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What Does It Take To Get a PC With XP?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sell-your-soul-to-the-devil dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Christopher Null tried to buy a computer with Windows XP pre-installed on it from the United States' nine biggest PC makers. His findings: You can get one, but be prepared to fib."

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  1. That's Microsoft for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They are so friendly and customer-focused that you have to jump through hoops to get the product that you want. Why do we put up with this shit when we wouldn't accept this from almost any other industry?

    1. Re:That's Microsoft for you by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Insightful

      We accept this from almost every industry. Automobiles, appliances, internet services, telephone service, cell phone services(pay to receive calls? You all are nuts to swallow that), and most of all your government. Everybody complains like hell, but they keep on buying the BS.

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    2. Re:That's Microsoft for you by danbert8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The problem with your car analogy is that you can still buy a Jag XJ220 used. It is illegal to resell old copies of Windows XP for use in new computers. Now if Microsoft were to allow that, it might not be such a big deal.

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    3. Re:That's Microsoft for you by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      cripes,. you can buy OEM copies of XP all over the place.

      go to newegg.com and buy a oem copy and a mouse.

      All done. Why did this even get to slashdot?

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    4. Re:That's Microsoft for you by Roberticus · · Score: 5, Insightful

      When I worked QA in a dairy, we put cow's milk in the cartons. What we did not do was arbitrarily switch to putting soy milk in the cartons, and then require customers to call the grocery store and beg to get cow's milk (which would only be allowed if you were a restaurant).