Comments on: Dell brings back XP on home systems

After adding it back as an option for small businesses, direct seller offers older OS on consumer machines in response to demand.

[rmiecznik]

Mac OS X is the best

Tried them all.

Can you do this in Win 2000, XP or Vista all at the same time ?

Rip a Movie
Burn a Movie (second DVD-R)
Use email
Browse Net
Yahoo Chat
Photoshop
Final Cut Pro

All at the same time ?

Hell no!!!!

When I rip a movie on a PC, I can't touch or use anything else,
computer will lock up, crash and my disk will be bad. Same
thing with burning to a CD or DVD, one thing at a time.

There is only one product that I like from Microsoft and that's
SQL Server 2005 and the Business Inteligence tools, that's about
it.

And I am being honest, had 64-bit computing on my G5 for 2
years now and no problems at all! Can you upgrade your PC to
16GIG of ram ?

Yell no, get the Fu@# out of here, to Vista, XP is ok I guess as far
as MS goes, still have one computer for Office applications for
work, that's about it, don't use it for nothing else no more.

[Fil0403]

...in getting hacked, yes

Yes, I can do that in Vista all at the same time, you're confusing OS with hardware, idiot. By the price of any Mac you can always get a more powerful PC. Can you use all that power to play Unreal Tournament 2007? Hell no, so you get the f u c k out of here.

[Fil0403]

...in getting hacked, yes

Yes, I can do that in Vista all at the same time, you're confusing OS with hardware, idiot. By the price of any Mac you can always get a more powerful PC. Can you use all that power to play Unreal Tournament 2007? Hell no, so you get the f u c k out of here.

[cpearless]

Great, but...

I personall think that Vista is very good and secure operating system, obviously it doesn't hold a candle to Mac OS X. However it is by far more secure, attractive and easy to use. This is all great but you do need some powerful kit to run it. You could install XP on a beer coaster, whereas for Vista you really need at least 2GB RAM and 256MB graphics memory to really get any decent performance out of Vista.

Overall it is good, but needs some work to support slightly older systems.

[customk]

Wish more companies would bring back XP

I'm glad that Dell is offering more computers with Windows XP rather the bloatware Vista. Apple is having a hayday with there adds attacking Vista and none if it is un-true. Since I am in the business of computer support and repair, I have been running Vista Premium since January 31st of this year, but have 2 other machines in my office that run XP, and thank God, or I wouldn't get much done. I would like to see HP bring back more computers with XP on them as well. Dell is making a wise play by keeping XP in the loop.

[akba2020]

Bring back Windows XP

In Malaysia it is becoming more difficult to get a notebook or desktop with Windows XP. I have a 17inch HP notebook with Vista Premium Office 2007 which I hardly use . Why? Connecting to the internet is one problem. It works today and the next day it did not. Getting to TCP/IP properties requires my permission now. I checked all settings were OK, no changes were observed and when I ok it, a dialog pops up and said I must provide an address to the adapter. What address and what adapter? They were all there! I nearly went bananas. Installing a software requires my permission now. For home user using his own computer, I do not need those permissions. About Vista Aero - if I need eye candy I will opt for Apple OSX.
As far as I am concerned my HP with vista is a lemon

I am now looking for a 12inch notebook. A fully stacked Acer only comes with Vista Business and the supplier will not configure it with XP. Dell Vostro 12 inch is an option but I want a 250GIG HDD. Dell does not have a link on its site for upgrade inquiries like this. I will try again tomorrow.

[mozepy]

Vista is the latest (as in newest) and greatest (as in biggest, most resource consuming) technology. But is it the best? It's so called improved security is just more "are you sure..." dialog boxes to save users from themselves. If you list attractiveness as an important feature of an operating system you're not serious about getting anything done. All the eye-candy consumes resources and slows productivity. The features of a good OS are stability, efficient management of resources and hardware, uncluttered and user-friendly interface, low overhead, and Vista fails on all counts. This time the consumer should just say no to Microsoft.

[shabbychicdew]

I just want to say that I have the windows vista and hate it. None of my old software is compatible with it and things disappear as well as my cursor moves in the middle of typing an email causing me all kinds of frustration. I had the choice to have my old laptop fixed for the price of a new laptop. So I went with a new laptop and was that ever the biggest mistake of my life. I want my windows xp back, better yet give me my windows 98 back. That had the least of your miserable mistakes to deal with. I think your smaller home pc owners just don't know where to go to complain. I know I didn't. Windows Vista STINKS! I say give us a choice as to which windows we want and I'll bet you very few would choose Vista. I know I wouldn't! How can I change my Vista back to XP? I have never hated a computer as bad as I hate this one.

[bluarcher_2009]

I bought an Inspiron 1525 with Vista Home Premium pre-installed (3 gig RAM, dual core T3200, 2.0 gHz proc.) very recently and I'm already considering the migration to XP if I can do it without too many headaches. I agree that Vista is cumbersome and also more glitz than what I particularly care for. Besides, I'm a musician and I can't for my life get Adobe Flash Player (9 or 10, either one) to run under Vista no matter what I do (and I need Flash Player for some of the web-based music vid files that I want to watch). Exactly how difficult is the transition to XP anyway? thanks, blu