Microsoft appears to be the latest in a string of U.S. tech companies to follow President Donald Trump's new executive order aimed at cracking down on Chinese tech companies. Recall that in accordance with the decree of the US Department of Commerce Huawei and a number of related companies in the "black" list of Entity List.
Microsoft has so far remained silent on a possible refusal to provide Windows updates to the Chinese company, although, as sources of Kommersant, the relevant orders have already been sent to the representative offices of the giant from Redmond in a number of countries, including Russia.
The Verge has repeatedly reached out to Microsoft for comment, but the company has so far refused to make any statements about the situation.
However, it appears that Microsoft has stopped selling the Huawei MateBook X Pro laptop from its online store. It mysteriously disappeared from Microsoft Store offerings over the weekend, and searching for any Huawei device in Microsoft's online store yields no results.
However, according to The Verge, Microsoft retail stores still sell MateBook X Pro laptops, which are still in stock.
Huawei's MateBook X Pro is one of the best Windows laptops available in the US right now, according to The Verge, but without a Windows license, it will no longer be a viable alternative to the Apple MacBook Pro or HP Specter x360, or even its own series. Microsoft Surface laptops.
Huawei is also known to be working on creating replacements for Windows and Android in recent years, but it's not yet clear how well developed these operating systems are. Huawei CEO Richard Yu recently admitted that the company "would rather work with the Google and Microsoft ecosystems."
Source: 3dnews.ru