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Dell once again offers Windows XP

Dell Computers announced that it once again give buyers the option of Windows XP to be installed on certain computers.

“We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our Dell consumer PC offerings,” Dell responded in a Web posting Thursday.

The company said it will immediately offer XP again an option for four models of its Inspiron notebooks and two models of its Dimension desktop PCs.

This comes just weeks after Dell said it is also planning to offer PCs with
Linux, a free operating system that competes with Windows.

“This is really odd,” said Michael Silver, research vice president at Gartner. “On new PCs, consumers usually do want the latest and greatest.”

 

Yes, Mr. Silver, consumers do usually want “the latest and greatest” but we’ve all had a lot of experience with the wonders of a new Microsoft operating system. Most people I hear are saying they would rather wait until after the first major patch before even thinking about sticking this bloatware onto their machines. What a ringing endorsement of your products, eh Microsoft!

 

Microsoft countered that Dell’s move was in response to a “small minority of customers” with a “specific request.” Michael Burk, a product manager for Microsoft’s Windows Client group, said in an e-mailed statement, “The vast majority of consumers want the latest and greatest technology, and that includes Windows Vista.”

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