From: "Robert Comer" 

> Vista is selling because you have no choice, you want a new computer you
> get vista or no computer at all. Sales are hot because they stopped
> shipping XP in November and all the backorders are converting to vista. I
> have no doubt this was planned.

I bought a brand new ThinkPad T60 for work in January, it was XP Pro and in
stock...  (and I added office 2003 OEM.)

--
Bob Comer


"Geo."  wrote in message
news:45cf4a76$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yeah I can explain it. In November I ordered a new laptop for my wife, it
> comes with XP, it was supposed to ship before christmas. I cancelled the
> order yesterday because it still hasn't been delivered (ordered from
> amazon). But they do have the vista version in stock and ready for
> delivery. I'm sitting here today deciding if I want to take that instead.
>
> Vista is selling because you have no choice, you want a new computer you
> get vista or no computer at all. Sales are hot because they stopped
> shipping XP in November and all the backorders are converting to vista. I
> have no doubt this was planned.
>
> Geo.
>
> "mike"  wrote in message
> news:budus2d8r0grat4iotsks2dv2g27r8reur{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/tc_afp/usitsoftwareretail
>>
>> ===
>> SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - US sales of computers carrying Microsoft's new
>> operating system Vista soared in the week after it was launched, defying
>> the expectations of analysts who gave Vista lackluster reviews.
>

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