Thursday, April 19th 2007
Dell Bringing XP back
After making the switch to offering just Vista on most of its systems, computer manufacturer Dell has backtracked a little and decided to re-introduce Microsoft's 'old' OS. This move comes due after customers were asking for XP back via Dell's IdeaStorm project which asks customers to help the company come up with product ideas. "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our Dell consumer PC offerings," said Dell. Bringing back XP was one of the most popular requests, but it was still well below the demand for features such as Linux and OpenOffice on Dell PCs. Windows XP will be introduced to at least four Inspiron laptops and two Dimension desktops - a move which Microsoft is unlikely to support as it persuades customers towards the new Windows Vista, however Microsoft representatives were unavailable to comment.
Source:
CNET
16 Comments on Dell Bringing XP back
Dell goes back to XP
MS sells 244 copies of Vista in a foreign market
horrible 3rd party drive issues, etc
I guess Vista is the best OS of the year :wtf:
Today I ordered a new Thinkpad T60 and I had it preloaded with XP Pro before it's no longer sold. :rockout: I'm sure i'm not the only one who's made the same request. Microsoft knows this as well and that's the reason to cutoff XP sales past January 2008. XP is Vista's biggest competition.
Hopefully if the rumors are true that this is Microsoft's last monolith OS that's the best thing that can happen to us all. Vista is one bloated piece of shitware, IMO.
Them other OEMs don't know how to act... yeah.
They're here to make up for what Vista lacks... yeah.
uh huh
TAKE IT TO THE CHORUS!
Becaus eof that, I'm glad they make it an option.
say it ain't so!
dell should offer xp+openoffice+abiword+firefox+opera for a nice allaround software offering to blow away MS crapware.(office 2007 is HORRIBLE!!!!)