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Windows XP Starter Edition Snubs P4, Athlon

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the for-starters-only dept.

Apu writes "CNET is reporting that Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition operating system specifically checks the result of the CPUID instruction on bootup and fails to continue if a Pentium 4 or Athlon processor is detected."

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  1. Wrong section? by kickabear · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Shouldn't this be under "Your Rights Online?"

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  2. Re:Perhaps a strange suggestion, but... by BWJones · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It doesn't really *solve* the problem, it just makes it more "friendly" to these sorts of microsoft displays.

    Yes, of course the real solution would be to go to a more reliable operating system, but if I said that, the Microsofties would flame me. :-)

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  3. Re:Arbitrary marketing decision by codeonezero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That was my comment btw...I just mistyped my login and hit post by accident :)

    Just thought i'd take responsibility for my own posts.

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  4. Re:Perhaps a strange suggestion, but... by macdaddy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But the rest of us would love you (see nick above). No, not in that way! Sicko

  5. Easy fix, don't run XP, install LINUX! by MrJerryNormandinSir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Linux is a far superior OS anyway. Just dump XP and run Linux!

  6. Re:Perhaps a strange suggestion, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do any of you USE windows? If you get the BSOD it is because you have not set your machine to auto reboot on hard crash.

    I also have to ask what you do to your machines? I am runnign XP sp2. i do video capture/editing photo editing, scanning, dvd authoring, web surfing and the occasional low end game. My machine has been running continuously since I installed my DVD burner about 4 months ago. My work machine runs SQL server, visual studio, and all my other dev apps, and It goes down when I hit shutdown or install some software. I do not remember the last time I had a hard reset. I have had explorer (not IE, the shell lock horribly, but a quick ctrl-alt-del to bring up the task manager, find explorer, hit end process, new process, type explorer and hit enter and its back up and running again.

  7. For a Good Looking Woman by Your+Average+Joe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You have to have a MCSE or Service Contract.

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