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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. cool! they're shooting themselves in the foot by toby · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "hey man, it won't boot"
    "fine, hand me the linux cd"

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    you had me at #!