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Dell is bringing XP back. Amid significant customer demand

 
 
Former captain of the Enterprise
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      19th Apr 2007
LOL nobody wants vista.. lol

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6177619.html

As I predicted.. yes I did... :-) People just want the best OS ever
designed! >>XP

again dedicated to all ya nice cool vista fans.....

Dell is bringing XP back.

Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that
it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some
of its consumer PCs.

Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based
systems following Microsoft's mainstream launch of the operating system in
January. However, the company said its customers have been asking for XP as
part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help the company come
up with product ideas.

"We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our
Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said on its Ideas in Action page. Users
get to vote on various suggestions, and the notion of bringing back XP got
10,000 "points," making it among the most popular requests but well below
top picks such as adding Linux or OpenOffice.org to its PCs.

Windows XP systems became scarce, but not impossible to find, after Vista
arrived. For example, Hewlett-Packard said it would continue selling XP on
some machines aimed at small and midsize businesses, while CompUSA still
stocks a couple of business-oriented XP systems in its retail stores. Lenovo
has also continued shipping XP on many of its business systems.

Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home


 
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      20th Apr 2007
I paid full price for my vista ultimate and my xp pro and given the choice I
think xp Pro is the better work orientated OS, and yes the best of the OS's
thus far Microsoft has put forth. (I do hate the new IE however in that it's
so busy protecting itself or me that I never get anything accomplished
without serious frustration. Firefox is an easier product and I don't have
the constant blocks on active x's or pics or .......
click heres or did you see the bar above....yatta yatta yatta blah blah blah.
Linux is looking better all the time. LOL

"Former captain of the Enterprise" wrote:

> LOL nobody wants vista.. lol
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6177619.html
>
> As I predicted.. yes I did... :-) People just want the best OS ever
> designed! >>XP
>
> again dedicated to all ya nice cool vista fans.....
>
> Dell is bringing XP back.
>
> Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that
> it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some
> of its consumer PCs.
>
> Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based
> systems following Microsoft's mainstream launch of the operating system in
> January. However, the company said its customers have been asking for XP as
> part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help the company come
> up with product ideas.
>
> "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our
> Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said on its Ideas in Action page. Users
> get to vote on various suggestions, and the notion of bringing back XP got
> 10,000 "points," making it among the most popular requests but well below
> top picks such as adding Linux or OpenOffice.org to its PCs.
>
> Windows XP systems became scarce, but not impossible to find, after Vista
> arrived. For example, Hewlett-Packard said it would continue selling XP on
> some machines aimed at small and midsize businesses, while CompUSA still
> stocks a couple of business-oriented XP systems in its retail stores. Lenovo
> has also continued shipping XP on many of its business systems.
>
> Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home
>
>
>

 
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      20th Apr 2007
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:47:34 +0300, Former captain of the Enterprise
wrote:

> LOL nobody wants vista.. lol
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6177619.html
>
> As I predicted.. yes I did... :-) People just want the best OS ever
> designed! >>XP
>
> again dedicated to all ya nice cool vista fans.....
>
> Dell is bringing XP back.
>
> Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that
> it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some
> of its consumer PCs.
>
> Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based
> systems following Microsoft's mainstream launch of the operating system in
> January. However, the company said its customers have been asking for XP as
> part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help the company come
> up with product ideas.
>
> "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our
> Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said on its Ideas in Action page. Users
> get to vote on various suggestions, and the notion of bringing back XP got
> 10,000 "points," making it among the most popular requests but well below
> top picks such as adding Linux or OpenOffice.org to its PCs.
>
> Windows XP systems became scarce, but not impossible to find, after Vista
> arrived. For example, Hewlett-Packard said it would continue selling XP on
> some machines aimed at small and midsize businesses, while CompUSA still
> stocks a couple of business-oriented XP systems in its retail stores. Lenovo
> has also continued shipping XP on many of its business systems.
>
> Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home


I wonder how that swell of consumer demand might compare with the one for
Linux and other OSS solutions?

 
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      20th Apr 2007
Former captain of the Enterprise wrote:

> LOL nobody wants vista.. lol
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6177619.html
>
> As I predicted.. yes I did... :-) People just want the best OS ever
> designed! >>XP
>
> again dedicated to all ya nice cool vista fans.....
>
> Dell is bringing XP back.
>
> Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that
> it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some
> of its consumer PCs.
>
> Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based
> systems following Microsoft's mainstream launch of the operating system in
> January. However, the company said its customers have been asking for XP as
> part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help the company come
> up with product ideas.
>
> "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our
> Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said on its Ideas in Action page. Users
> get to vote on various suggestions, and the notion of bringing back XP got
> 10,000 "points," making it among the most popular requests but well below
> top picks such as adding Linux or OpenOffice.org to its PCs.
>
> Windows XP systems became scarce, but not impossible to find, after Vista
> arrived. For example, Hewlett-Packard said it would continue selling XP on
> some machines aimed at small and midsize businesses, while CompUSA still
> stocks a couple of business-oriented XP systems in its retail stores. Lenovo
> has also continued shipping XP on many of its business systems.
>
> Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home
>
>

Hey capin' crunch if you actually read the article all he is doing is to
continue to offer XP Home on a limited basis.
Vista is the future even if you refuse to be beamed up!
Frank
 
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Alan
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      20th Apr 2007
Back in January I wrote this comment below, which can be found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...8-61ae2a72a5d9

>I've been wondering the opposite: Should I corner the market on all the
>new, already-built XP machines I can find?


>They could be in VERY big demand after Vista is released to the general
>public, and people see what they might be forced to use if they can't find
>an XP box.


>Alan


Too bad I didn't take my own advice. I could have retired -- if I already
wasn't retired. :>

Alan


"Mark Dormer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Not particularly. The vendors will just start preloading them with Vista.
> Maybe if your talking older stock you will see a fall.
> Regards Mark Dormer
> "Drade" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:uN$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Does anyone expect XP laptop prices to drop once Vista is released?

>
>




"Former captain of the Enterprise" <1111@11.11> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> LOL nobody wants vista.. lol
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6177619.html
>
> As I predicted.. yes I did... :-) People just want the best OS ever
> designed! >>XP
>
> again dedicated to all ya nice cool vista fans.....
>
> Dell is bringing XP back.
>
> Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that
> it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some
> of its consumer PCs.
>
> Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based
> systems following Microsoft's mainstream launch of the operating system in
> January. However, the company said its customers have been asking for XP
> as part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help the company
> come up with product ideas.
>
> "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our
> Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said on its Ideas in Action page. Users
> get to vote on various suggestions, and the notion of bringing back XP got
> 10,000 "points," making it among the most popular requests but well below
> top picks such as adding Linux or OpenOffice.org to its PCs.
>
> Windows XP systems became scarce, but not impossible to find, after Vista
> arrived. For example, Hewlett-Packard said it would continue selling XP on
> some machines aimed at small and midsize businesses, while CompUSA still
> stocks a couple of business-oriented XP systems in its retail stores.
> Lenovo has also continued shipping XP on many of its business systems.
>
> Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home
>
>



 
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      20th Apr 2007
its the future... when we all have 8 core machines and 64 gb of ram so vista
will work fast!

:-) ok .. a 4 core and 4 gigs of ram is good enough for me.. since thats the
computer Ill get
just to run vista (and not crawl vista)



"Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Former captain of the Enterprise wrote:
>
>> LOL nobody wants vista.. lol
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6177619.html
>>
>> As I predicted.. yes I did... :-) People just want the best OS ever
>> designed! >>XP
>>
>> again dedicated to all ya nice cool vista fans.....
>>
>> Dell is bringing XP back.
>>
>> Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday
>> that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option
>> on some of its consumer PCs.
>>
>> Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based
>> systems following Microsoft's mainstream launch of the operating system
>> in January. However, the company said its customers have been asking for
>> XP as part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help the
>> company come up with product ideas.
>>
>> "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to
>> our Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said on its Ideas in Action page.
>> Users get to vote on various suggestions, and the notion of bringing back
>> XP got 10,000 "points," making it among the most popular requests but
>> well below top picks such as adding Linux or OpenOffice.org to its PCs.
>>
>> Windows XP systems became scarce, but not impossible to find, after Vista
>> arrived. For example, Hewlett-Packard said it would continue selling XP
>> on some machines aimed at small and midsize businesses, while CompUSA
>> still stocks a couple of business-oriented XP systems in its retail
>> stores. Lenovo has also continued shipping XP on many of its business
>> systems.
>>
>> Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home
>>
>>

> Hey capin' crunch if you actually read the article all he is doing is to
> continue to offer XP Home on a limited basis.
> Vista is the future even if you refuse to be beamed up!
> Frank



 
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      20th Apr 2007
"Former captain of the Enterprise" <1111@11.11> wrote in message
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> its the future... when we all have 8 core machines and 64 gb of ram so
> vista will work fast!
>
> :-) ok .. a 4 core and 4 gigs of ram is good enough for me.. since thats
> the computer Ill get
> just to run vista (and not crawl vista)
>
>

I love it when people who are not competent to run something, blame the
product rather than their own inadequacies..

 
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Malvern
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      20th Apr 2007
You are probably too young to remember this event... General Motors
introduced a car named Corvair in the '50's. It was a danger, like Vista is
to computers. We need a Ralph Nader of the computer field to get MS
straight, like Mr. Nader did GM then. Corvairs are now obsolete; none are
on the road, which they were at their introduction. Look familiar ?
/Sometimes it takes the "incompetent" to open eyes of all of us.

Malv

"Iron Feliks" <f (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I love it when people who are not competent to run something, blame the
> product rather than their own inadequacies..
>





 
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      20th Apr 2007
"Former captain of the Enterprise" <1111@11.11> wrote in message
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> its the future... when we all have 8 core machines and 64 gb of ram so
> vista will work fast!


You are welcome to your gleefulness and, of course, your opinion. You'll get
no trouble from me on those counts. However, if you truly believe that Vista
will not become main stream, you're kidding yourself.


> As I predicted.. yes I did... :-)


Tooting one's own horn is almost always rooted in self esteem issues. Just
thought you should know that...


> :-) ok .. a 4 core and 4 gigs of ram is good enough for me.. since thats
> the computer Ill get
> just to run vista (and not crawl vista)


You must be doing something wrong. Vista Ultimate runs great here...4600 x2,
2 GB RAM.

mxh





>
>
>
>
> "Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Former captain of the Enterprise wrote:
>>
>>> LOL nobody wants vista.. lol
>>>
>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6177619.html
>>>
>>> As I predicted.. yes I did... :-) People just want the best OS ever
>>> designed! >>XP
>>>
>>> again dedicated to all ya nice cool vista fans.....
>>>
>>> Dell is bringing XP back.
>>>
>>> Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday
>>> that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option
>>> on some of its consumer PCs.
>>>
>>> Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based
>>> systems following Microsoft's mainstream launch of the operating system
>>> in January. However, the company said its customers have been asking for
>>> XP as part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help the
>>> company come up with product ideas.
>>>
>>> "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to
>>> our Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said on its Ideas in Action page.
>>> Users get to vote on various suggestions, and the notion of bringing
>>> back XP got 10,000 "points," making it among the most popular requests
>>> but well below top picks such as adding Linux or OpenOffice.org to its
>>> PCs.
>>>
>>> Windows XP systems became scarce, but not impossible to find, after
>>> Vista arrived. For example, Hewlett-Packard said it would continue
>>> selling XP on some machines aimed at small and midsize businesses, while
>>> CompUSA still stocks a couple of business-oriented XP systems in its
>>> retail stores. Lenovo has also continued shipping XP on many of its
>>> business systems.
>>>
>>> Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home
>>>
>>>

>> Hey capin' crunch if you actually read the article all he is doing is to
>> continue to offer XP Home on a limited basis.
>> Vista is the future even if you refuse to be beamed up!
>> Frank

>
>


 
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      20th Apr 2007
Vista must be really sinking sales. The only people that have told me
that they liked Vista were the ones on this newsgroup. Everyone else
that I speak with wants to dump Vista and put XP or Linux on their
computers.


On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:24:53 -0400, Alan wrote:

> Back in January I wrote this comment below, which can be found at:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities.../default.aspx?

&query=vista+benefits&lang=en&cr=&guid=&sloc=en-
us&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.general&p=1&tid=7b73634e-0eb2-4587-9a57-7b90984947cf&mid=c974fe56-5416-4684-
a578-61ae2a72a5d9
>
>>I've been wondering the opposite: Should I corner the market on all the
>>new, already-built XP machines I can find?

>
>>They could be in VERY big demand after Vista is released to the general
>>public, and people see what they might be forced to use if they can't
>>find an XP box.

>
>>Alan

>
> Too bad I didn't take my own advice. I could have retired -- if I
> already wasn't retired. :>
>
> Alan
>
>
> "Mark Dormer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:eQnJp%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Click to show or hide original message or reply text.
>
>
>> Not particularly. The vendors will just start preloading them with
>> Vista. Maybe if your talking older stock you will see a fall. Regards
>> Mark Dormer
>> "Drade" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:uN$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Does anyone expect XP laptop prices to drop once Vista is released?

>>
>>
>>

>
>
> "Former captain of the Enterprise" <1111@11.11> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> LOL nobody wants vista.. lol
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6177619.html
>>
>> As I predicted.. yes I did... :-) People just want the best OS ever
>> designed! >>XP
>>
>> again dedicated to all ya nice cool vista fans.....
>>
>> Dell is bringing XP back.
>>
>> Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday
>> that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option
>> on some of its consumer PCs.
>>
>> Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based
>> systems following Microsoft's mainstream launch of the operating system
>> in January. However, the company said its customers have been asking
>> for XP as part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help
>> the company come up with product ideas.
>>
>> "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to
>> our Dell consumer PC offerings," Dell said on its Ideas in Action page.
>> Users get to vote on various suggestions, and the notion of bringing
>> back XP got 10,000 "points," making it among the most popular requests
>> but well below top picks such as adding Linux or OpenOffice.org to its
>> PCs.
>>
>> Windows XP systems became scarce, but not impossible to find, after
>> Vista arrived. For example, Hewlett-Packard said it would continue
>> selling XP on some machines aimed at small and midsize businesses,
>> while CompUSA still stocks a couple of business-oriented XP systems in
>> its retail stores. Lenovo has also continued shipping XP on many of its
>> business systems.
>>
>> Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home
>>
>>


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