my sister asked me to find her a new pc, and shed like on from dell because shes been happy with them so far (fast turn around / good help etc.. when my nephews pc broke)

but I cant see any with XP on instead of vista ?

...she used some specialist accounts programs etc.. and i dont know how well theyll run on vista....

plus... she needs it to work 100% with what she wants/does

so does anyone know how she can get a dell with xp pro on it instead of vista ?

and/or if itll do anything to her warenty of i format it and install xp pro on it ?   (igroring software support which she wont use)

XP is only available on the business range machines, and then only on a few of them.  Might be better off looking at a barebones or similar if she specifically wants XP.

www.europc.co.uk

Excess, Refurbished/B Grade Stock.  Still with Dells 3 (iirc) year on site next day support.

With or Without XP.

http://www.europc.co.uk//pages/filter.aspx?cat=38

I thought dell were still seeling with XP and afaik dell warranty is for the hardware.  You can do what you want with the OS.  Dont take my word for that though.

Ye you can get them with XP and I think if you phone them you can request XP.

Check out //www.dmxdimension.com

The site basically lists all* the deals that dell are offering at the moment, so you can get some really good deals!

Quote from: knightymy sister asked me to find her a new pc, and shed like on from dell because shes been happy with them so far (fast turn around / good help etc.. when my nephews pc broke)

but I cant see any with XP on instead of vista ?

...she used some specialist accounts programs etc.. and i dont know how well theyll run on vista....

plus... she needs it to work 100% with what she wants/does

so does anyone know how she can get a dell with xp pro on it instead of vista ?

and/or if itll do anything to her warenty of i format it and install xp pro on it ?   (igroring software support which she wont use)

try googling the applications she used and see if they are vista compatible? or if there is a patch for them?

They will do most systems without Vista, most systems have an XP alternative but I cant recall how to get to it on the site.

Bargain at the moment:

Dell Dimension 9200 (3rd post down is a link to the XP version)

Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 Processor (2.4GHz,1066MHz,8MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista Business - English
Dell 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) - UK/Irish
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
500GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x250GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst cache]
256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS graphics card
16x DVD +/- RW Drive
Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse
Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
Microsoft Works 8.0 - English
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader

£668.57 delivered