MS Windows XP Starter Edition Won’t Run on Faster CPU
Filed in: Microsoft — May 16th, 2005
When Microsoft said that Windows XP Starter Edition, the cut-rate version of Windows for emerging markets, was for beginning computer users, the company wasn’t kidding.
The operating system will not work on computers running Intel’s Pentium 4 processors or the Athlon from Advanced Micro Devices, a public relations representative said on behalf of Microsoft. Instead, it will run on computers containing Intel’s Celeron chips, AMD’s Duron or Geode chips, or processors from Via Technologies.
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Thought:
Maybe Microsoft want to has wider gap between normal edition and starter edition? But don’t you think it goes too far? Who will spend money on Windows XP Starter edition like this and cannot run on faster computer?!
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