Suppress Linux! Microsoft Windows XP price cut by 70%

Article title: Linux suppression! Microsoft Windows XP's price was lowered by 70%. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

Ultra-portable laptops are becoming increasingly popular in the market. all major PC manufacturers in the world have launched their own products to share the same share with Eee PC. In addition, Intel, AMD, VIA, and other related processor manufacturers are also taking action, and each of them has a corresponding low-power processor to express support.

In the early days, Intel and Microsoft both held a wait-and-see attitude towards ultra-portable laptops. However, even Eee PCs equipped with Linux systems were very popular, creating new market opportunities, software and hardware vendors with a cold attitude have begun to change in succession to support the development of ultra-portable laptops.

Correspondingly, the WinTel camp is determined to become the main force in the market. as the popularity of ultra-portable laptops continues to rise in the market, Microsoft also recently said that, in order to foster the development of ultra-portable laptops, any product equipped with 1 GB memory and 10 inch GB hard drive will be pre-installed with OEM Windows XP at a price of $20-25 in the future, compared with the authorization price of Windows XP for earlier desktops and laptops at about $70, it dropped by about 70%. However, Microsoft also said that the cooperation conditions with various vendors will not be exactly the same during the operation, and the actual transaction price will be checked against factors such as the manufacturer's marketing strategy, shipment volume, and market share, the specific price is confidential and is not open to public.

One thing that deserves attention here is that PC vendors can only follow the footsteps of Intel and Microsoft in the past. However, with the emergence of various ultra-portable mini-books headed by Eee PC, in one fell swoop, PC manufacturers were given a dominant position, and HP, Dell and other major international manufacturers were forced to follow up, which also made Intel, Microsoft and other software and hardware manufacturers have to turn back to support. At present, we have been able to see many ultra-portable notebook products pre-installed with Windows XP in the market. Microsoft's suppression of the Linux camp is evident.