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December 17th, 2009 12:00
XP Shipping with Internet Explorer 6?
We just received our first of many-to-come Dell notebook for our business. It is a Latitude E6500 notebook. I've never really paid close attention in the past, but this time I was surprised to discover that the machine shipped with IE6. I realize that this is what XP comes with, but considering all the other Windows updates that have been installed at the factory, I was confused as to why IE8, or even IE7 was not installed. Is this simply because this is a business machine and some business are still having trouble with web-app compatibility in anything past IE6?
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DrewGreen
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December 17th, 2009 13:00
Some OEMs upgrade to the latest version of IE. Just wondering why Dell didn't.
DrewGreen
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December 17th, 2009 13:00
No kidding :emotion-20: . I'm asking about the version, not IE itself. We're up to Internet Explorer 8. IE 6 was released over 8 years ago. I'm asking why Dell is shipping XP with most of the recent Windows updates installed but not the most recent version of IE.
DrewGreen
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December 17th, 2009 13:00
My question has nothing to do with Microsoft. I am asking why Dell intentionally did not upgrade IE6 to IE7 or 8.
makiaveluz
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December 17th, 2009 13:00
The default version of IE will be 6 for windows XP even if it is Windows SP3. Is not Dell who need to upgrade the OS Apps to the latest version available is a Microsoft thing.
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December 17th, 2009 14:00
Because this gives the end user the choice, and that IS a good thing for a change.