Techtree News Staff, Apr 28, 2008 1635 hrs IST
Yet again, Dell has come ahead and said it will continue to offer Windows XP to consumers even after June 30, the official sales cut-off date announced by Microsoft.
Like many other PC makers, Dell too had stopped offering machines with Windows XP after the launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, but later succumbed to popular demand and again started offering Windows XP as option.
Yet again, Dell has come ahead and said it will continue to offer Windows XP to consumers even after June 30, the official sales cut-off date announced by Microsoft. The company plans to do so by taking advantage of the licensing option offered with Vista Business and Vista Ultimate. Under the license program called the downgrade license, those buying Vista Business and Vista Ultimate will have the option to downgrade to the older version of the operating system. So when users purchase a Vista copy, they will automatically get an XP copy as well under the same license.
By taking advantage of this program, Dell will offer some laptops and desktops pre-installed with XP as well as bundling the Vista installation DVD. The downgrade program will be available for free on some laptops, including Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, and Precision as well as on some gaming systems like Vostro and Dell XPS. However in case of gaming systems, users will have to shell out some bucks from their pocket. This program by Dell will be supported as long as Microsoft supports the downgrade program. Apart from Dell, some other major PC makers like HP and Lenovo also intend to offer the same option to their customers.
News > Gadgets , October 14, 2008 1112 hrs IST
Also gets compared with the HTC Touch Pro ...
News > Internet , October 14, 2008 1153 hrs IST
Take a tour of the world renowned palace for free ...
News > Software , October 14, 2008 0847 hrs IST
Almost as annoying as a human ...
News > Internet , October 13, 2008 1806 hrs IST
Catch all the action online ...
|
Could A DVR Save Your Marriage?News | Consumer Electronics | 04 Sep 2008 ...Or should you stick to your shrink? |
|
Firefox Counters Chrome's Speed TestAccording to Mozilla's SunSpider test, Firefox 3.1 is 28% faster than Chrome on ... |
|
Nokia N96 for Rs. 40,000?False alarm everyone... We have learnt from Nokia that the N96 will be priced be... |
|
Forbidden.exe |
|
md5deepDownloads | System Tools | 04 Sep 2008 |
|
RivaTunerDownloads | System Tools | 03 Sep 2008 |
