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Microsoft Accommodating Eee With Lightweight XP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the accomnodations-for-all dept.

KrispyChips writes "In what could be a first Microsoft is working to create a special build of Windows, just because Windows doesn't run very well on a certain computer. ASUS' runaway success Eee PC is now 'officially' available with Windows XP, but (according to APC magazine) is not exactly a great experience. There are none of the nice pre-loaded apps that come with the Linux version, for example. And XP has some real problems coping with the screen size and limited system specs of the unit. As a result, ASUS says it is going back to Microsoft and working on a special XP build that will be lightweight and more suited to UMPCs."

4 of 386 comments (clear)

  1. Re:BWAHAHAHAHA! by Constantine+XVI · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, it will.

    Oh, you meant in stores.

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  2. Re:Open Source CD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why should Microsoft dictate what ASUS preloads on their PCs?

    Oh, yeah, forgot. Convicted monopoly, never punished due to new Justice Department attorneys installed by corrupt new Attorney General. Nevermind. Hey, those Justice Department attorneys came pre-installed.
  3. Re:Why XP by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

    CE is Windows 3.11 with a boob job.

    That, sir, is one of the most expressive and informative metaphors I've ever seen on Slashdot!! I know more about CE than I ever have. :-P

    Kudos for that!

    Cheers
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  4. Re:So special and different, it already exists! by Mad+Merlin · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...it can't even run Windows...

    You say that as if it's a bad thing.

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