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____/ Rex Ballard on Saturday 14 June 2008 08:07 : \____
>> Which is why an impending deadline five weeks from today is important.
>
> Don't count on it.
They enable upgrades to XP now, provided that you 'upgrade' your Vista
(edition-wise). Another fine example of double-dipping to game sales
statistics and milk innocent users, who can -- and probably will -- pay extra
for XP.
It was in the news just a couple of days ago:
Top OEMs to sell XP PCs down to the wire
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| A clause in Microsoft's guidelines lets computer makers install Windows XP
| Professional -- but not the more common and less expensive Windows XP Home --
| on new PCs at a customer's request when those machines are ordered with
| Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9096598&intsrc=hm_list
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