http://cybernetnews.com/dell-offers-windows-downgrade-service/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://cybernetnews.com/dell-offers-windows-downgrade-service/comment-page-1/#comment-135788 Ashley Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:24:37 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12087#comment-135788 @ Leland: Dell certainly could get a whole lot of new customers if they're able to keep selling XP. In a way, Microsoft is actually helping out Dell with their reputation which had been on the downward trend for a while there. @ Leland: Dell certainly could get a whole lot of new customers if they’re able to keep selling XP. In a way, Microsoft is actually helping out Dell with their reputation which had been on the downward trend for a while there.

]]> http://cybernetnews.com/dell-offers-windows-downgrade-service/comment-page-1/#comment-135768 leland Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:43:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12087#comment-135768 This is a big thing from Dell. It will certainly play a big roll in future purchases for the company I work for which has a big bias against Vista. I myself have found Vista to be ok for most things, but you really have to have the Business or Ultimate editions to properly network with a Windows Server 2003 or above domain. I have tried both Home Premium and Business and can say without a doubt Business is much better at most things pertaining to networking; yet Home Premium is the most popular edition. When I was testing it last year it really had a lot of issues connecting to our server and file copies were very slow (up to 5 times slower than XP Pro or Home). Most likely Dell can continue to offer the downgrade for quite some time since the Microsoft cut off is for selling XP Pro OEM directly to the customer. It says nothing about the downgrade. Microsoft has offered downgrade rights ever since XP came out when many customers were on the fence about upgrading from 2K. They then changed the rules so they could sell the newer versions yet could downgrade untl they were ready for the newest version. This is quite an ingenious idea from Dell which is likely to net a lot of new customers once the June 30 cutoff date comes. This is a big thing from Dell. It will certainly play a big roll in future purchases for the company I work for which has a big bias against Vista. I myself have found Vista to be ok for most things, but you really have to have the Business or Ultimate editions to properly network with a Windows Server 2003 or above domain. I have tried both Home Premium and Business and can say without a doubt Business is much better at most things pertaining to networking; yet Home Premium is the most popular edition. When I was testing it last year it really had a lot of issues connecting to our server and file copies were very slow (up to 5 times slower than XP Pro or Home). Most likely Dell can continue to offer the downgrade for quite some time since the Microsoft cut off is for selling XP Pro OEM directly to the customer. It says nothing about the downgrade. Microsoft has offered downgrade rights ever since XP came out when many customers were on the fence about upgrading from 2K. They then changed the rules so they could sell the newer versions yet could downgrade untl they were ready for the newest version. This is quite an ingenious idea from Dell which is likely to net a lot of new customers once the June 30 cutoff date comes.

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