Windows XP soon deprived of new netbooks

Microsoft has recently reiterated that Windows XP could be pre-installed by manufacturers on any computer, including the netbooks that were previously except, effective October 22, 2010. From that date it will be up to the user to buy the older operating system on its own, taking advantage for dealers' stocks, for example (see below), she wants to continue to use.

Brandon LeBlanc, director of communications for Windows and protagonist of the official blog of the operating system, nevertheless attempted to reassure according to a recent market research firm NPD, already 81% of netbooks sold in the United States in April of 'were in Windows 7. From another point of view, so overall it was nearly a five-netbook buyer securing a different operating system than Microsoft's newest, without knowing if they were Windows XP or a Linux distribution.

The Redmond company also states that it will cease support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 from July 13 next, before finally abandoning its dean in April 2014, thirteen years after its launch.