N270-based netbooks may not be offered upgrades to Windows 7

Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES Asia Friday 12 June 2009 2

Netbook vendors are considering keeping their Intel Atom N270 and N280-based netbooks using Windows XP and will not offer upgrades to Windows 7 due to increasing costs and low consumer demand, according to industry sources.

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