The decision by Microsoft to phase out support for Windows 9X operating systems will mean big businesses will have to upgrade to better hardware, a market research analyst claimed today.

According to senior analyst Matthew Wilkins at iSuppli, many big businesses have stuck with Windows 9X systems and are still hanging fire on upgrading to W2K or to Windows XP.

But when Microsoft drops support for Windows 9X operating systems soon, that will mean that companies will have to upgrade the hardware, because CPUs and OSes from Intel and Microsoft appear to go together like marriage and divorce.

Wilkins claims that will give a boost to PC sales during 2003 which could mean unit growth this year will rise by slightly over 10 per cent.

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