Windows XP to be phased out by year's end

Re: Windows XP to be phased out by year's end

at out university we have corporate versions of the OS so all our branded PCs and laptops come without any operating system (or with FreeDOS) and the IT center installs our own coporate software on it....
some ppl sill like to buy without consulting IT and get preloaded OS, but having computers (laptops) without OS is not a dream....

i was checking online HP site for a laptop for my friend, and the HP site for "build ur own laptop" does give u option to select FreeDOS instead of Xp/vista....