Do I actually have to give props to Dell?

It seems I just might. First Dell took a stand last year (June 2007?) when they started selling XP again after Microshaft told them to only sell Vi$ta, now Dell has made a bolder move, saying the WILL sell XP after the June 30th M$ cut-off. Though I have no love for the trash they call hardware it is about time someone stood up to Redmond and said (in pure Network fashion), "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" If there is one thing M$ never understood, it is that the market doesn't just want the stuff you give it. The market will eventually demand what it wants. They copy other ideas poorly (Windoze, Zune, PocketPOS, etc.) and expect that people will want it because it says M$ on it. Vi$ta sucks guys, and the new service pack didn't help. It takes too much hardware to do too little, and costs corporations and institutions just too much money to upgrade incompatible equipment and software, so Dell comes to the rescue by continuing to sell XP so productivity and the bottom line can be saved. This also helps small businesses without the upgrade capital as well.
Really with SP3 and the new mini-laptop market (that just can't run Vi$ta), Redmond may likely have to extend support sales again (contrary to its own statements). But beating a dead horse has also always been another M$ trend. They continue to sell, change and repackage crap no one wants (Windoze CE, that damn paper clip). They should have given up on Vi$ta rather than continuing to throw R&D money at it hoping it would finally get done and work right. Now that they have thrown so much into it they can't give up, and want to force down the throats of a public that just doesn't want it. Give it up guys, Vi$ta is hated by many of the most loyal M$ users.
If you get a chance, check out the "Vista Failure Log": http://slashdot.org/~twitter/journal/177855
It also looks like NEC will offer XP after the cutoff:
http://slashdot.org/~twitter/journal/195462