Microsoft kept the XP exit open longer

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Microsoft kept the XP exit open longer · Proposed air date:

Dr. Dave treats Microsoft's extension of OEM downgrade media from Vista to XP as an important implied admission. Manufacturers are not required to offer it, but the extra six months reveal the pressure created by a successful older system, a troubled successor and newly practical Intel-based Macs.

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