On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:48:10 -0500, Barry Watzman
<WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:

:>Was in a local Best Buy store last night. They have removed ALL
:>computers, both laptop and desktop, for upgrade to Vista. They have a
:>sign apologizing for no stock available on anything, and advising people
:>to come back on Tuesday, January 30th.
:>
:>Apparently, it's too late to get a computer with XP. Dell is also
:>sending out a notice saying that they have completely converted to Vista
:>already. On a few high-end models for business customers, XP is still
:>available by special order. On consumer models, including Inspiron
:>laptops, XP is gone, period. Can't even be special ordered. Vista only
:>from now on (and actually apparently this was effective a few days ago).
:>
:>XP, RIP

Just for the record the Fry's Electronics 8 page ad on Friday showed
every desktop and notebook computer in the ad still available with
various versions of XP. The one page ad in Saturday's paper showed 2
notebooks with Vista and everything else still with XP.

Now as to whether those computers are actually still in stock is
another thing. :-)

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