Re: Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months
"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
news:48ec55a2$0$272$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...
> the granter of sina wrote:
>>
>> Microsoft is sending some very confusing signals about Windows Vista -
>> the
>> latest of which it issued via a statement on October 3.
>>
>> The Register reported on October 2 that Microsoft was going to extend
>> again
>> the date until which PC makers would be allowed to continue to offer
>> Windows
>> users "downgrade rights," enabling them to switch from Vista to XP on
>> new
>
> I'm also a bit confused. The other Sunday I was watching NASCAR with a
> neighbor and was considering bringing my laptop over after signing up
> with their special service, which required a high end pc/laptop, so I
> went to Dell and looked for laptops as it was about time for me to get
> in shape, and they all seemed to come with Vista, but for $100 _more_
> you could get a _downgrade_ to XP.
>
> Too weird for me. I closed the page.
If you had read and understood the offer i.e.
You get two OS - Vista and WinXP CDs.