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Want XP on your new Dell? $50, please

Posted on June 19th, 2008 at 10:03 am

You read correctly. Dell will start charging customers up to $50 for factory-installed Windows XP on some of their PCs, Computerworld reports today.

Consumers interested in the bargain-basement Vostro line of desktops and notebooks will pay $20 to $50 more for Windows XP Professional installed as a “downgrade” from Windows Vista Business or Vista Ultimate than they would for just Vista.

Now does this fit into the Windows Ripoff or the Dell Ripoff Group? Baldy

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