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Windows XP Lives

Thursday, April 3, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Microsoft announced that it has decided to continue selling Windows XP Home after the stated cutoff date of June 30, but only as a configuration option on "ultra low-cost PCs" (ULCPCs).

That means that XP will still be available for customers on what Michael Dix, general manager of Windows client product management, described as mobile computers with "smaller screen sizes and lower-powered processors than more expensive mobile PCs" -- systems such as the Asus Eee, a new model of which is expected next week. The obvious alternative OS for such computers is Linux, so it's in Microsoft's interest to retain a presence in that growing market.

All other sales of XP are still scheduled to end on June 30, with "mainstream" technical support continuing through April 2009 and "extended" support until 2014. ULCPC manufacturers will be able to sell XP Home on new machines through June 30, 2010.

Source(s): CNET News, Computerworld




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