PC's still with XP

[Andy]

It was a bit interesting today to read a leaflet of special offers for our
local LIDL store (German owned grocery store and they have offers on PC's
and peripherals at times) there is an offer on a high end laptop next week
over 1,000.00 Euro ....... has it got Vista? - the answer is no, it comes
with Windows XP MCE!

I was just quite surprised at that and would have thought all new PC's now
come with Vista pre-installed. Not even a mention of a free upgrade to Vista
either.

Andy.

 

[Justin]

That's not surprising. Many machine's online are still XP with Vista
upgrade.

 

[Andyistic]

Are you certain they claimed this to be a NEW PC out of the box?
Sounds like a hand-me-down.

-- Andy

 

[Andy]

That's not surprising. Many machine's online are still XP with Vista
upgrade.

This hasn't got any mention of Vista or a Vista upgrade -

 

[Justin]

Not everyone has to offer the upgrade. It's not a requirement.

However, I would be wary of it anyway. Ask lots of questions.

 

[Rick Rogers]

I looked yesterday at a fairly high-end laptop (2.4Ghz, 2GB ram, 120GB hd)
being offered at a local store for ~$850US with MCE2005. It listed as Vista
capable, but there was no mention of a free upgrade.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Andy]

I have just scanned in the offer leaflet.

http://www.andyspictures.utvinternet.com/laptoplidl.html

I am buggered if I would pay that kind of money for a laptop now which
didn't come with Vista.

Andy.