No VISTA

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DogmaDot

I know this is not an ACCESS question per se, but I am looking to get a
higher end
laptop and I DO NOT want VISTA on it. I understood that Microsoft was
allowing
the XP operating system to be installed on new computers till June 2008. I
know
I purchased a computer for my granddaughter in September - well after VISTA
was introduced - and the college I bought it through specified 2007 to be
installed.

Can any one give me some info or point me in the right direction.?

Thanks
 
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Arvin Meyer [MVP]

With regard to Dell, I think all their "consumer" PCs are sold with Vista,
but their business line offers either Vista or Win XP.
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That used to be the case, but due to a drop in sales, all their machines are
now offered in XP. If you look at their home lines, you can still customize
them with XP at no extra charge.
 
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Dirk Goldgar

Arvin Meyer said:
That used to be the case, but due to a drop in sales, all their machines
are now offered in XP. If you look at their home lines, you can still
customize them with XP at no extra charge.
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I dunno, Arvin. I just went to Dell's website (Home and Home Office
systems) and began customizing a notebook (Inspiron 1720), and it didn't
offer XP as an option. I then looked at desktops, and it seems some of them
offer XP and some don't. So I was wrong in thinking they didn't offer
anyting but Vista on consumer PCs, but it does look as though some models
aren't available with XP. Anyway, I agree completely that one can generally
find a nice system configured with XP if one wants.
 
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boblarson

Instead of ordering through the website, I'll bet you dollars to donuts that
someone could CALL them and order with XP.
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Arvin Meyer [MVP]

I'm sure that's true as well, but you can easily do it on the website. For
security reasons, I personally usually order by phone, since a land line is
always more secure than a website. In a few instances I'll order from a
website, but I only do so with a low limit American Express card. Low limit
because it's easier to control identity theft, and American Express because
they are, by far, the most customer service oriented of all the credit card
companies.
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Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
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David W. Fenton

I just went to Dell's website (Home and Home Office
systems) and began customizing a notebook (Inspiron 1720), and it
didn't offer XP as an option. I then looked at desktops, and it
seems some of them offer XP and some don't. So I was wrong in
thinking they didn't offer anyting but Vista on consumer PCs, but
it does look as though some models aren't available with XP.
Anyway, I agree completely that one can generally find a nice
system configured with XP if one wants.
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If you call them and make the sale contingent on WinXP, I think
they'll accomodate you. At least, that was the case for me with
Win2K during the early days of WinXP.
 
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