Microsoft not planning ARM version of Windows 7

Posted on Tuesday, November 10 2009 @ 4:25 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Microsoft is not interested in supporting ARM processors with Windows 7, corporate vice president for Windows Platform Strategy Mike Nash told DigiTimes during an interview.
While smartbook PCs based on ARM processors will be launched in 2010, Microsoft will continue with its strategic cooperation with Intel and will not have Windows 7 support smartbook PCs for the time being, according to Microsoft corporate vice president Mike Nash for Windows Platform Strategy during an interview with Digitimes.

And although some market watchers think that vendors of netbooks may consider adopting less expensive operating systems, the market response has shown that an increasing number of netbook users are willing to pay more for using Windows 7, Nash pointed out.


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