Stick computing only needs XP Home

Techworld.com - Vista retreats as XP sales hold up

Microsoft is selling more XP than they expected. I imagine the increase can in part be attributed to people who bought a machine with Vista on it and went out and got XP to replace it. I know of a least one person who did it.

That makes another strong point for portable or stick-based computing. With your digital life stored on a stick (or iPod, etc.) you only need Windows XP Home connected to the Internet to do your work. All the bells and whistles and curb feelers on the operating system are dross. Just weighting down performance.

I'm sure Microsoft is aware that the Internet IS the application now (hence higher prices, more price points) and sees and end-of-life for an operating system that doesn't work and play well with others.

So I would look for more of their current marketing strategy which is to create multiple price points at higher and higher prices for essentially the same functionality.

Okay back to work.