Archive for the ‘Vista/XP’ Category
Monday, April 28th, 2008
I wrote earlier about Dell saving XP with their simple, customer-friendly policy to allow you to buy a Windows Vista Business license and they will ship the computer with XP installed. They call it "Windows Vista Business Bonus."
Here is what it looks like on their website when configuring ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
As I posted last week, XP is here to stay, so the war won't be as fierce as I first thought after June 30, 2008. However, you still have to make a decision -- XP or Vista? For home users it will be difficult to get XP, since ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Well, my prediction is wrong already (Summer Predictions). I can see clearly what will happen now. Microsoft will not extend the deadline, June 30, 2008 will be the end of OEM XP sales. However, Microsoft does allow downgrades to Windows XP (see this Word doc) if you ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
[NOTE 4/23/08, please make sure to read "XP is here to stay"]
As I blogged in my previous post (Xpublicans vs. Vistacrats), I believe this is be a contentious summer for the IT industry. I want to go on record now with my predictions of what will happen.
With lots of ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
It looks like just when the Presidential race is heating up with the Democratic nominee fighting against John McCain, another divisive race will be heating up as well, XPublicans against Vistacrats. Another race with conservatives against liberals, traditional vs. cutting edge. It will be war!
July 1, 2008 will ...
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