MSP users can still buy computers with XP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7370821.stm
XP: Hope is not lost!
XP: Hope is not lost!
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Hi Devil
Thanks for that. I just upgraded my laptop to a Dell 'Precison' M6300, running XP and I was amazed at how many options there still were out there for XP when I was researching my options. BTW the sales rep wasn't very complimentary about Vista and mentioned the level of people still wanting XP!
Thanks for that. I just upgraded my laptop to a Dell 'Precison' M6300, running XP and I was amazed at how many options there still were out there for XP when I was researching my options. BTW the sales rep wasn't very complimentary about Vista and mentioned the level of people still wanting XP!
Thanks & regards.
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Gra
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XP is still alive, Microsoft is rethinking about not stopping the sale of XP.
Service Pack 3 (SP3) was released today and can be downloaded here:
http://tinyurl.com/3f7pm8
I've installed SP3 and haven't had any adverse effects yet.
Service Pack 3 (SP3) was released today and can be downloaded here:
http://tinyurl.com/3f7pm8
I've installed SP3 and haven't had any adverse effects yet.
Well I'm wondering when they'll admit that Vista's been worse than ME.
At least Bill's dropping hints....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334123.stm
Maybe it'll have some of the things that were supposed to be in Vista originally that would have made it worthwhile. But not to worry, I'm sitting on XP x64 for a few years yet, they'll find it hard to shift the corporates from that in a hurry.
At least Bill's dropping hints....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334123.stm
Maybe it'll have some of the things that were supposed to be in Vista originally that would have made it worthwhile. But not to worry, I'm sitting on XP x64 for a few years yet, they'll find it hard to shift the corporates from that in a hurry.
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All these figures we keep reading about concerning how many Vista licenses have been sold reminds me of the days I had to do data analysis at work.
If the graphs and charts I produced didn't look favorable to our Department within the organization my boss didn't get me to fiddle the figures but simply got me to present things in a different way. Suddenly things looked rosy for our Department.
Microsoft are doing the same thing with Vista. Microsoft said its sales of Vista licenses stood at 140m. What in fact is happening is that people are buying new computers for various reasons. Without facts and figures but using pure speculation I would hazard a guess that these reasons include
1. The cost of notebook computers has fallen dramatically making them more affordable to the masses.
2. Computers are now more powerful and reliable than a few years ago - again making them more attractive.
3. The Internet explosion due to the arrival of broadband. A few years ago most users had to struggle along with modems and so downloading huge things like online TV programs was simply out of the question.
4. Todays youngsters are brought up with computers - their parents have them, they are in schools. Parents tend to make them as gifts to their children at Christmas and birthdays.
5. People have now got accustomed to the power of computers for keeping all of their music, photographs, address books, diaries and so on all in one tidy and organized place.
I could of course go on but you get my point.
Those 140m sales are not of Vista - some will be where someone has deliberately gone out and purchased a Vista Installation disc, the bulk of those sales are the computers themselves. These sales would have taken place irrespective of the arrival of Vista.
What would be nice of Microsoft is for them to publish how many sales of Vista Installation discs have been sold that did not form part of the sale of a computer to go with it.
By the way Mr Gates if by some freak accident you read this, your sales have dropped from 140m to 139,999,999 - why? because I installed XP onto that notebook computer that came with Vista pre-installed so morally speaking that sale doesn't count!!
If the graphs and charts I produced didn't look favorable to our Department within the organization my boss didn't get me to fiddle the figures but simply got me to present things in a different way. Suddenly things looked rosy for our Department.
Microsoft are doing the same thing with Vista. Microsoft said its sales of Vista licenses stood at 140m. What in fact is happening is that people are buying new computers for various reasons. Without facts and figures but using pure speculation I would hazard a guess that these reasons include
1. The cost of notebook computers has fallen dramatically making them more affordable to the masses.
2. Computers are now more powerful and reliable than a few years ago - again making them more attractive.
3. The Internet explosion due to the arrival of broadband. A few years ago most users had to struggle along with modems and so downloading huge things like online TV programs was simply out of the question.
4. Todays youngsters are brought up with computers - their parents have them, they are in schools. Parents tend to make them as gifts to their children at Christmas and birthdays.
5. People have now got accustomed to the power of computers for keeping all of their music, photographs, address books, diaries and so on all in one tidy and organized place.
I could of course go on but you get my point.
Those 140m sales are not of Vista - some will be where someone has deliberately gone out and purchased a Vista Installation disc, the bulk of those sales are the computers themselves. These sales would have taken place irrespective of the arrival of Vista.
What would be nice of Microsoft is for them to publish how many sales of Vista Installation discs have been sold that did not form part of the sale of a computer to go with it.
By the way Mr Gates if by some freak accident you read this, your sales have dropped from 140m to 139,999,999 - why? because I installed XP onto that notebook computer that came with Vista pre-installed so morally speaking that sale doesn't count!!
According to the link Devil posted, HP and Dell sales that have an XP install are being counted as Vista licences, so MS are cooking the statistics on a massive scale.sjj1805 wrote:...By the way Mr Gates if by some freak accident you read this, your sales have dropped from 140m to 139,999,999 - why? because I installed XP onto that notebook computer that came with Vista pre-installed so morally speaking that sale doesn't count!!
This means that Dell can install Windows XP Professional for free on its Latitude, OptiPlex, and Precision machines. In the main these deals are meant for business customers.
For consumers and small firms Dell will, for a fee, install XP Pro on Vostro and XPS gaming machines.
HP is also using the "downgrade" option to keep selling XP with some models until 30 July 2009.
In all these cases a PC is logged as a Vista sale and, in effect, is being sold with an unused option to upgrade to the newer operating system.