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Windows XP On a Dell Means $50 Downgrade Surcharge Starting Now

Here's the deal. Dell agreed to Microsoft's plan of allowing Windows XP sales after June 30, but at a surcharge over installing Vista. How much of one? $20 to $50. ComputerWorld says that customers who buy the Vostro (low-end) desktops and notebooks will pay this fee in order to downgrade from Vista, which Dell is still bundling in order to comply with Microsoft's rule. More »

1:00 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Jason Chen
7,572 views, 124 comments

apple

iPhone 1.1.2 to 1.1.1 Firmware Downgrade Instructions

If you've updated to 1.1.2 and regret it, or if you're one of those new iPhone owners in Europe and want to jailbreak your phone, here's an instruction set to downgrade to 1.1.1. It's still quirky and may not work 100%, so you'll want to be careful unless you know what you're doing. [Hackint0sh]

5:20 PM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By Jason Chen
78,018 views, 2 comments

windows

Microsoft Offering Vista-to-XP Downgrade Option to Anyone, Not Just OEMs

While many sites today are claiming that MS is only offering Vista-to-XP downgrade discs to OEMs, CNet Asia found out that Microsoft support will allow anybody with a copy of Vista Ultimate or Business to call and request a downgrade disc themselves, just like it says in the license terms. So there you have it, any Joe Schmo can pick up a Vista downgrade disc as long as they have a nice enough version of Vista. [CNet]

3:14 PM on Mon Sep 24 2007
By blongo3
51,720 views, 26 comments

Latest by n/a: You can't blame the peripheral people. Drivers are available on their sites. However, there is a trick to installing the drivers that MS does not tell people about. As for Leopard, they have their own problems installing drivers--a trick involved more »

portable media

Pandora's Battery Unbricks and Downgrades All PSPs

Those of you who have managed to brick or accidentally upgrade your PSP have been looking for this Pandora's Battery software even if you didn't realize it. The app lets you turn any battery into an official Sony Jigkick battery, which is what their repair staff uses to unbrick (and also downgrade) your PSP. Best of all, any homebrew-enabled PSP can do this, so you can just find a buddy with a working handheld to do this to your battery so you can fix your own PSP afterwards. [Maxconsole]

2:15 PM on Thu Aug 23 2007
By Jason Chen
12,144 views, 20 comments

Latest by rimplestultskin: the bay's already filled with people selling JigKick batteries and the memory sticks with the pandora's battery files pre-set up (DOESNT REQUIRE A SECOND PSP, BUT IS REALLY FUCKING ILLEGAL). i'm about to shell out $60 ($50 for the more »

software

PSP 1.50 to 1.00 Downgrader Released

The PSP 1.50 to 1.00 downgrader we mentioned the other day has been released. The usual precautions apply, since you can brick your PSP whenever you write to your PSP firmware. More »

5:34 PM on Sat Jul 8 2006
By Jason Chen
1,786 views, 1 comment