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Inside Windows XP Reduced Media Edition

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-hold-your-breath dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Flexbeta.net has got it's take on Windows XP Reduced Media Edition, which is basically Windows XP Pro stripped of its Windows Media Player. To sum it up, there is hardly any noticable difference between XP RME and XP Pro, except for the welcome screen and Windows not recognizing their own file format. The article hints how this may be the beggining to a Windows OS without any Microsoft applications. Bye-bye Internet Explorer?"

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  1. Amazing stupidity! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    wow, an operating system that doesnt let you play media files. maybe once they make an OS which doesnt have a browser, they can further gut it by forcing MS to ship an OS without networking capabilities, or the ability to run any programs.

    Since MS's opponents cannot beat them in the marketplace, they started to shift their fight into legislating Windows into a product consumers won't want.

  2. Added Benefits by 06metzp · · Score: -1, Troll

    If they do indeed come up with a version of Windows with no IE embedded in it, does this mean they'll have to come up with a version of Windows Update that's not embedded in IE? Might I be able to finally use my computer in complete peace?

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  3. Ok this is Bullsh!t by Xuranova · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm all for "choice" and all that stuff. But to new users who get this OS with a computer and can't play music cause there isn't a player on it this is complete crap. I hope MS puts a giant link on their desktop for "click here to download media player to play music". Stupid media player makers who keep complaining....

    Wouldn't this be the first modenrn OS that doesn't let you play music out the box?

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    1. Re:Ok this is Bullsh!t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Linux, is another. Depending on your view of "modenrn",

    2. Re:Ok this is Bullsh!t by jawtheshark · · Score: 0, Troll
      Wouldn't this be the first modenrn OS that doesn't let you play music out the box?

      No. Linux is also considered to be a modern OS and it often doesn't include MP3 playback out of the box. OGG, yes, MP", no... Licensing issues :-(

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  4. EU giving American companies grief. by glrotate · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is about Brussels sticking their thumb in the eye of an American company. Not much different than their subsidization of Airbus.

  5. Re:Who cares about Media Player? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    However, I think you'll find the above challenge quite difficult to accomplish. Why then do you insist that Microsoft be able to pull off the same impossible task?

    Because maybe they are a bigmouth stupid asshole, who has no idea what they are talking about. But thats just a guess on my part.