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@ 2008/07/29PRINTER INK company and leading PC vendor HP has put the lie to Microsoft's claims that Vista has sold over 100 million copies and is flying off the shelves even faster than XP.
At the Australian launch of new business notebook models, HP revealed how Microsoft is twisting still strong XP shipment numbers to count them as Vista sales.
"From the 30th of June, we have no longer been able to ship a PC with an XP licence," said Jane Bradburn, a marketing manager for HP Australia. "However, what we have been able to do with Microsoft is ship PCs with a Vista Business licence but with XP pre-loaded. That is still the majority of business computers we are selling today."
At the Australian launch of new business notebook models, HP revealed how Microsoft is twisting still strong XP shipment numbers to count them as Vista sales.
"From the 30th of June, we have no longer been able to ship a PC with an XP licence," said Jane Bradburn, a marketing manager for HP Australia. "However, what we have been able to do with Microsoft is ship PCs with a Vista Business licence but with XP pre-loaded. That is still the majority of business computers we are selling today."
