Downgrade to Windows Vista. No thanks I want XP. Microsoft's future dilemma?
An interesting scenario for the future. Windows Vista was such a disappointing mess that many people who bought new PC's with Vista pre installed opted to downgrade to XP.
There is currently a class action lawsuit against Microsoft to recover the downgrade charges levied by Microsoft. You can read about that here.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=24981 The rights and wrongs of this action are up for debate. The cost of the operating system is included in the price of the PC so to install an alternative version would entail buying it. The argument here is that Vista didn't work as advertised and Microsoft should refund the cost and or provide the requested XP alternative without charge. But the real story here is what happens when Windows 7 is released.
The normal OS downgrade path is to the previous version. In the case of Vista it's back to XP.
But will anyone want to downgrade to Vista if Windows 7 turns out to be another hideous mess?
There is currently a class action lawsuit against Microsoft to recover the downgrade charges levied by Microsoft. You can read about that here.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=24981 The rights and wrongs of this action are up for debate. The cost of the operating system is included in the price of the PC so to install an alternative version would entail buying it. The argument here is that Vista didn't work as advertised and Microsoft should refund the cost and or provide the requested XP alternative without charge. But the real story here is what happens when Windows 7 is released.
The normal OS downgrade path is to the previous version. In the case of Vista it's back to XP.
But will anyone want to downgrade to Vista if Windows 7 turns out to be another hideous mess?