New PCs to debut with Windows XP
C|Net | at | by Mike
Will Windows XP encourage consumers to buy new PCs? The first indication will come Monday when PC makers start to sell notebooks and desktops loaded with Microsoft's new operating system. Hewlett-Packard, Compaq Computer and virtually every other major PC maker will come out with new, and fairly inexpensive, Windows XP systems for the consumer market on Monday, both in the United States and internationally. At a minimum, PC manufacturers will bundle Windows XP on existing models. Dell Computer and Gateway, for example, have been taking pre-orders on existing machines loaded with Windows XP.