Low-cost laptop wars: Vista, XP or Linux?
As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner. Microsoft plans to stop selling most Windows XP licences after 30 June, yet most of these low-cost laptops won't be powerful enough to run Vista when they arrive later this year. That leaves Microsoft executives with a choice: do they extend the availability of Windows XP for low-cost laptops, or possibly concede this nascent market to Linux?
The poster child for the low-cost laptop is the Asus Eee PC, which hit the market in October last year and runs the Xandros distribution of Linux.
Consumers embraced the laptop, which uses a version of Intel's Celeron M processor, for its small size and ability to perform basic tasks such as web surfing and email. It became something of an overnight sensation, and that success caught the attention of other hardware makers, including top-tier PC vendors.
The Asus Eee PC's success wasn't possible without Intel's support.
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