The new Asus Eee PC is already shipping with Windows XP, but it seems that the budding excitement over ultra portable laptops (now dubbed “Mobile Internet Devices” by Intel) has created a rather interesting position: with Windows XP licenses slated to go off the market on June 30 (extended from January), Microsoft has to decide very, very soon whether they will continue to actively sell Windows XP, or find some alternate route to keep their hands in the growing number of Linux-loaded MIDs. Windows Vista, at this point, is
simply far too large to fit easily on these smaller computers.

InfoWorld expects an announcement on the subject later this week, and with
the Intel Developer Forum in full swing, the timing is hardly a coincidence.

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