I have been a little confused by all the posts and discussions out there about what is going to happen to XP. I know they are phasing it out, but how does that effect me? Well, I found Microsoft's page with a short Q and A about this subject.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/future.mspx
So what to do if you want to run XP on a machine from a vendor like Dell?
Dell makes the whole "downgrade rights" a little more understandable here: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/sitelets/solutions/software/business/xp_smb?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~tab=2
What this means for the consumer really is that you have to buy the more expensive version of Vista to have the option to "downgrade" (only an option on Vista Business and Vista Ultimate).
So I guess now would be the time to purchase all the extra licenses you need for all your XP machines in the future.
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