[nico] explained something that didn’t seem to get any type of air-time during the recent netbook kerfuffle. part of the original TechCrunch complaint was that netbooks are underpowered. This is a direct result of Microsoft’s Ultra low expense PC (ULCPC) licensing program. If manufacturer’s don’t stay with Microsoft’s restrictions, they can’t purchase XP at a discount rate ($26-32), which is the only method to get XP since they no longer offer it. These rules are why you can’t buy a netbook with more that 1GB of RAM.
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