Re: Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months
Plato wrote:
> 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.
>
"Downgrade" is the operative word.
But why would anyone pay $100 to "downgrade" anything?
Are there that many stupid people out there?