Microsoft Windows 8 Event at Computex 2011

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Microsoft says touch is ok on ULCPCs.. netbooks

To celebrate my touch screen Eee PC 900, MS is now selling cheap XP licences to touch screen devices too...

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"XP Home ( $30 ULCPC version ) is ok on devices up to 14.1" and those sporting touch screens. This is a change from their previous policy of not allowing touch screens, and limiting the screens to 10.2 inches. They also increased the diskspace requirement from 80 gb to 160 gb."

Thanks you!

Thanks GottaBeMobile!

The Future of Windows XP

Microsoft has released the facts about the future of XP.

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First up: Support

" With the June 30, 2008, "end of sales" date for Windows XP approaching, many people have asked me if they will still be able to get support for Windows XP. The answer is an emphatic "yes, you will continue to be supported." We recently released Service Pack 3 for Windows XP and we will continue to provide security updates and other critical updates for Windows XP until April, 2014."

Second: Future availability of XP

If you want to have XP on new PC, and your OEM is too lazy to make "XP downgrade CD" for you;

" you should get a new PC with Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate, and then take advantage of downgrade rights to use Windows XP Professional for as long as is necessary."

" For customers interested in buying a low-end personal computer (often referred to as a "NetBook" or "NetTop"), we are making Windows XP Home and Windows XP Starter available for use on these budget systems."

" Additionally, System Builders (sometimes referred to as "local OEMs"), may continue to purchase Windows XP through Authorized Distributors through January 31, 2009. All OEMs, including major OEMs, have this option."

As you can see, there are ways to enjoy XP on UMPCs... ( we really need those as there are no ways to enjoy Vista on UMPC )

My 2 cents to all OEMs making UMPCs: Start shipping downgrade restore CDs!

An Update on the Windows Roadmap

Windows XP: The future

Microsoft bans touchscreens on ULCPCs! WTF!

This is the most stupid thing ever coming from Microsoft!

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"Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the PC vendors that make ULPCs must limit screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard drives to 80G bytes, and they cannot offer touch-screen PCs."

Microsoft will sell XP Home for $26 to $32, but only if the devises are "not too good" The price it self is really good news but the limits are not.

Limits:

CPU: Up to 1GHz single-core, Via C7-M up to 1.6GHz, Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz
RAM: up to 1GB
Screen: No bigger than 10.2 inch, No touch
HDD: Up to 80GB

I could agree some of the limits... but no touch?? Does Microsoft really think it could eat Tablet PC sales? Or UMPC sales?

We don't want Vista on the small and mobile computers as it does not work on them!!

The worst thing is that this could actually effect on touchscreens overall..

It might make oem to not make touch at all as they may not want to make different devices for different OS...

So if a small MID has super cheap price and touch it can't have XP now?

Just plain stupidity!



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