Can i still get XP on a Dell?

postmanfw · 23 Feb 2009 at 20:25

Wondering if its still possible to get XP preinstalled instead of Vista on a Dell pc?

Asked via the live chat on dell site but got told no

Paul11 · 23 Feb 2009 at 20:27

so dell told you that the answer was no

so you thought you would ask on ocuk to see if anyone on here new something that dell didnt ?

postmanfw · 23 Feb 2009 at 20:42

I am sure that if i get the right person/number then there is a way to do it as no doubt others on here have done it before

Also i am sure there are many of us on here that know a lot about computers that the guys at dell dont

Any helpfull people out there?

Burnsy2023 · 23 Feb 2009 at 20:45

You may be able to get it on a business machine under the downgrade program, but my advice is don't, Vista is much better.

Sin_Chase · 23 Feb 2009 at 20:59

Pretty sure you can get XP downgrades still.

Ross1234 · 23 Feb 2009 at 21:00

Why would you want to?

postmanfw · 23 Feb 2009 at 21:02

It isn't for me as it happens but if it was i would be sticking with XP too

cheers for the replies will look into it

chimaera · 23 Feb 2009 at 21:27

I swear i saw it when looking a few weeks ago, might have been in the small business section.

However...i do believe they charge you about £90 for the priviledge, waste of time if you ask me.

postmanfw · 24 Feb 2009 at 00:47

£90?! Yeah that would be a bit expensive considering. Will have a look though cheers.

Good to know there are many people on here with helpfull replies...many thanks to you all

Edit: Yep you were right...Seems its just the business class laptop models that they are able to provide with xp for varying amounts of extra cash. All of them are of course more expensive then the home models so out of my price range

Oh well vista it is then

bledd · 24 Feb 2009 at 09:07

vista is great on dual core and 4gb +

get with the times tbh

get 64bit too

Sin_Chase · 24 Feb 2009 at 09:12

XP still outperforms Vista.

Unless you like the eye candy or somehow want DX10 then there is no reason to 'upgrade' to Vista.

I'm skipping it entirely, both personally and in business, none of my clients will do a Vista rollout - none.

It makes me laugh how everyone sings and dances "get with the times" instead of "Its actually better for <tangible reasons>"

bledd · 24 Feb 2009 at 09:25

superfetch.

Sin_Chase · 24 Feb 2009 at 09:49

bledd. said:
superfetch.

Or just 1-time load the application at start of day and be done with it?

Not like any half decent Dual-Core system takes time to load anything out there, even CS4 loads in seconds, certainly not a feature which warrants a rollout of Vista or an upgrade over XP!

bledd · 24 Feb 2009 at 09:51

vista on bad hardware is crap, granted, infact i'd say it's crap with 2gb compared to xp

the file system browsing methods in vista are much handier too

for the record, i run xp64, vista64 and win7-64

Sin_Chase · 24 Feb 2009 at 10:11

Well, even on good hardware XP is still the top performer in real-world tasks.

From a user/business perspective, users hate change. Vista simply does not add enough to warrant a forceful change and a lot of disgruntled user bases.

bledd · 24 Feb 2009 at 10:16

'users' blindly follow media hype

Admiral Huddy · 24 Feb 2009 at 10:18

I read recently they did but at request and at a premiuim.

Django x2 · 24 Feb 2009 at 10:23

Sin_Chase said:
Well, even on good hardware XP is still the top performer in real-world tasks.

From a user/business perspective, users hate change. Vista simply does not add enough to warrant a forceful change and a lot of disgruntled user bases.

All I can say is I'm glad you're not my IT manager. You'd have been made jobless a long time ago.

Basically impressioning the views of one person across multiple user bases is verging on the uneducated. XP is by no means the 'real world' faster alternative to XP. My Vista machine here can boot, shut down and reboot again quicker than the same machine can boot to XP once.

Serioulsy, its time to leave that Legacy OS behind and move on. If everyone thought like you, we would still be running Win2K or 98. In fact, why are you running XP if you're against bloated GUIs and eye candy? Win2K would be a far better choice no??

Sin_Chase · 24 Feb 2009 at 10:24

bledd. said:
'users' blindly follow media hype

What has that got to do with anything :confused:

Users hate change, does not matter what the media says. If the media sung Vista praises users would still not want change.

Sin_Chase · 24 Feb 2009 at 10:26

Lucero said:
All I can say is I'm glad you're not my IT manager. You'd have been made jobless a long time ago.

Basically impressioning the views of one person across multiple user bases is verging on the uneducated. XP is by no means the 'real world' faster alternative to XP. My Vista machine here can boot, shut down and reboot again quicker than the same machine can boot to XP once.

Serioulsy, its time to leave that Legacy OS behind and move on. If everyone thought like you, we would still be running Win2K or 98. In fact, why are you running XP if you're against bloated GUIs and eye candy? Win2K would be a far better choice no??

See what budgeting departments/persons of business say when you present the cost of a Vista rollout, first thing they will ask is "Benefit to the business? Will it increase productivity/profits?"

Will Vista do this over XP? No.

Trying to compare Vista as an upgrade path over XP with Windows 2000 over Win98 is laughable, can anyone say 'Group Policy'?

Additionally, if you are going to try counter points, its best to actually try counter points I made. I am not against "bloated GUIS and eye candy". I'm no fan, granted but I think you will find my point is new GUIs and eye candy is not a justification for an upgrade.

Reading comprehension, get some.

Edit - Also, you have a very user like mentality with regards to OS upgrades. You don't just upgrade because you A - Just can or B - Cus all my mates have it or C - because its the new OS. Business go with what works, and changes as circumstance requires or a requirement for a new OS arises.