Dell has added eight more days to the availability of PCs with Windows XP. The company previously said that final orders for XP PCs would be accepted until June 18, but now extended the deadline until June 26. And this time, final means final. As long as you are not buying a Windows Vista PC with a downgrade option (which is available with licenses for Vista Business and Vista Ultimate), June 26 will be the last day you can buy a Windows XP PC from Dell. There will be no exceptions after that date, we were told.

The downgrade option will be limited to the desktops XPS 630 and 720 H2C as well as the notebook M1730. According to Microsoft’s life-cycle policy, Windows XP Home Edition, Professional, Tablet PC Edition, Professional x64 Edition and Media Center Edition will no longer be available to the direct OEM and retail channel after June 30, 2008. System builder licenses will be offered until January 31, 2009. Mainstream support for Windows XP will remain available until April 14, 2009.   

If demand is there, but supply is not, and they are...

Jun 24, 2008 01:26     

If demand is there, but supply is not, and they are still well into business, what does this mean? Look at what competition is making Nvidia and AMD do, look at what competition used to make AMD and Intel do, ... look what this move will do for linux. And when they're finally strong enough, maybe MS will learn. I guess not anyway. New management leaves me the impression of being greedy and not brilliant, and being brilliant, good or evil, is necessary in order to run such a giant company as MS. So basically I hope MS dies. And I have a confirmed date when this is going to happen: When Hell freezes over! :(

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