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Old June 21st 09, 11:05 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Perry Aynum
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Default XP?

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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Old June 21st 09, 11:35 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Perry Aynum
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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
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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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Old June 22nd 09, 02:19 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware
peter
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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

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"Perry Aynum" wrote in message
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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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Old June 22nd 09, 03:22 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Grinder
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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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Old June 22nd 09, 10:11 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware
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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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Old June 23rd 09, 12:12 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware
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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.

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Old June 23rd 09, 09:00 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware
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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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Old June 26th 09, 02:03 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Robert Tomsick
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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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Old July 5th 09, 04:43 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Perry Aynum
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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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