Microsoft Accommodating Eee With Lightweight XP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 15, 2008 @12:54AM 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."

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Re:Pre-loaded apps by elrous0 · 2008-04-15 01:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Oh, the iPod works wonderfully with other online stores.

Yeah? Name one other store that Apple has licensed Fairplay to. Name one model of iPod that will play DRM'ed files from any other music store besides iTunes. Sounds like the perfect monopoly to me.

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Re:Open Source CD by RESPAWN · 2008-04-15 02:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Best. Analogy. Ever. Mod parent up.

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