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Dell Will Offer XP Past Cutoff Date

Posted by Soulskill on from the dude-you're-getting-a-more-functional-os dept.

Dionysius, God of Wine and Leaf, brings news that Dell will be offering Windows XP pre-installed on their computers past the June 30 cut-off date. Computers purchased with Vista Business or Vista Ultimate past June 30 will come with a copy of XP Pro. Dell plans to simply install that copy upon request to save users a step. Perhaps this will help Microsoft officials make up their minds about another extension.

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  1. Submitter diversity by peipas · · Score: 5, Informative

    I couldn't help but notice that the submitter, a commercial entity, currently has four articles on the front page.

  2. Re:Ubuntu Instead? by electrosoccertux · · Score: 5, Informative

    At least Ubuntu has community support, whereas XP will have no support? Is it really Dell's place to oversee microsoft's business decisions? ?
    XP has support into 2014. Wiki.
  3. Re:Ubuntu Instead? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Selling a computer with XP past the Microsoft cutoff date is pretty irresponsible. At least Ubuntu has community support, whereas XP will have no support? Is it really Dell's place to oversee microsoft's business decisions? Why, because that is what the customer wants? We have already moved our purchasing to used retailers in expectance of this day. We have no plans on installing Vista, and as much as I would love it, Linux is not a viable option at this time.

    I applaude this decision and will do my best to support them if they continue selling XP. Microsoft has stated XP will be technically supported until 2014.