Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

I have been looking at purchasing a new laptop for my son as he starts
his PhD program and another for my daughter as she enters college. When
comparing the cost of a 15" Laptop from Apple to a comparable 15" PC, I
can not justify the cost difference. I looked online to see when was
the last date Windows will be selling the XP version, and noticed that
their is a petition to request MS continue selling XP beyond their
current cut off date of June 30. So far, they have over 100,000 people
to sign the petition.

If you would like the option of buying XP after June30, stop by and sign
their petition, it just might make an impact on MS decision.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/




If you buy before 30 June, what the hell difference does it make? Do you
think the information on the CDs disappears on that date? If you don't
want to pop for two new laptops, just buy two XP CDs.

If you get the right laptop, it'll run Leopard OS, XP *and* VISTA. Apple
offers a 10% educational discount to students, and some universities
have programs that beat that discount.

Buy whatever the hell you want, but don't use a cut-off date for sales
as an excuse: if you are such a big fan of XP and the laptops you buy
run VISTA, you can easily wipe the hard drives and install XP.