Microsoft keeps XP alive
Microsoft has extended the life of its older operating system days before PC makers are forced to stop selling it.
June 30th (2008) would have been the day that PC manufacturers would have to stop selling Windows XP, Microsoft’s older operating system, and be forced to sell its new operating system on all new units. That date has now been extended to June of 2010. There is one catch.
The computer that XP is installed on must be an “entry level” laptop. Major PC makes such as Dell, HP, and Lenovo have said that Vista cannot run on their lower-end machines. Also, in a market dominated by price, makers have started to install Linux distributions on these computers. The Linux operating system is free and that can be passed on to consumers.
In the statement at a trade show in Taiwan, Microsoft has stated that this extension is only good on laptops with less than 1GB of RAM, 80GB hard drive, a 10 in screen, and 1GHz processor.
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Microsoft keeps XP alive
Microsoft has extended the life of its older operating system days before PC makers are forced to stop selling it.
June 30th (2008) would have been the day that PC manufacturers would have to stop selling Windows XP, Microsoft’s older operating system, and be forced to sell its new operating system on all new units. That date has now been extended to June of 2010. There is one catch.
The computer that XP is installed on must be an “entry level” laptop. Major PC makes such as Dell, HP, and Lenovo have said that Vista cannot run on their lower-end machines. Also, in a market dominated by price, makers have started to install Linux distributions on these computers. The Linux operating system is free and that can be passed on to consumers.
In the statement at a trade show in Taiwan, Microsoft has stated that this extension is only good on laptops with less than 1GB of RAM, 80GB hard drive, a 10 in screen, and 1GHz processor.
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