Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will keep selling a version of Windows XP for use on a new breed of low-cost computers for at least two years longer than the older operating system will be available on mainstream PCs.

The software maker said Windows XP Home will be available through June 2010, or for a year beyond the release of the next version of Windows, for computers like Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC and ASUSTek Computer Inc.'s Eee PC. Those machines have smaller hard drives, less memory and slower processors than most Windows computers sold today, and most would have a hard time running the bulkier Windows Vista.

Microsoft had planned to stop selling most versions of XP at the end of June 2008, with exceptions for small computer-building shops and PCs sold in developing countries. But surprising demand in developed countries for what it calls ultra-low-cost personal computers prompted Redmond-based Microsoft to extend that deadline.

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To a lot of people I know, the computer needed to meet the minimum requirements of Vista is an expensive supercomputer. Grandma does not need 2GB of RAM to check her e-mail.

I think they kinda screwed up with Vista. I would be happy if they just updated Windows XP with basic drivers for new tech and called it good.

Yea they did screw up Vista. I dont have any problems with it, but I would definatly not call it an upgrade from XP.

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