," Gardner continued. Analysts expect Windows 7 to maintain its popularity post Windows 8 launch, at least with computing devices that lack touch interface.
35 Comments on Dell to Continue to Offer Windows 7 After Windows 8 Launch
Microsoft took a shit down their leg when they pushed the Metro screen on desktop users.
and above all what you say about the x86 and 64 system is true both are not supported by mobile devices so still the win-8 is all new to them..
I do like Windows Server 2012 though. I use it everyday at work as a Lab Engineer at Microsoft.
Only bonus I see with Windows 8 is that the Pro version comes with Hyper-V
But still the app support for win-8 is quite low that of android and leaving that thing behind how much people around us use the Hyper-V in every day computing on personal level....Still yes win-8 is quite nice as it is inheriting different properties from the windows simple os and the server editions....
Most people are not using desktop PC's like that so WTF it's a stupid UI to have as default and a fool can even tell you that..
To fast to soon.
So I think that ms have to increase the support factors to the win-8 as "Yes, the thing is necessary but the packing is the reason of creating effect of so called FIRST IMPRESSION"