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Dell offers XP option for £44k

Avoid Vista - at any price

By Lester Haines

Posted in Bootnotes, 19th September 2008 12:04 GMT

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Readers who'd rather chop off their arms with a hacksaw than touch Windows Vista with a very long pointed stick can still avail themselves of XP down at Dell - albeit at a price (http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&kc=D4X20001&l=en&m_30=138820&oc=D092016&rbc=D092016&s=bsd):

Dell website offers Windows XP option for £44,414

Crikey. Mercifully, you can pay for your OS of choice at a mere £1,510 a month, which should help cushion the violent blow to your wallet. ®

Bootnote

Thanks to Jonathan M. Flynn and Martin Ford for the tip-off.