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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. El smellio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    where is arnold teh flashyu fish with funny poems?

  2. 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.

  3. Sir, I protest! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am the topic, and I shall decide what is on or off of me. Good day!

  4. Re:special favors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you want you can climb under my desk and login to my xp and give me a special favor.
    Thanks!

  5. Re:That's Microsoft for you by dotancohen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    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).

    Cows?!? Not girls with big titties?!?
    I want my old milk back!!!!1!!!!!one!!11one1!11!![lim(x->0)sinx/x]

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    It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.