Microsoft Offers Mega-Discount on WinXP to Low-Cost Laptop Makers
Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost laptops. Microsoft plans to offer PC laptop makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs.
In order to be eligible for the price cut, tech firms need to be making low-cost PCs that limit their screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard drives to 80GB and under. The laptops must also not have more than 1GB RAM or a 1.0 GHz single-core processor, and come without touch-screen technology. These limitations help ensure that the ultra cheap laptops won’t eat into the market for mainstream PCs running Windows Vista.
Microsoft will charge $26 for XP in emerging markets such as China and India, and $32 for developed markets like the United States.
Microsoft has said it plans to stop selling new Windows XP licenses after 30 June, but it has made exceptions, including for the use of XP Home in ULPCs.
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