Re: FTC to Hold High-Tech Issue Hearings

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Ken Pfeil wrote:

> One of the things I found comical was Dell's Tom West defining a "legacy
> system" as one that is older than October of 2004.

Perhaps the date Dell made SP2 the default build for all their new 
desktop and laptop models??

Interesting really, as some manufacturers didn't ever rev the build of 
the existing "in channel" designs/models and often (still) don't even 
officially support SP2 for those machines, even though (at least with 
laptops) many of these were still being sold toward the end of 2005 
(can be quite an issue with specialty laptops).  I'm sure if you bought 
a new laptop (albeit an 18-month(-plus) old design) late in 2005 you'd 
not consider yourself to have a "legacy system"...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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