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December 24th, 2009 09:00

what is "Windows XP Professional downgrade"?

One of the OS choices for dell computers is "Genuine Windows® 7 Professional Bonus-Windows XP Professional downgrade".

This means the computer comes with windows 7 pre-installed, and a mechanism (perhaps a CD) to downgrade it to XP professional, right? I want to make sure before I order the PC.

  • Davet50

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    Posted December 24th, 2009 09:00

    Thats what it means

  • apkobl

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    Posted December 24th, 2009 11:00

    When Dell offered Windows Vista with XP Professional Downgrade, the computer came installed with Windows XP and CDs for both operating systems.

  • Alexandra_P

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    Posted December 24th, 2009 16:00

    According to this page, the Win7/XP bonus program works the same way as the Vista one - Dell ships the PC with XP installed, and you get disks for both XP and Win7.

    http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/winxp_inspn?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&redirect=1

     

  • extra hand

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    Posted December 24th, 2009 16:00

    I'm getting one answer of each. How should I resolve this?
    I would call dell to get the answer except I can't figure out which number to call for a pre-sale question. Tech support wants the tag off the machine which I haven't bought, and sales is a robot.