Just a reminder that -- as announced in April 2008 -- as of October 22, 2010, OEMs will no longer be able to pre-install Windows XP Home on new netbook PCs.  However for a majority of our customers, they may not notice much change; many PC makers have already been actively manufacturing and selling a broad set of Windows 7 netbooks since Windows 7 released in October, 2009. In fact, according to NPD’s Retail Tracking Service, by April 2010, 81% of netbook units sold at retail in the US came with Windows 7 pre-installed.

I would also like to remind people who are still running Windows XP that as of July 13th, 2010, Windows XP SP2 will also reach the end of support. You will need to install the latest service pack available (Windows XP Service Pack 3) via the Microsoft Update website or look at moving to Windows 7 to be running a supported version of Windows.  Support for Windows XP Service Pack 3 will continue through April 2014.

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good... die XP! Long live Windows 7!

First,, this is not directed at the OP, but the story itself.

This is not entirely true, and it befuddles me why people can't get this right.

Support for Windows XP Service Pack 3 will continue through April 2014

See This first.

Mainstream Support ended for XP on 4/14/2009 ,, Extended Support ends 4/8/2014

For a complete explanation of what that means, See This here

I will rephrase my prior statement to say, Brandon should know better and stipulate that it i extended support.