Vic wrote:
>> Though with XP to come to an end
>> shortly people are not expecting to run Vista on the poor little box are
>> they?
>>
>
> XP isn't going to come to an end shortly.
>
> I know they announced EOL, but then the OLPC and the EEE came along -
> you're not going to shoehorn Vista into a box that size.
>
> Sometime this year, Microsoft will suddenly announce an extension to XP on
> the back of "unprecedented demand" or somesuch...
>
> Vic.
>
>
>
Yes, this will happen even if they call it "Vista lite". The new version
of Windows will also come in a lite version. The poor Vista sales and
the likes of the EEE PC will bring forward the release of this.
Hopefully there is still enough time for Linux to do some damage to M$
and make joe public realise there is an alternative to a Windows PC and
an expensive Mac.
John.
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