Dell Computer could not give an estimated date for when new PCs will ship with the service pack. But the company does plan to post technical support documents about the update this week, said a Dell representative. "We will support Service Pack 1 on any of our PCs sold with Windows XP," the representative said.
Dell plans to make no changes to the middleware configuration installed on its consumer PCs compared with pre-Service Pack 1. While the company ships MusicMatch as the preferred media player on its consumer systems, Dell plans to let PC owners decide which program will be the default one. As one of its original features, Windows XP pops up a menu of application choices when a person inserts a CD pr DVD, for instance.
"We want our customers to make the decision which program is the right one for them," said the Dell representative
