Re: Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months
nemo wrote:
> On Oct 8, 11:05 am, "John John (MVP)" <audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>>Frank wrote:
>>
>>>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?
>>
>>You don't have to pay to downgrade, it's part of the Vista business
>>license as it was part of the XP Professional license as it was part of
>>the Windows 2000 Professional license as it is and was part of different
>>Server versions.
>
>
> So if the laptop I bought came with a Home version, what are my
> options? Unfortunately most PCs sold in the US, and certainly nearly
> *ALL* laptops, come with a choice of exactly one version of the OS.
> Is there a path to put XP on my machine? I am using it for design
> work and a fair percentage of the software I run is very cranky under
> Vista or some of it won't even install. So I may have to shell out
> thousands of dollars more to get new versions of applications... if
> they are even available for Vista.
The only issue I see is that Microsoft didn't replace XP soon enough. Up
until Vista, they were releasing operating systems every 2-3 years. XP
just has a lot more history behind it, and people tend to have very
short memories.