Dell blinks on Windows Vista offering
By Ruben Francia
Dell dumped its Windows Vista-only policy by adding Windows XP again as an option for four models of its Inspiron notebooks and two models of its Dimension desktop PCs despite Microsoft is sabotaging XP to make roads for Vista.
Like many computer makers, Dell has stopped offering XP on most of home desktops and laptops soon after Windows Vista launched at the end of January. Corporate customers still had the option of purchasing XP for their systems, since corporations are often very slow and cautious in moving to a new operating system.
It is expected for Dell to continue favoring Vista especially with the recent announcement made by Microsoft that it will stop selling Windows XP series on January 2008, forcing PC makers to stop pre-installing XP on the new PCs.
But, Dell bowed to pressure from customers. “We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our Dell consumer PC offerings,” Dell said on its Ideas in Action page, a companion to its IdeaStorm site.
“In this particular case, it was something we could do that was relatively easy. The infrastructure was already there to offer XP on our systems, so why not?” Kent Cook, a spokesman for Dell, told internetnews.com.
“This is really odd,” said Michael Silver, research vice president at Gartner. “On new PCs, consumers usually do want the latest and greatest.”
Michael Burk, a product manager for Microsoft’s Windows Client group, countered that Dell’s move was in response to a “small minority of customers” with a “specific request,” and said in an e-mailed statement, “The vast majority of consumers want the latest and greatest technology, and that includes Windows Vista.”
The reason for people’s detest for Vista is not the behavior pattern that they want status quo and feel comfortable with the OS they have been using for years but more on the system upgrade and backward compatibility issues.
Some consumers aren’t willing to pay more for computers that meet Vista’s considerable memory and processor requirements just to access those features. “People are happy enough with XP, and they don’t want Vista,” wrote one poster on the Internet’s popular Slashdot technology forum.
Beyond system requirements, some computer users are disappointed that a number of their applications don’t run properly on Windows Vista-based systems.
It looks like Microsoft is going to work hard to crack up Vista marketing, but that may be harder than it sounds.
While OEMs like Dell have until January 31, 2008 to pre-install Windows XP on new computers, smaller system builders and end-users will be able to license XP into early 2009.
Related:
Entry was posted
on Saturday, April 21st, 2007 at 4:52 pm
under 
Print This Post
Read more entries by Ruben Francia.
April 21st, 2007
[…] Full article here: Source […]
April 21st, 2007
[…] Dell blinks on Windows Vista offering Dell dumped its Windows Vista-only policy by adding Windows XP again as an option for four models of its Inspiron notebooks and two models of its Dimension desktop PCs despite Microsoft is sabotaging XP to make roads for Vista. Like many computer makers, Dell has stopped offering XP on most of home desktops and laptops soon after Windows Vista launched at the end of January. Corporate customers still had the option of purchasing XP for their systems, since corporations are often very slow and cautious in moving to a new operating system. It is expected for Dell to continue favoring Vista especially with the recent announcement made by Microsoft that it will stop selling Windows XP series on January 2008, forcing PC makers to stop pre-installing XP on the new PCs. But, Dell bowed to pressure from customers. “We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our Dell consumer PC offerings,” Dell said on its Ideas in Action page, a companion to its IdeaStorm site. “In this particular case, it was something we could do that was relatively easy. The infrastructure was already there to offer XP on our systems, so why not?” Kent Cook, a spokesman for Dell, told internetnews.com. “This is really odd,” said Michael Silver, research vice president at Gartner. “On new PCs, consumers usually do want the latest and greatest.” Michael Burk, a product manager for Microsoft’s Windows Client group, countered that Dell’s move was in response to a “small minority of customers” with a “specific request,” and said in an e-mailed statement, “The vast majority of consumers want the latest and greatest technology, and that includes Windows Vista.” The reason for people’s detest for Vista is not the behavior pattern that they want status quo and feel comfortable with the OS they have been using for years but more on the system upgrade and backward compatibility issues. Some consumers aren’t willing to pay more for computers that meet Vista’s considerable memory and processor requirements just to access those features. “People are happy enough with XP, and they don’t want Vista,” wrote one poster on the Internet’s popular Slashdot technology forum. Beyond system requirements, some computer users are disappointed that a number of their applications don’t run properly on Windows Vista-based systems. It looks like Microsoft is going to work hard to crack up Vista marketing, but that may be harder than it sounds. While OEMs like Dell have until January 31, 2008 to pre-install Windows XP on new computers, smaller system builders and end-users will be able to license XP into early 2009. Source:VISTA.BLORGE.com » Blog Archive » Dell blinks on Windows Vista offering […]
April 22nd, 2007
[…] And yet, they would have Vista be a huge glowing failure. Dell is going against Microsoft by offering the “Customized with Windows XP†option on several of their computers. This is not what Microsoft wants; they want Vista installed on every single computer sold. That’s not going to be affordable for everyone to get the most out of Vista you need a dual core processor of the Core Duo/Core 2 Duo /Athlon 64×2/Opteron or Intel Quad Core breed, 2GB of memory (the 32-bit version of Vista has an upper limit of 3GB) and a DirectX 10 graphics card (to get the most out of it). Dell isn’t selling as many Vista computers as they would like and that is why XP is back on the offering block. […]
February 19th, 2008
SaleHoo - Online Shopping Directory For Wholesale Suppliers and Distributors…
Are you planning a new business venture? Do you want to get in touch with wholesalers online? Why do you want to purchase products that are displayed online? Are you keen on making huge profits in your business?…