Additionally, Microsoft has specified an end of sales date to the OEMs to no longer ship systems with Windows 7 after October 1st, I believe? (Though I thought it was April 11th, to be honest).
So I would not expect to see Windows 7 driver packages coming out for new systems much longer. On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Townsend, Robbie <[email protected]> wrote: > Believe me, it wasn't IT who purchased these models, but we still have > been tasked with imaging them to our standard. While I understand XPS being > a consumer model, Dell does provide cab files for XPS models and there > aren't many non-enterprise imaging reasons to use CAB files. We just used > the list of drivers and went out to each vendor's driver site and > downloaded them manually. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Keith Garner > *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2014 12:24 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [MDT-OSD] RE: Dell X15 9530 > > > > Right on both. > > > > It's not a Dell only problem. The Microsoft Surface Pro series of devices > do not support Windows 7 either. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Marcum, John > *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2014 9:09 AM > > *To:* '[email protected]' > *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] RE: Dell X15 9530 > > > > 1. XPS are home user computers > > 2. Why would someone even try to run Win 7 on a touch enabled device? I > mean, I hate Windows 8 but I'd run it over 7 on a touch device. > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2014 9:15 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] RE: Dell X15 9530 > > > > To your question of "Why hasn't Dell provided Windows 7 drivers for the > XPS 15?" > > > > Dell designs the XPS platforms to focus on the latest technology, both > from a hardware and software perspective. With that being the goal, the > XPS systems don't typically support older OSes as they are designed to be > used with the latest OS available. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > *Warren Byle* > > *Dell* | Business Client Systems Management > > Product Manager > > *office* +1 512 724 2626 > > [email protected] > > > > Join the conversation > > Dell TechCenter <http://www.delltechcenter.com/> > > Twitter: WarrenByle <http://twitter.com/WarrenByle> > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Townsend, Robbie > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:35 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] Dell X15 9530 > > > > Has anyone been successful at imaging an XPS 15 9530 with Windows 7 x86 > using SCCM? We noticed Dell has not provided anything but Windows 8.1 > drivers for this model (why?) These have the 32 GB SSD and 500 GB SATA > drives. We got a list of all the Windows 8.1 drivers and then went the > various mfg. driver sites and downloaded Windows 7 versions of each. We > know we have turn off UEFI and secure boot, but was wondering if anyone had > a working TS that will account setting the 500 GB drive as C:\ and put the > OS on there, but still utilize the SSD feature. > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > Robbie > > Medical University of South Carolina > > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. > > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. >
