PC makers looking to make ‘downgrade’ of vista easy

Microsoft is pushing Vista very hard. But it is quietly allowing PC makers to offer a “downgrade” option to end users who get machines with the new OS but want to switch back to XP.

This program applies to Vista Business and Ultimate versions. It is really up to the PC makers to decide how exactly they want XP to be available. Fujitsu has been the most aggressive on this count. They have been including XP distribution disc in it laptop and tablet boxes.

A Microsoft representative confirmed that there were changes made to make this option available to end users. According to the Microsoft’s end users license terms Vista Business and Vista Ultimate have had the option from the beginning, though implementing the decision could be a challenge.

Microsoft changed its practices in June to allow computer makers selling pre-activated Vista machines, to order XP discs that could be included in the shipment packages of these Vista machines. These XP discs should not require any additional activation. Microsoft noted in a statement that neither they nor the computer makers were “obligated to supply earlier versions to end users under the end user licensing terms”.

There’s always resistance to change quite often. But demand from business users to stick with XP has been particularly strong. Looks like Microsoft is being very practical about this whole thing.

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