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Windows XP to Live On in Low-Cost Intel `Netbooks`?
By: Lisa Vaas
2008-04-01
Article Rating:    / 2
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Microsoft is expected to announce at Intel
Developer Forum that Windows XP's end-of-support date will be extended and that
the operating system will appear on Intel subnotebooks. Windows XP, edging perilously close to its June 30
end-of-support date, is looking to get a reprieve when Intel rolls out low-cost
subnotebooks and MIDs (Mobile
Internet Devices).
Intel has been touting its low-cost Atom processor, a small yet powerful
chip created with Intel's 45-nanometer process that can be crammed together
2,500 CPUs to a wafer. Atom will be powering both MIDs and what
Intel is calling "netbooks" or "nettops"rudimentary
subnotebooks good for e-mail, Internet browsing, basic document creation and
not much beyond that, to be priced between $250 and $350.
Microsoft isn't responding to queries from news outlets, including eWEEK,
but multiple publications have cited sources as saying Microsoft will soon announce
that it will extend the kill date for Windows XP, specifically as it relates to
subnotebooks and Internet devices such as Intel's MIDs. The sources expect the
announcement to coincide with IDF
(the Intel Developer Forum), being held in Shanghai, China, April 2-3.
Intel spokesperson Bill Calder told eWEEK that Windows
Vista just doesn't make sense for the Atom-run "netbooks."
Read the full story on eWEEK Midmarket.
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