On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:07:04 -0600, alt wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:41:13 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> | Asus and Microsoft have already announced plans to sell
>> XP-equipped versions | of the Eee PC, but Microsoft is scheduled to
>> end sales of Windows XP next | June, and should the company hold
>> fast to that deadline, the roadmap for | Windows on budget,
>> ultramobile PCs is unclear.
>
> 'Unclear' is quite apt really. Vista can't do the job on "low-end"
> hardware and even XP is too heavy for it.
>
> I think we'll see a port of WinCE/Windows Mobile to x86 just for
> this. Either that or they'll strip out Vista so much that it'll be
> Windows 2000 v2.
XP or any other version is a loser from the start. The eee with Linux
comes with OO.o and lots of other SW. Microsoft just can't compete in
the new low cost laptop & desktop market.
Asus are doing wonders in the low cost market. This year Lenovo will
offer $200 desktops and $250 laptops. Vista will never run on these
systems so at best Microsoft will offer XP. But isn't XP at end of
life?
The future is low cost HW that has the SW most users need. Microsoft
don't have the SW for these devices.
The big OEM's will be forced to offer Linux on their products if
they hope to remain competitive.
This is the start of great times for the consumer.
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