Backwards Thinking

April 8th, 2009

Get this. When Windows 7 is released, users will be able to downgrade back to XP or Vista, but those who purchase Windows 7 won’t be able to upgrade from XP to Windows 7.

Windows XP is turning out to be the operating system that will not die. Microsoft had planned to phase out the OS a while back, but extended its life because Windows Vista is too resource-heavy to run on low powered computers like netbooks, which are taking the world by storm right now. You can’t walk into a store and buy a retail copy of Windows XP anymore, but you can purchase a netbook with the operating system, and under some circumstances you can purchase a computer that normally ships with Windows Vista and have it downgraded to XP for no additional cost.

Weird. Microsoft is so weird. It’s almost as if you need membership cards to understand their way of thinking.

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