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I maybe wrong here but doesn't windows update use IE in some way ? Seems ludicrous to me but then again its the EU
It appears reading articles is difficult
Seems rather pointless and counter productive to remove it in the first place...consumers who purchase retail copies will not have a browser that they can use to download a browser. Therefore, Microsoft will offer IE8 via CD, FTP, and retail channels.
The article goes into some explaination right off about this. read:
" Microsoft notes. "Computer manufacturers will be able to add any browser they want to their Windows 7 machines, including Internet Explorer, so European consumers who purchase new PCs will be able to access the Internet without any problem. Consumers will also be able to add any Web browser to their PCs, to supplement or replace the browsers preinstalled by their computer manufacturer."
What this is pointing out is that IE 8 will simply be a separate item manufacturers will have their own option to use or simply toss FireFox, Opera, Chrome, Netscape, Konqueror, or whatever they want on the systems they sell new. The home user that builds their own would download the browser ahead of time to back on removable even before upgrading to 7.
ok just a thougt. what about the software assurance program? If a person in europe buys a vista pc in the window period, then upgrades to windows 7 with the 'windows 7 E', does that leave them without a browser when the upgrade finishes?
Like I was saying before anyone with a system like one with Vista presently on would download the browser of choice including IE 8 before the upgrade took place.
Have a floppy?
Back up a copy of the browser until 7 is up and running on an extra drive or removable media to then install that once 7 is on. In the event that I decide to install XP or Vista at some point IE 8 for each is already backed up on a storage drive here being a time saver and one less item to download through the update process.