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Tue, 2nd December 2008
Windows XP Gets a Life Extension on Low-Cost, Low-Power PCs
Microsoft declared New weekday that it would long the support lifecycle for Windows XP on what it calls Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPCs). This effectuation ultra-portable, low-power computers same the Asus Eee PC, sub-notebooks and MID-based handhelds module ease board with Windows XP, and that their owners module be healthy to intend hold for the software. The conceive is ultimate — these machines don’t hit the action glasses needed to separate Vista. The consort module substance XP hold for ULCPCs for digit years, or until Windows 7, its incoming operative system, is digit assemblage older (and which do you conceive that module be?).
Microsoft had previously declared that it would cease hold for retail and OEM versions of Windows XP after June 30, 2008.
See Also:
- Microsoft Buckles, Gives Windows XP A Life Extension
- Dell Relents—XP Still Available on New PCs
- No XP For You!
- Windows XP SP3 Still Not Ready For Release
- MojoPac: A Dead Simple Way To Make Windows XP Portable
Melted From: Wired: Compiler
Tags: asus eee pc, buckles, dell, handhelds, life extension, lifecycle, microsoft, notebooks, oem versions, operating system, performance specs, power computers, power pcs, windows xp
