Re: FYI: Dell lets Vista Business Users revert to XP

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:42:57 -0400, Jay B <jayB@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Microsoft Quietly Lets Vista Users Revert to XP

Hate Vista? If your PC is running Microsoft Windows Vista Business or
Windows Ultimate and you're fed up with the OS you may be able to ditch
Vista for XP Pro. Microsoft is quietly allowing you to downgrade to
Windows XP Pro. Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenovo are just a few of the


I wonder how embarrassing this is to MS ? Of course they won't
acknowledge it but I'll at least give them credit for allowing the
downgrade to make customers happy. In the long run this is a better
strategy to keep those customers (or most of them).
.

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