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drf wrote:
 That is very true and one of the first things I recommend is that if someone is buying a new machine that "comes with windows" that they ask the saleperson to either show them the disc, or garuntee that it is a complete stand alone installation disc and not a recovery disc or pre-installed no-disc deal. and most importantly that the disc isn't locked to a particular brand of computer. |
This is a verry goog advice, I totally agree with you on that. But many brands like HP do not pakage anymore their products with thoses discs... And if you want a "real" OS pakage instead the preload version, you got to buy one.
They want to keep the pice as low as possible and they also do not test thier products on previous os (they will not provide-test driver or support you). When you buy a new PC "designed for Vista" it is made for vista, period.
But it doesn't means that your new PC will not work with XP, it only means that they did not spends many days to test it on previous versions and that they will not test new drivers to work on "old" OS.