Grim Reaper held at bay for a little longer!

Microsoft have announced an extension to the Windows XP shelf life for the manufacturers of low cost PCs. The Redmond based software giant has said that ULCPC makers will continue to be allowed to ship XP Home Edition until June 2010. An example of this type of hardware is the Asus eee PC which runs either Windows XP or Linux. Due to the limited nature of the hardware the eee would be unable to run Vista (although there are rumours of a cut down version of Vista in the wild, so who knows?). Considering the rise in the popularity of the eee PC it would be unwise for Microsoft to snub Asus in this venture.

Microsoft usually provides support for its operating systems for 4 years from release but due to the delays in releasing Vista the support window has been extended (it’s a shame Microsoft don’t open source XP. Just think of the oppurtunities).

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