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Most Vista Business Buyers Downgrade To Windows XP

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

An official at PC maker Hewlett-Packard said the majority of the company’s business customers are downgrading new computers from Windows Vista to Windows XP — raising questions about Microsoft’s Vista sales figures.

PCs downgraded from Vista to XP represent "the majority of business computers we are selling today," said HP marketing manager Jane Bradburn, in an interview this week with Australian tech publication APC. Microsoft officially retired Windows XP on June 30 after seven years on the market. But a loophole in Microsoft’s business software license lets computer users downgrade the Windows Vista operating system on new machines to XP at no additional cost. Most Vista Business Buyers Downgrade To Windows XP, HP Says — Microsoft — InformationWeek

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