Dell will stop selling XP computer

According to foreign media reports, Dell announced on Tuesday that the company will stop selling PCs that can be downgraded to XP system at the end of this month. After October 22, the company will stop selling all running old operating systems. PC.

In fact, Microsoft Windows XP system is already for sale, but Microsoft has allowed manufacturers sales may downgrade Windows 7 computer legacy systems. However, all this will end after October 22.

Dell's blog wrote:. "From now until the deadline next month, we will gradually stop selling XP machines to customers" In addition, Dell plans in 2012 Windows XP drivers will continue to be available until December. It is reported that Microsoft originally planned to terminate this downgrade after the release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, but the program does not apply to enterprise users.
For enterprise bulk users running legacy systems, they tend to apply more permissions. Dell will continue to provide Windows XP images to corporate computers.

Dell said: "After October 22, authorized users can get Windows XP system through Dell Enterprise Intelligence Service."

According to the latest statistics of Net Applications, Windows XP It is still the most widely used operating system with a market share of 60.89%. In contrast, Windows 7 has a market share of less than 16% and Windows Vista has a share of only 14%.