Unwanted licences boost Vista numbers

jmke · 29th July 2008, 09:41

PRINTER 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."

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29th July 2008, 09:41	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Unwanted licences boost Vista numbers PRINTER 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." http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...lly-windows-xp __________________

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