Vista driver issues keep Dell Blu-ray laptop on WinXP
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| Dell's XPS M1710 notebook with a Blu-ray disc player is stuck on Windows XP
| until driver issues can be worked out, according to a Dell representative.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10792_3-6161548.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
This will give them even ore reasons to look at Linux. This is not the first
problem that they have with Vista.
Related:
Dell's "Express Upgrade" to Vista not so "express"
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| Dell-using Vista hopefuls are expressing their frustration at
| Dell's continued delays and problems with their Vista upgrades.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/12/dells-express-upgrade-to-vista-not-so-express/
Dell Plays Hide-and-Seek with Vista PCs
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| I never thought I would be saying this, but I think we have a
| Vista OEM distributor giving Microsoft the shaft. Who would
| that be you ask? Why, none other than Dell.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2478
At Dell, Windows XP Home is $19 less than worthless
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| Latitude D520N Duo (with FreeDOS): $984
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| Latitude D520 Dual Core (with Windows XP Home Edition SP2): $965
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http://danpritchard.com/blog/2007/02/21/dell-winxphome-19-less-than-worthless/
Limited choices for Windows XP holdouts
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| Despite words of caution from some in the tech industry that it's too
| early to make the switch to Microsoft's Windows Vista, many PC
| shoppers have no choice.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6161250.html
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| The new team of leaders at Dell is weighing a request to give customers
| the option to purchase PCs with the Linux OS, instead of the default
| Windows, after thousands of users voted for that idea on a company blog.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070222/tc_infoworld/86270
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