I read an interesting article this morning about the forthcoming release of Windows Vista on January 30. In the report, the question was asked if consumers could still purchase computers equipped with Windows XP on or after January 30. The answer was an emphatic no!
If you go online and are looking at computers on January 29, they will be equipped with XP. On January 30, those same computers you looked at the day before will be equipped with Vista. That was a bit of a shock, but that's the way it goes. My recommendation is that if you want a new computer, wait until after the switch- over to Vista, on or after January 30, then buy a computer equipped with a dual-core processor and at least 1.5 Gb of memory. ( And if you do buy a dual-core processor, get the AMD to save money and get better performance.)
If speed isn't that important to you and you want to save a few dollars, then buy a single-core processor from either AMD or Intel before January 30 equipped with XP. Still, I would recommend at least 1 Gb of memory.
There is one exception to buying a new computer after January 30. Some dealers that sell computers to businesses and corporations will continue to sell computers with XP after that date so that companies can still have all-XP machines to make it easier for their IT departments.
And speaking of businesses...Another report issued today by the NPD Group says that corporate sales of Vista are much higher than expected. Remember, that Vista has been available for about a month to the corporate world. Commercial revenue from Vista in December was 62.5 percent above that racked up by Windows 2000 in March 2000, its first month after launch. But Vista's total is 3.7 percent below what Microsoft got in the commercial channel for Windows XP in November 2001, its first month on the market.
Counting down - 18 days to Vista.
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