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Vendors Keep On Selling XP

Vendors Say They Are Going to Supply XP Past June 30 When Large OEMs Are Supposed to Stop Supplying It

May. 2, 2008 07:00 PM

Microsoft claims to have sold 140 million copies of Vista.

Ah, but, in an effort to scratch the widespread “Save XP” itch, Dell, HP, Sony and Lenovo all say they are going to supply XP past June 30 when large OEMs are supposed to stop supplying it.

They’re going to exercise their downgrade rights. You buy Vista Business or Ultimate but you’ve also bought the right to run XP or 2000 or Windows 95 for that matter and Dell says it’s even willing to install it whatever you want.

As far as Microsoft is concerned it’s still a Vista sale.

Microsoft is expected to stop supplying XP to PC vendors after January 2009. Once they run out they can’t get anymore.

Published May. 2, 2008 — Reads 790
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Maureen O'Gara is the Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.

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