{"id":1957,"date":"2007-09-22T07:53:34","date_gmt":"2007-09-22T14:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2007-09-22T07:53:55","modified_gmt":"2007-09-22T14:53:55","slug":"forward-into-the-past-now-you-can-upgrade-vista-to-xp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1957\/forward-into-the-past-now-you-can-upgrade-vista-to-xp\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward into the past: Now you can upgrade Vista to XP"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s churlish of me to chortle, so I’ll begin by saying that all Power PC (i.e, not Intel-based) Macintoshes running all versions of OSX through Tiger have the ability to launch OS9 in an emulator, running any OS9 compatible software side-by-side with OSX. I have a ton of software that I wrote for the Mac in the 1990s that I have never ported to OSX, so I run it from time to time in the OS9 “blue box.”<\/p>\n

Now: On to the chortling: From CNET News.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While Microsoft is still pushing Vista hard, the company is quietly allowing PC makers to offer a “downgrade” option to buyers that get machines with the new operating system but want to switch to Windows XP.<\/p>\n

The program applies only to Windows Vista Business and Ultimate versions, and it is up to PC makers to decide how, if at all, they want to make XP available. Fujitsu has been among the most aggressive, starting last month to include an XP disc in the box with its laptops and tablets.<\/p>\n

“That’s going to help out small- and medium-size businesses,” Fujitsu marketing manager Brandon Farris told CNET News.com.<\/p>\n

Hewlett-Packard also started a program in August for many of its business models. “For business desktops, workstations and select business notebooks and tablet PCs, customers can configure their systems to include the XP Pro restore disc for little or no charge,” HP spokeswoman Tiffany Smith said in an e-mail. She said it was too soon to gauge how high customer interest has been. “Since we’ve only been offering (it) for about a month, we don’t really have anything to share on demand.”<\/p>\n

A Microsoft representative confirmed there were changes made over the summer to make it easier for customers to downgrade to XP. Under Microsoft’s licensing terms for Vista, buyers of Vista Business and Vista Ultimate Edition have always had the right to downgrade to XP, but in practice this could be challenging. In June, Microsoft changed its practices to allow computer makers that sell pre-activated Vista machines to order Windows XP discs that could be included inside the box with PCs, or shipped to Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s churlish of me to chortle, so I’ll begin by saying that all Power PC (i.e, not Intel-based) Macintoshes running all versions of OSX through Tiger have the ability to launch OS9 in an emulator, running any OS9 compatible software side-by-side with OSX. 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