Loading ...Dell relents, offers Windows XP as consumer option
Dell Inc. yesterday bowed to pressure from customers and dumped its Vista-only policy for consumer PCs by adding Windows XP as an operating option on half a dozen machines.
Dell now offers Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional on two Dimension desktops — the E520 and E521 — and four Inspiron laptops — the 1405, 1705, 1505 and 1501.
“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.
IdeaStorm, a site rolled out in February where Dell customers can plead for changes, has been most notable for convincing the company to add Linux as an operating system option. The requests for XP started coming a day after IdeaStorm launched.
“I would like to see both Home and Business computers, especially notebooks, have an XP Home and Pro option on top of Vista until it has at least been out for a year,” said javaprog07 in the inaugural message on that particular thread.
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