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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Andy Leonard : Microsoft, Dell</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/tags/Microsoft/Dell/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Microsoft, Dell</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>Getting Red</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/2008/04/29/getting-red.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:6411</guid><dc:creator>andyleonard</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/comments/6411.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6411</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;I just now (well, when you read this it will be late last week;&amp;nbsp;I write ahead sometimes)&amp;nbsp;purchased a &lt;A class="" href="http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dydwhr2&amp;amp;c=us&amp;amp;l=en&amp;amp;s=dhs&amp;amp;cs=19&amp;amp;kc=features~featured_red_deal" target=_blank&gt;Dell XPS 1530 Red laptop&lt;/A&gt; with the new &lt;A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/joinred/windows.aspx" target=_blank&gt;Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED SKU&lt;/A&gt; installed. Granted, it's 32-bit - mainly because it's a &lt;A class="" href="http://www.dell.com/" target=_blank&gt;Dell&lt;/A&gt; (c'mon Dell, get with x64 already!) - but I'm psyched about the new box. It should arrive next week.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I'm also psyched about helping fight the spread of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. &lt;A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/" target=_blank&gt;Microsoft&lt;/A&gt; has a page about the effort &lt;A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/joinred/why.aspx" target=_blank&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;. It's&amp;nbsp;cool to be able to help people &lt;EM&gt;and&lt;/EM&gt; score a snappy new&amp;nbsp;laptop. Kudos to Microsoft and Dell for joining this effort! &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can learn more about RED &lt;A class="" href="http://www.joinred.com/red/" target=_blank&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;. The &lt;A class="" href="http://www.joinred.com/red/factsheet.asp" target=_blank&gt;more&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A class="" href="http://www.joinred.com/red/factsheet.asp" target=_blank&gt;I&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A class="" href="http://www.joinred.com/red/bono.asp" target=_blank&gt;read&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A class="" href="http://www.joinred.com/red/bobby.asp" target=_blank&gt;about&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A class="" href="http://www.joinred.com/red/faq.asp" target=_blank&gt;this&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A class="" href="http://joinred.blogspot.com/" target=_blank&gt;cause&lt;/A&gt;, the more I want to join in&amp;nbsp;and help out. If you have a minute, check out the great work these folks are doing.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;:{&amp;gt; Andy&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6411" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/tags/_2800_PRODUCT_2900_+RED/default.aspx">(PRODUCT) RED</category><category domain="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/tags/Dell/default.aspx">Dell</category><category domain="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/tags/Laptops/default.aspx">Laptops</category><category domain="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/tags/Microsoft/default.aspx">Microsoft</category></item></channel></rss>