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1. #WINDOWS XP STARTER EDITION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS UPGRADE#
2. #WINDOWS XP STARTER EDITION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS#

Licensing rights allow users to "downgrade" to the previous operating system when they roll out new desktops and then upgrade when they are ready.

#WINDOWS XP STARTER EDITION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS#

"Our forecasts were that over the course of this year only about a quarter to a third of Windows Vista shipped out to businesses would be used without getting downgraded to XP," says Gillen. They want to avoid that as long as possible," says Gillen.Ī survey in May conducted by Walker Information for IT services and product supplier CDW, showed that more users were starting to evaluate and deploy Windows Vista but that they were showing more concern over perceived performance and patching improvements and the operating system's hardware requirements. "Do organizations want two client operating systems? The answer is no.

"Microsoft realized what they were trying to do was not in sync with what customers were going to do (stay on XP) and they had to get in sync otherwise they were going to force feed customers something they were not going to be happy with," said Al Gillen, an analyst with IDC.īut Gillen says the unhappiness isn't all about Vista technology, which has taken hits around application compatibility, VPN support and hardware requirements, but rather the fact that companies, especially small and midsize businesses, aren't ready or willing to make a switch.