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Users force Dell to resurrect XP

Responding to customer demand Dell has restarted selling new PCs with Windows XP installed on them.

The decision reverses a policy begun in January that meant Windows Vista was the only operating system available on almost all new home machines.

The change came after Dell's feedback site was swamped with calls for the return of the venerable software.

Now customers can opt for the Home or Professional version of XP on six models of Dell machines.

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kingboy6232d ago

I`m back to windows Xp too :)

techie6232d ago

it's not free. You still pay for it in the "bundle"...i expect buying a pc with XP is cheaper than buying one with Vista...by about £50

nix6232d ago (Edited 6232d ago )

360 owners! you guys can throw back the broken 360s to MS... you never know MS might sit up and take notice. i am serious.

as for: "From the end of January 2008 PC makers will no longer be able to buy new licences for the operating system (XP)."

well.. how about mac, eh?

zonetrooper56232d ago

Well i already knew that Windows Vista would not sell that well, i expect that in a year's time, more people will buy a computer with Windows Vista. As of now i think me and many other people are very happy with Windows XP.

1337 gamer6232d ago

macs are much better anyway... who cares bout MS :P

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All Hopes I Had For A Prey Sequel Have Been Crushed — Well Done, Microsoft

The magnificent Prey was once again abandoned as Microsoft disregarded Arkane Austin's achievements and crucified it just for Redfall.

RaidenBlack23h ago

well, not entirely ... the main Arkane studio i.e Arkane Lyon's still there ...
Its only that, the sequel will take more time now ... after Blade & Dishonored 3

MrBaskerville3h ago

But who knows, Dishonored 3 could have been Austins next project, so might be cancelled.

-Foxtrot22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Not even this Prey

Still longing for a sequel to the original Prey with Tommy

The studio didn't even want to call this Prey, it was just Bethesda being dicks to them for some reason.

RaidenBlack16h ago

MS closed Roundhouse Studios (ex-Human Head Studios) as well

Yui_Suzumiya6h ago

Yeah, that's who was going to do the original sequel.

isarai13h ago

Came here to say this, my hooes for a Prey sequel died when this "Prey" came out

Profchaos4h ago

Prey 2017 still hurts to play because what could have been looked so incredible

Profchaos4h ago

Same Bethesda basically screwed over the original developer team human head back around 2011 so it was really never going to come despite a honestly amazing trailer. I liked prey 2017 but it always held a stink of disappointment due to what we never got

LostPotato21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Keep dreaming then as Prey and Dishonored 2 did not sell well enough to get sequels.

Hence we got Deathloop and Redfall instead.

RaidenBlack16h ago

lol, Deathloop came from Prey: Mooncrash idea

Unknown_Gamer57945h ago

To everyone who cheered MS’s acquisitions, we told you so…

Inverno4h ago

Those people will just argue that Arkane Austin and Tango would've been shut down either way.

MrBaskerville3h ago

Zenimax allready put them in a tight spot by demanding them to do a multiplayer title. So it's not unlikely, considering how bad the game performed. They didn't stand a chance. MS had the money to save them and to correct Zenimax' mistakes.

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Helldivers 2 Star Wars Mod Looks Pretty Insane

Star Wars is coming to Helldivers 2, unofficially that is, as a new mod revamps in-game models and sends players to a galaxy far, far, away.

thejigisup7h ago

To you. What makes them interesting?

repsahj6h ago

This is the reason they cancel the psn link.

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Would It Have Even Mattered If Redfall Were Good?

Even if Redfall were a good game, the closure of Hi-Fi Rush proves even that doesn't matter in the industry.

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Profchaos10h ago

Yeah it would have mattered especially since their huge game that year wasn't all that it was cracked up to be remember redfail was almost heavily promoted and hyped not to the level of starfield but still more promoted than the average game.

There was still a decent marketing campaign behind the game I'm sure millions were spent advertising it on websites and I saw a few billboards and bus stop signs in real life

jwillj2k49h ago

No it wouldn’t matter it wouldn’t bring in enough profit to offset their 100 billion dollar acquisition. It would maybe delay the inevitable by some months.

Profchaos51m ago

Pretty much no game in Bethesda stables makes cod numbers instantly even fallout 4 Bethesda's best selling game sold 12 million at launch and over the next 10 years climbed to over 32 which cod would do rapidly

CrimsonWing699h ago

I would f*cking think so. Good games are what draws people to your platform. It’s why I adored the 360 era with Gears of War being one of the highlights for me. You make sh*t games and it just makes your platform that much worse and you start gobbling up studios I like and then killing them off it also makes me hate your platform as well… just sayin’

franwex9h ago

Unless the game would’ve been War Zone, or Fortnite level. No. Maybe even Hell divers 2 I doubt would’ve been enough.

Exvalos8h ago

No it would not have, the ABK deal was great for Microsoft but horrible for Xbox. Over 100 billion dollars in acquisitions. That money has to be made back. That ABK deal essentially destroyed Xbox as we know it.

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