Microsoft Gives Vista 2 XP Downgrades For Free

[Paulo]

I see from the link here...

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...n_buy_vista_and_downgrade_to_xp_for_free.html

....that MS will downgrade your copy of Vista to XP at no charge. What a
Deal!

 

[John John (MVP)]

I see [snip] ...that MS will downgrade your copy of Vista to XP at no
charge. What a Deal!

and how much did the Vista licence cost?

John

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

<pft> Define your concept of "free" and "at no charge".

 

[Dave Navarro]

Wow, Apple Insider is really on the ball. It only took them a year and
half to report this. Yep, that's one really updated info source, for
sure, uh huh. They had to wait until Ballmer told them about it instead
of watching the other news sources.

So you can BUY Windows XP to start with. OR you can BUY Windows Vista
and then downgrade to Windows XP. Which one of those routes did you see
would get you to a "no charge" install of Windows XP? You don't get to
use both versions. You get to pick ONE, because ONE license is what you
paid for.

http://download.microsoft.com/downl...cbd-699b0c164182/royaltyoemreferencesheet.pdf

You can even downgrade Windows XP to Windows 2000. Gee, "What a Deal!"
Note WHICH versions of Windows Vista include downgrade rights. Yep, not
all of them, just some of them.

That's a little confusing...

So, I can purchase a new system with Vista on it. Then request the OEM
provide me a downgrade? Or do I get the downgrade from Microsoft?

Do I get a key for XP or will the Vista Key work?