You can purchase Windows Vista® today but keep using Windows® XP until you’re ready to upgrade.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/...&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&dgc=EM&cid=31494&lid=715454

 

Hi!

....which is surprising, considering that many home PC users I've talked to
want to have XP. I've had no problem keeping myself busy doing these
"upgrades" and people will (sometimes reluctantly) pay for XP licenses...

William

 

If you're auditioning for a job in public relations, you just lost out.
Definitely not the writings of a well-versed spin doctor. If you are
auditioning to be part of some legislative or NGO team that wants truth in
advertising, you just won. But we have to vet what you have written. Who are
your sources telling you that Michael Dell wants a villa in the south of France,
and are they reliable? Or are they simply the usual run-of-the-mill bloggers
and rumor mongers? ... Ben Myers

 

It's "lipstick on a pig" to be sure. But to be fair, Dell was one of the
first - if not THE first - to offer the "XP downgrade" option and to make it
public.

Other OEMs quickly followed soon after.

 

Lenovo was the first place I encountered it (Aug or Sept, '07, IIRC)

 

Sheesh! You blew that one, too! Where is your well-refined sense of
obfuscation and cover-up, with stonewalling refusal to reveal your sources?

.... Ben Myers

 

You can tell he's not a *real* PR flak.