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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. Why keep giving money to MS? by xzvf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What is the fascination people have with giving MS money when they don't want your business? Linux works for a large number of computer tasks, with Wine some more. I don't like the proprietary aspect of Apple, but their product seems to meet consumer needs fairly well. Force MS to be responsive to customer desires. Don't buy until they have a product you want. If the software you want only works on Windows XP, man up and use something else. In the long run it'll pay off.