Windows XP extended but not for PCs
The official end-date of Windows XP is June 30, 2008 and from that date onwards, users are expected to buy Windows Vista for their new desktop or laptop.
Fortunately, for ULPCs, Microsoft has extended the end-date of XP to June 30, 2010. Sales of ULPCs are soaring rapidly and majority these low powered computers would not be able to run Windows Vista and if XP retires this year, consumers would most likely install Linux operating system on it. Microsoft doesn’t want this and instead extends the life of the old OS.
However, below are restrictions on the ULPC installation of XP:
HDDs can be no larger than 80GB.
The screen size for the ULPCs can be no larger than 10.2″.
Installed memory can be no greater than 1GB.
Processors must use a single core and can be no faster than 1GHz. Processors which are severely handicapped by low-clock speeds (a la the VIA C7-M and Intel Atom) are excluded from this restriction.
The restrictions are fair enough to prevent PC vendors from abusing the sales of XP.
Aside from extending the life, Microsoft has the following discounted prices for each XP license on an ULPC:
$32 - 1 license of Windows XP Home used in machines sold in developed markets
$26 - 1 license of Windows XP Home used in machines sold in emering markets
There is also an additional $10 discount if an OEM is a part of Microsoft’s Market Development Agreement.
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