Microsoft Inc. has further extended the life of Windows XP so that computer makers can include the operating system on low-cost desktop PCs. Microsoft has been under pressure from computer makers to provide a version of its OS for an emerging class of very low-cost laptops and desktops. Its new Windows Vista OS is widely seen as too resource-hungry for those machines. PC makers can now include Windows XP in those systems until 2010, the same as the deadline for low-cost laptops.
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