Before Windows 7 launched, there was a lot of consternation about when Microsoft planned to cut off the supply of Windows XP to netbook makers.
This week, Microsoft officials reminded customers and partners of that deadline date October 22, 2010. As of that date, OEMs will no longer be able to pre-install Windows XP Home on new netbook PCs, Microsoft officials said. (Microsoft announced this cutoff date back in 2008, when Microsoft called netbooks ultra-low-cost PCs, or ULPCs)
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