When Vista was launched in January, Dell started shipping all home PCs with the new operating system. But customer demand for the older operating system has changed the company’s mind.
Dell digital media manager Lionel Menchaca said the idea to continue shipping XP had been raised on its IdeaStorm customer website.
The company had previously said it would continue offering XP to small business customers, and when home users’ responded with demand for the older operating system, Dell changed its plans, Mr Menchaca said on the official Dell blog.
But so far the new plan only applies to US customers. Mr Menchaca said the company had yet to decide whether to extend the plan to overseas markets.
The decision to allow shipment of XP-based machines comes just weeks after Dell announced plans to ship systems pre-loaded with the open source Linux operating system.
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