Windows XP to live on...kinda

With Windows XP's execution date of June 30 inching ever closer, more than a few enterprises are starting to get nervous about how they're going to get their XP fix. While Microsoft has yet to announce a full stay of execution (which many are hoping for), they are expected to announce that they will continue selling the venerable OS to OEMs selling a very specific type of product: cheap, ultraportable laptops. It makes sense if you think about it; after all, the Eee PC is just starting to catch on and most cheap ultraportables aren't well enough equipped to run Vista. "Vista is just too resource-hungry for laptops with limited storage space, relatively minute amounts of RAM, and slow CPUs," Ars Technica writes. "Extending the availability of Windows XP for the budget laptop category is currently the company's best alternative to ceding this market to Linux."

For more on the coming stay:
- see this Ars Technica article