According to information published by Devil Mountain Software, more than a third of new computers preloaded with Vista OS before the operation undergoing the procedure downgrade by manufacturers or users. This information has been obtained based on an analysis of about 3 thousand systems, acquired over the past six months. Approximately 35% of buyers chose to take advantage of our downgrade to XP Professional, specified in the user license for Vista Business and Vista Ultimate, and Vista Enterprise for corporate users.

Although Microsoft “sent to a pension” Windows XP, in late July, ending its retail sales and shipment major manufacturers of computers, some suppliers continue to offer new systems with pre-XP, “extracted” by the downgrade Vista directly in the process of manufacturing the device. For example, Hewlett-Packard promised to preserve the availability of this option for laptops, desktop systems and workstations business class until July 2009

A year earlier Devil Mountain conducted a comparative performance testing Vista and XP, the latest to demonstrate strong advantage. A year later, the company reiterated its research showed that productivity ratio remained unchanged. Even after rigorous optimization, left in the composition of Vista only the most necessary components, it was 40% slower XP. According to analysts, this situation to some extent can save only a more productive processor and more RAM.