http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/06/windows-xp-being-ported-to-xo-laptop/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/06/windows-xp-being-ported-to-xo-laptop/#comment-535166 Emmanuel Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:31:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/06/windows-xp-being-ported-to-xo-laptop/#comment-535166 I'm glad that windows XP is getting the slim down treatment. It'll be a great OS for running in virtualization (Parallels, VMWare Fusion and Xen when they get around to making a Mac OS X port) on my Mac, Linux, etc box. Cause while I never want to run WinXP ever again, there are times you just can't avoid it and this work should make it smaller and run faster under less memory. I’m glad that windows XP is getting the slim down treatment. It’ll be a great OS for running in virtualization (Parallels, VMWare Fusion and Xen when they get around to making a Mac OS X port) on my Mac, Linux, etc box. Cause while I never want to run WinXP ever again, there are times you just can’t avoid it and this work should make it smaller and run faster under less memory.

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/06/windows-xp-being-ported-to-xo-laptop/#comment-534863 Jarett Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:00:34 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/06/windows-xp-being-ported-to-xo-laptop/#comment-534863 Yeah, that sounds like a typical Microsoft move. Their software is too large to run on a pared-down, child-aimed laptop, so instead of taking out a few unneeded bits (and there are many), they demand the makers give them more storage space. Yeah, that sounds like a typical Microsoft move. Their software is too large to run on a pared-down, child-aimed laptop, so instead of taking out a few unneeded bits (and there are many), they demand the makers give them more storage space.

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/06/windows-xp-being-ported-to-xo-laptop/#comment-534506 Aaron Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:18:28 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/06/windows-xp-being-ported-to-xo-laptop/#comment-534506 After playing with one myself and knowing how it's going to be used, running Windows on these things is a complete waste of energy and time. It's completely pointless to put Windows on them. It's like trying to put Vista on an iPhone. WHY?? After playing with one myself and knowing how it’s going to be used, running Windows on these things is a complete waste of energy and time. It’s completely pointless to put Windows on them. It’s like trying to put Vista on an iPhone. WHY??

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