[BC] Non Sheep

[R A Meuser]

Yes Dell makes business laptops available with XP SP2 as standard. But 
why bother with the M$ stuff at all. A lot of people in our engineering 
group are switching to Mac and are much happier.




Rich Wood wrote:
> ------ At 11:04 PM 10/27/2007, Lamar Owen wrote: -------
> 
>> You're looking in the wrong place on Dell's website.
>>
>> I always go in as a Small/Medium Business; Latitude, Vostro, and 
>> Precision
>> laptops, Vostro, optiPlex, Precision, and XPS desktops are all 
>> available with
>> XP
> 
> 
> That's good to know. I visited a Dell store in Providence and was told 
> there were only two (one laptop and one desktop) that could be ordered 
> with XP Pro. I was told the other models would lose various functions 
> because all drivers for new machines are written for Vista. I discovered 
> from a Circuit City tech that drivers could be found from third party 
> developers. It's a pain to have to search multiple sites but it can be 
> done.