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[Secured Tim]

Dell will continue offering Windows 7 even after the release of Windows 8 on October 25, said Alison Gardner, director at Dell. The company will offer Windows 7 as long as it is allowed to. The reason is as simple as it could be: the migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 isn't yet over, so jumping directly to Windows 8 may not be such a good idea.

"We're still moving our business customers from XP to Windows 7. The OS migration for a large company is no small feat. We make it easier but it takes some planning and work. For Alienware customers, they know what they want and we give them that choice," said Gardner.

Source: Infoworld

[yanike]

Smart. Windows 7 is definitely the way to go. Windows 8 is just not ready yet and has ways to go. Trying it today at Best Buy wasn't a good experience at all.

[mediar]

Good move, Dell!

[SurB86]

If you are not a fan of the new UI and buy a Windows 8 PC... you don't have to to downgrade to Windows 7. Just use Skip Metro Suite and boot directly to desktop.

[FalseAgent]

i'm ready to move Windows 8. Had enough of screwing around with Windows for so many years.

[zool]

I think the most annoying part was switching between two different desktop environment. There are certain things/tasks could not be done with Metro and you have to switch with Traditional Desktop..