That's weird.

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That's weird.

TB — 12/31/2007 6:42:03 PM (archived)

Most commercial outfits like Dell are giving me the option of 32 or 64 bit XP, and of course, if you assemble your own system, you can do anything you want. It is possible to strip an operating system off an OEM machine and install your own--the added benefit is you get rid of all the "free" crap OEM machines often bundle onto their hard drives. This gets tricky with laptops and some machines that have specialized software or firmware loaded onto their systems.

I punched into Dell's Australia site, and they offer XP on only a limited number of systems--6 to be exact (click on little window at upper right). I don't know what's up with that.

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SP-2 for VISTA - carl - 12/28/2007 5:55:20 PM
- SP3 for XP - RobVG - 12/29/2007 3:45:24 AM
- What I want to know is this... - Eri - 12/29/2007 1:27:05 AM
  - Don't hold back - Robert - 12/29/2007 1:48:01 AM
    - On the other hand... - TB - 12/29/2007 9:20:54 PM
      - On the gripping hand... - Robert - 12/29/2007 11:41:07 PM
        
        And incidentally... - TB - 12/30/2007 12:16:23 AM
        
        "How can MS get away with putting such crap out on the market?" - TB - 12/30/2007 12:05:06 AM
        
        You don't know what you're talking about - Eri - 12/30/2007 1:11:25 AM
        
        Do you? - TB - 12/30/2007 5:44:34 AM
        
        Compulsory upgrade with new machines - nick hoffman - 12/31/2007 7:40:59 AM
        
        That's weird. - TB - 12/31/2007 6:42:03 PM
        
        Do you have any further details you could share with us? - McFly - 12/30/2007 1:27:15 AM
        
        Yeah, IE7 was NOT an improvement by any means! - Eri - 12/30/2007 3:06:29 PM
        
        I really like it. - RobVG - 12/30/2007 7:33:11 PM
        
        It does take some tuning. - TB - 12/30/2007 10:45:30 PM
        
        It's Norton. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/30/2007 11:50:25 PM
    - They can mess with a lot of things... - Eri - 12/29/2007 4:41:04 AM
- re: SP-2 for VISTA - McFly - 12/28/2007 10:02:16 PM
- Don't look at me... - TB - 12/28/2007 6:56:11 PM
  - I Gotta Agree............VISTA STINKS! - carl - 12/29/2007 2:52:57 PM
    - 3.11...wow! - McFly - 12/29/2007 4:00:43 PM
  - Hmmm, sounds like you might be... - Robert - 12/29/2007 2:00:39 AM
    - At least I'm not using Win 3.11! - TB - 12/29/2007 9:38:08 PM
    - Is MOSES Still around? - carl - 12/29/2007 2:54:17 PM
      - Heston promote Vista? - Eri - 12/29/2007 4:19:10 PM
  - LOL. (n/t) - Eri - 12/29/2007 1:23:00 AM

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