Planning to buy a new netbook later this year? If yes, do not look for the operating system Windows XP Home on it ya! There will be no!
In his blog posting last week, Microsoft warned anyone that deadline XP is getting closer, especially for a netbook. As of October 22, 2010, "OEMs are no longer able to pre-install Windows XP Home in new netbook PC" no matter how many consumers who want it. So write Microsoft.
According to Microsoft the quotes NPD Retail Tracking Service, as of April 2010 approximately 81% of the netbooks that were sold retail in the U.S. comes pre-installed with Windows 7. In other words, Windows XP has been abolished. So, although still remaining some time for the OEM, the transition from Windows XP to Windows 7 should be running very smoothly.
