Microsoft vies for budget laptop market with XP price cuts (ars technica)

So does this mean that someone who buys a Windows EEEpc with XP and connects it via the VGA
port to his 1600x1200 desktop monitor will be prevented by crippled XP from running at
1600x1200? Or that if he upgrades his RAM, XP will stop working and demand another $40 (or
whatever)?

Yes, a really really good way to persuade the masses that MS is a greedy convicted monopolist
pig!

Now, who is going to ship the better-than-Eee product with the 11 inch high-res screen and 2Gb
RAM on-board and the low linux price tag, that will have to cost 20% more if you want Windows
with it?