PC biggies ‘snub’ Vista

[OhioChick]

May 2008, 1219 hrs IST

NEW DELHI: There still may not be clarity from Microsoft end on whether it will officially retire the retail edition of Windowx XP on June 30, however, PC makers seem to be keen on keeping the OS.

After Lenovo and HP, Dell too has said "Customers may continue to get Windows XP Professional by exercising Downgrade Rights that come with Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate licenses. Dell has the ability to exercise “Windows Vista downgrade rights” on your behalf in the factory if your business is still reliant upon Windows XP and you’d prefer to have Windows XP Professional preinstalled on your PCs."

Earlier, Lenovo, maker of the popular ThinkPad line of laptop and notebook computers had announced that it will sell XP media through January 31, 2009. HP has reportedly said the same thing.

In both cases, customers must choose to "downgrade" to get XP.

http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3001095.cms