XP isn't the issue, it's the price point (Score 1)

As a few others have hinted at the fact that MS wants to run XP on it is more of a "meh". The fact that the price almost doubled is a killer. This significantly reduces the penetration given the same budgets as before. I would prefer to see a $100 linux version and a $175 "windows ready" version. This way developing countries could make the choice (not that it would be a hard one).