Dell continues bundling XP via loophole
Officially Microsoft is supposed to retire the XP operating system come June 2008. That means computer manufacturers like Dell, Acer, Compaq etc cannot bundle XP into the computers and notebooks that they sell. However as you know, Vista is far from perfect and many people are having problems with running older software and missing software drivers for some devices. Dell will still be bundling XP as an option to customers via a loophole by selling XP “downgrade license”. Effectively this means you are buying Vista with a “downgrade” option that includes XP. With the “downgrade” license, you’ll have to pay only RM 200 extra to get 2 operating systems: Total price for this notebook option is RM 2,754. That would be my option if I were to buy the Vostro 1200. However, the current base system comes with only 1GB which is terribly insufficient if you turn on Vista Aero graphics interface. Adding 3Gb is just nice but that would push the total price to RM 3,093.00 (80 Gb harddisk). I just met a friend who just bought a Compaq V3759TU which cost RM 2559 with 4 Gb RAM!! However that came without OS - meaning you get Free DOS only.
For example if you were to buy the Vostro 1200, one of my favourite 12.1″ patzer notebook to get in the future (fingers crossed). That’s because it’s really compact and light. Not as elegant as the Mac Book Air but certainly close and beats the Mac Air in terms of features. The Vostro 1200 base price currently is RM 2,449 which includes Vista Home Basic. Personally, I think Vista Home Basic is not worth it as so many of the features of Vista is not there.
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