Windows 7 Won't Support ARM Processors Anytime Soon

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Although many manufacturers are expected to release ARM-based smartbooks next year, it looks like Microsoft doesn’t care and won’t bring ARM processor support for their latest OS, the new Windows 7. More to it, through the company’s corporate VP for Windows Platform Strategy, Microsoft has announced today that they’re going to continue their close cooperation with Intel and that manufacturers should shift their attention to Windows CE which supports ARM.

“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 said in an interview with Digitimes, today.

What’s interesting is that ARM processors are already used extensively in consumer electronics, and that includes PDAs, mobile phones, digital media, music players, and many more other, but still not getting any Microsoft love right now, which could be because the company is more focused on desktop computers, laptops and netbooks as their main market.

Looks like smartbooks are now supposedly going to run either Android or maybe some other Linux-based OS. Which is not “that” bad!