Less than a year after its much-ballyhooed rollout of Vista, Microsoft is giving in to the demands of manufacturers and business users who want to switch back to the XP operating system. Some manufacturers, such as Dell, are already offering customers a choice of OSes in response to a groundswell of client demand. Dell reportedly began offering customers the option to move back to XP after it received thousands of requests through its IdeaStorm project, which lets customers participate in the company’s product development.
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Microsoft Lets Vista Users Trade Down to XP
Posted by: Erika Morphy September 24, 2007 02:37 PMLess than a year after its much-ballyhooed rollout of Vista, Microsoft is giving in to the demands of manufacturers and business users who want to switch back to the XP operating system. Some manufacturers, such as Dell, are already offering customers a choice of OSes in response to a groundswell of client demand. Dell reportedly began offering customers the option to move back to XP after it received thousands of requests through its IdeaStorm project, which lets customers participate in the company’s product development.