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Counterpoint: "HP Bringing Back Windows 7 PCs? Not so fast..."[1]. TL;DR: this is a marketing tactic, and HP is actually offering fewer systems with Windows 7 t

• Maakuth 13y ago
  Isn't it only natural that they sold a lot of Windows 7 PCs last year, as Windows 8 was only recently released?
  • kvb 13y ago
    Sure. The point is, "bringing back" implies that there was a period of time where Windows 7 PCs weren't being offered by HP, which appears not to be the case.
    • bdcravens 13y ago
      I think the idea is that Windows 7 is done, new computers moving forward will have 8. In the same sense that I can't go to a Honda dealership and buy a brand new 2011 Honda Civic. (I could if they have one still in inventory, but they're not getting any new ones)
• AnimalMuppet 13y ago
  But in Microsoft's vision of 2014, the number of systems being offered with Windows 7 should be zero.
  • girvo 13y ago
    What makes you say that? You have always been able to purchase previous versions for a few years after the release of the latest...
    • AnimalMuppet 13y ago
      You've been able to buy it installed on a machine offered by a major hardware vendor and publicly offered in their catalog? Or just been able to buy the install disks?
      • tanzam75 13y ago
        > You've been able to buy it installed on a machine offered by a major hardware vendor and publicly offered in their catalog? Yes. You could buy PCs preloaded with Windows XP for the first couple years of Vista's availability.