Julian

"Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@att.net> wrote in message
news:Opu34i4hHHA.4984@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Today in a newspaper advertisement for Dell computers directed at business
> customers, the ad gave customers a choice of Windows Vista or Windows XP
> for
> each computer being offered. I've never seen anything like this before.
> In
> the past, once a new version of Windows had come out, Dell sold all its
> new
> computers with the new version.
>
> What this seems to indicate is that Dell is aware of the problems with
> Vista
> and the unhappiness many users have expressed about it, so they want to
> attract more customers by giving them the option of buying XP.

When I used to work in the IT department of a large company
it was routine to spend a year or so testing and planning
such a major upgrade. Meanwhile we still needed new PCs.