Comments on: By Popular Request: Dell Brings Back Windows XP

By: Dell offers Windows XP again but wants you to buy Vista | Windows

Dell offers Windows XP again but wants you to buy Vista | Windows — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:46:18 +0000

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By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:35:15 +0000

Richard wrote:
I have read quite few articles and some people are referring Windows Vista to Windows ME as a steeping stone for the real operating in the near future. I will be keeping Windows XP on the main PC but my laptop is Ubuntu 7.04 Only
I don't know if I would go as far as to say it is like Windows ME. I had used Windows ME and it was horrible...you could never seem to stop if from crashing. Windows Vista has yet to crash on me and handles itself very well, but I still think that all of the complaints are coming from people having application compatiblity troubles.

My first real operating system was Windows ME and i always seem to get BSOD most weeks , personally i have never had BSOD on XP. but its good to see companies listening to the customer

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:45:59 +0000

edwest wrote:

Yes! I was looking for this to happen by some vendor. Dell just got my next laptop business. Thanks, Ryan.

No problem Ed!

Richard wrote:

I have read quite few articles and some people are referring Windows Vista to Windows ME as a steeping stone for the real operating in the near future. I will be keeping Windows XP on the main PC but my laptop is Ubuntu 7.04 Only

I don’t know if I would go as far as to say it is like Windows ME. I had used Windows ME and it was horrible…you could never seem to stop if from crashing. Windows Vista has yet to crash on me and handles itself very well, but I still think that all of the complaints are coming from people having application compatiblity troubles.

@RichardatDell: I didn’t notice that you had implemented other ideas from the IdeaStorm site because the “In-Action” page hadn’t been updated with all of those changes. Of course, those aren’t anywhere near the caliber of bringing XP back or introducing a Linux laptop/desktop lineup.

By: RichardatDELL

RichardatDELL — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:32:41 +0000

Thanks for noticing we have responded, again, to our customers on Ideastorm and will offer XP as a choice. Great advantage of the direct model is that we can do this for customers configuring their computer versus the computers already on store shelves where customers do not have this choice.

By the way this is not the first idea we have implemented from Ideastorm. Here are some others where we have moved based on the feedback:
- demote buttons were added to the site;
- we now have a Dell blog in Mandarin, and soon other languages;
-dell.com will soon feature additional product pictures, as well as a beefed up “help me choose” section;
- we expanded the Plant a tree program
- we provided the upgrades for the xps 700 owners
- and we are moving forward on offering more choices for Linux installed on desk tops and note books

Thats just a few of our actions to date.

By: edwest

edwest — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:23:46 +0000

Yes! I was looking for this to happen by some vendor. Dell just got my next laptop business. Thanks, Ryan.

By: Bitelia » Breves: Vista en China, SP1 y el regreso de XP

Bitelia » Breves: Vista en China, SP1 y el regreso de XP — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:20:14 +0000

[...] Dell ha decidido, deacuerdo con las sugerencias recibidas en IdeaStorm, devolver Windows XP a las gamas domÃ©sticas de sus equipos, de donde hace unos meses que habÃa estado retirado, solo sobreviviendo en las gamas profesionales. AsÃ, los portÃ¡tiles Inspiron 1405, 1705, 1505 y 1501 junto a los sobremesa Dimension E520 y E521 volverÃ¡n a tener una opciÃ³n con XP Home, actualizable a Professional. Recuerdo que esto tiene fecha de caducidad impuesta por Microsoft. (CyberNet News) [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:03:20 +0000

I have read quite few articles and some people are referring Windows Vista to Windows ME as a steeping stone for the real operating in the near future. I will be keeping Windows XP on the main PC but my laptop is Ubuntu 7.04 Only

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:34:25 +0000

I think there will be a lot of people that just stick with XP until the next OS after Vista is released. It turned out to be a great operating system. Although, I just recently made the upgrade to Vista and I am enjoying it. It’s got a lot to offer.

By: The Slasher

The Slasher — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:08:28 +0000

I’m happy waiting for the next version of Windows after Vista, as long as Xp is supported.