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 ...

Dell will continue to install Windows XP on new PCs after Microsoft’s June 30 retirement date by taking advantage of a little-known clause in the downgrade rights that come with Vista Ultimate and ...

After pulling XP from its desktop and laptop lines, Dell changed its mind and announced that it would offer it on new Inspiron 1405, 1705, 1505 and 1501 notebooks, and Dimension E520 and E521 desktops ...

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I have some systems that need to run XP -- and no, while most systems I administer are happily on Win7, that's not an option here. Anyway, Dell has officially pulled support for Pre-Win7 OSes from ...

Dell has begun offering the Inspiron Mini 12 mini-laptop with Windows XP as an option. When Dell launched the not-quite-a-netbook a few months back, it was only available with Windows Vista. Now you ...

Dell will sell certain models of its Inspiron PCs pre-loaded with Windows XP for a few days longer than it initially expected - - but after June 26 it's still going to operate under its ...

Dell's Windows Migration Fast Forward Service supports the migration of up to 5,000 PCs and offers "modules" for image engineering, inventory, application compatibility testing, application packaging, ...

God this is a long story and my hands hurt...<BR>(So I'm going to keep this short)<BR><BR><BR>A few years ago I got a brand new Dell system, and was promised I could install XP over Vista with no ...