Want XP on a new Dell? You’ll pay up to $50 extra for the aging OS
Vista News 218 Views No Comments »Dell Inc. will charge customers up to $50 for factory-installed Windows XP on some PCs after Wednesday, according to the company’s Web site. Buyers of the low-priced Vostro line of desktops and notebooks will pay $20 to $50 more for Windows XP Professional installed as a “downgrade” from Windows Vista Business or Vista Ultimate than they would for Vista only.
So Vista versus XP (maybe versus Mac?) has replaced Twitter as the collective angst moment du jour. At the end of the month, big computer makers won’t any longer install Windows XP on their machines. The impending transition has ignited the predictable existential gabfest, but I’m with Larry Dignan when he says that the complainers should either move away from Windows or just “shut up.”
Per the Microsoft Windows Life-Cycle policy, Direct OEM and Retail License Availability for Windows XP will End-Of-Life (EOL) on June 30, 2008. To meet Microsoft’s June 30 last-day-to-ship OEM Windows XP deadline, June 18 is the last time to purchase a Dell laptop, desktop, or workstation with an OEM Windows XP license.
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