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Sorry if this question has been asked, but I need a new PC, and I hate the
thought of buying Vista. Anyone major PC makers still sell PCs with XP as an option? Thanks. |
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Think I figured out the game: If you go to Dell or HP, and select
"business" computers instead of home computers, most have XP as an option. "Perry Aynum" wrote in message ... Sorry if this question has been asked, but I need a new PC, and I hate the thought of buying Vista. Anyone major PC makers still sell PCs with XP as an option? Thanks. |
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Or wait a couple of months and get one with Windows 7.
Some places will be selling or giving Windows 7 upgrade coupons with a Vista machine purchase I have W7 on a separate HD on my machine and its nicer than Vista peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Perry Aynum" wrote in message news Think I figured out the game: If you go to Dell or HP, and select "business" computers instead of home computers, most have XP as an option. "Perry Aynum" wrote in message ... Sorry if this question has been asked, but I need a new PC, and I hate the thought of buying Vista. Anyone major PC makers still sell PCs with XP as an option? Thanks. |
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Perry Aynum wrote:
Think I figured out the game: If you go to Dell or HP, and select "business" computers instead of home computers, most have XP as an option. Watch your pricing carefully. I've looked at a couple of those options and you basically end up paying for an XP oem license in addition to the cost without the "XP downgrade" option. If you want XP on a machine now, you can build one. I've done that for several people that want good entry-level machines. You really don't save much money off of the basic machines from the big boxers, but you get a *better* machine with the choice of XP or Vista Premium. |
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Perry Aynum wrote:
Sorry if this question has been asked, but I need a new PC, and I hate the thought of buying Vista. Anyone major PC makers still sell PCs with XP as an option? Thanks. If you can buy a computer without os, put free win7 RC on it and plan to buy it next year when it expires. Unless you need extreme speed, used 2.8GHZ P4 computers are available for $10 if you keep a watch on craigslist. And they probably have XP. NEVER, EVER buy new PC hardware...let someone else take the 90% depreciation in the first few years...but that's just me... |
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peter wrote:
Or wait a couple of months and get one with Windows 7. Some places will be selling or giving Windows 7 upgrade coupons with a Vista machine purchase. I have W7 on a separate HD on my machine and its nicer than Vista Don't wait. Just get the Ubuntu release of Linux. www.ubuntu.com If you want stability and support for 3 years or so get version 8.04, which is a long term support version. Later are short term, and will only be supported for about 6 months. Please do not top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed with) the quoted material to which you reply, after snipping all irrelevant material. See the following links: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/ (taming google) http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/ (newusers) -- [mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) [page]: http://cbfalconer.home.att.net Try the download section. |
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:19:33 -0600, "peter"
wrote: Or wait a couple of months and get one with Windows 7. Some places will be selling or giving Windows 7 upgrade coupons with a Vista machine purchase I have W7 on a separate HD on my machine and its nicer than Vista peter Contrary to the "buzz" that win7 will be a lot better, it's still just Vista with a few tweaks someone could do to vista. Those who want a slimmer OS won't be satisfied with win7, that's why they seek XP. |
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CBFalconer wrote:
peter wrote: Or wait a couple of months and get one with Windows 7. Some places will be selling or giving Windows 7 upgrade coupons with a Vista machine purchase. I have W7 on a separate HD on my machine and its nicer than Vista Don't wait. Just get the Ubuntu release of Linux. www.ubuntu.com If you want stability and support for 3 years or so get version 8.04, which is a long term support version. Later are short term, and will only be supported for about 6 months. If the OP wanted XP, I'm not sure if recommending Ubuntu is the right response. Don't get me wrong -- I'm a strong proponent of Linux -- I'm just not sure if Ubuntu is right for the OP (at least not without knowing what he/she wants the machine for.) If it's for running some XP-only software... well... Ubuntu might not be much of a help there. That said, Perry, if you just want the machine for generic office/school tasks (browsing, music, movies, e-mail, word-processing, spreadsheets, etc.) then I would strongly recommend you check out the various Linux distributions ("flavors") that are available. Ubuntu's probably one of the easiest for a new user to get started with, but there are literally hundreds of others, some general-purpose, some specific. There are a number of various outlets through which you can get support, and I (as well as many, many folks on IRC, various web boards, and Usenet) am always happy to help new users get started using Linux. Best, Rob |
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That said, Perry, if you just want the machine for generic office/school tasks (browsing, music, movies, e-mail, word-processing, spreadsheets, etc.) then I would strongly recommend you check out the various Linux distributions ("flavors") that are available. Ubuntu's probably one of the easiest for a new user to get started with, but there are literally hundreds of others, some general-purpose, some specific. There are a number of various outlets through which you can get support, and I (as well as many, many folks on IRC, various web boards, and Usenet) am always happy to help new users get started using Linux. Thanks Rob. I have been running SuSE linux for about 10 years. Howerver, the laptop in question is for my wife, and her school stuff. I don't think Linux will work for her in this case. I'd certainly use it, but not the wife.... |
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