Long live XP

[HotelUser]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/m...owngrade-fees/

Microsoft may be doing its best to move past Windows XP once and for all, but a Los Angeles woman is alleging that the company is all too happy to bank some extra change on the OS in the meantime, and that it's essentially trying to have it both ways. As a result, she's now suing Microsoft over its XP "downgrade" fees, and requesting that the lawsuit be granted class-action certification so others can get a piece of the action. Apparently, Emma Alvarado bought a Lenovo PC last June and had to pay an additional $59.25 to downgrade to XP, which she claims is simply a case of Microsoft taking advantage of consumer demand for XP to pad its profits. The suit further alleges that the seemingly endless extensions of the XP deadline were "likely due to the tremendous profits that Microsoft has reaped from its 'downgrade' option." For Microsoft's part, it insists that the company itself "does not have a downgrade program," and that it doesn't get any of the money from the Vista-to-XP downgrade options.

[Agnostic Bear]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/m...owngrade-fees/

Well thanks for posting that useless bit of information, XP downgrades have nothing to do with microsoft.

[Calgon]

I think I am always going to stay with XP, or at least until there are skin modification tools for Windows 7 / an official stable release of Windows 7.

[Recursion]

Anyone still on XP when 7 is out on a decent computer is an idiot IMO

[Blinger1]

i have windows 7 on a ****** computer, well, a dell inspiron 6000... looks good

[Jahova]

I took 7 off as I kept having blue screen problems, I'll probably dual boot though

[HotelUser]

Well thanks for posting that useless bit of information, XP downgrades have nothing to do with microsoft.

Hmm...

which company makes Microsoft Windows XP again:rolleyes:?

[Tim.]

osx all the way! lol sick of microsoft. I cant wait for it to arrive!

[James!]

osx all the way! lol sick of microsoft. I cant wait for it to arrive!

I concur

[scottish]

Urm wth?

If i want to downgrade i simply stick in a XP disk? doesn't cost me?

I'm assuming its the Lenovo who's gaining from the charge? in which case surely that should be them being sued and not microsoft.