Facing a 30 June deadline to stop selling PCs with Windows XP, the world's largest computer makers are getting creative, with Dell and HP's Australian offices staying cagey about their intentions.
Despite its big push for Vista, Microsoft is quietly allowing PC makers to offer an option that lets users "downgrade" to Windows XP, allowing customers to purchase new PCs but stick with the older operating system.
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Despite all the changes Microsoft is touting with the new version of Media Center, the biggest change may be one that the company barely mentions: the price drop.
Australians won't be able to pre-order PCs with Windows XP installed until the software's official launch date, however, local PC maker Dell looks set to beat its competitors off the mark.
It's just two months until Microsoft plans to pull the plug on Windows XP arguably its best operating system to date.
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The writing was on the wall for Dell and Itanium once Intel started aiming the processor at large multiprocessor systems.
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