Just like the saying "once bitten is twice shy" , Microsoft seems to have learned few lessons from the Vista catastrophe. When Microsoft announced its new operating system all attention was focused on designing something that will be light weight and will run on most of the computers with any expensive upgrade.
Even though Vista was better than XP in many ways like security(remember UAC? it was the best but most ill-implemented feature) , looks etc. it needed far more sophisticated hardware to show its capabilities. Because of these problems and negative publicity the most popular feature of Vista turned out to be the Downgrade option. Many computer vendors like Dell sold Pre-downgraded machines as Microsoft had already stopped selling XP. With Windows 7 also Microsoft has made the same promises and although one look at beta version(i know there is still long way to go) is sufficient to say that this time Microsoft is really serious, it is planning to offer the infamous downgrade option with Windows 7 as well.
Presumably with Windows 7 ultimate and Business version the downgrade rights will be attached allowing the customers to downgrade not only to Vista(?) but to XP as well. In Windows 7 Microsoft is expanding the Downgrade rights program to allow PC makers to ship downgraded machines based on anticipated demand for those systems.
Keywords: Windows 7 downgrade
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