Dell Inc. yesterday bowed to pressure from customers and dumped its Vista-only policy for consumer PCs by adding Windows XP as an operating option on half a dozen machines. Dell now offers Windows XP ...

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After pulling XP from its desktop and laptop lines, Dell changed its mind and announced that it would offer it on new Inspiron 1405, 1705, 1505 and 1501 notebooks, and Dimension E520 and E521 desktops ...

Dell has begun offering the Inspiron Mini 12 mini-laptop with Windows XP as an option. When Dell launched the not-quite-a-netbook a few months back, it was only available with Windows Vista. Now you ...

Slightly odd request, but I lost the cd that came with my laptop and was hoping someone had one they could copy for me (The sticker on the bottom is windows xp pro, so I have a licence for ...

I found Q4OS while trying to help my neighbor get off their Windows XP machine. But why Q4OS? Because it offered a similar interface (with the Q4XP theme pack), ran incredibly well on their old ...

It’s hard to improve on what’s long been the best Windows laptop, but the latest Dell XPS 13 finds some subtle, smart ways to do just that. Dell’s new flagship slims down what was already one of the ...