Coming soon: Windows on XO laptops

Vikingod · Oct 26, 2007, 02:34 AM

Source: Reuters
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Microsoft Corp has made progress in getting its Windows software to work on a low-cost laptop computer for poor children that currently runs on rival Linux software, an executive said on Thursday.

The world's largest software company is now working to adapt a basic version of Windows XP so it is compatible with the non-profit One Laptop per Child Foundation's small green- and-white XO laptop.

"We're spending a non-trivial amount of money on it," Microsoft Corporate Vice President Will Poole said in an interview on Thursday. "We're working hard. But we're still at least a few months away."

Iria · Oct 26, 2007, 04:33 AM

Remember how Gates mocked the XO-1 at first?

Vikingod · Oct 26, 2007, 04:35 AM

I didn't think it was Gates, but the CEO of intel. Now they are building their own cheapy.

Iria · Oct 26, 2007, 06:28 AM

Nope, it was both of them, actually.

Oct 26, 2007, 02:34 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Coming soon: Windows on XO laptops Source: Reuters ______________ Microsoft Corp has made progress in getting its Windows software to work on a low-cost laptop computer for poor children that currently runs on rival Linux software, an executive said on Thursday. The world's largest software company is now working to adapt a basic version of Windows XP so it is compatible with the non-profit One Laptop per Child Foundation's small green- and-white XO laptop. "We're spending a non-trivial amount of money on it," Microsoft Corporate Vice President Will Poole said in an interview on Thursday. "We're working hard. But we're still at least a few months away." __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Oct 26, 2007, 04:35 AM	Thread Starter #3
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	I didn't think it was Gates, but the CEO of intel. Now they are building their own cheapy. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Remember how Gates mocked the XO-1 at first?

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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Nope, it was both of them, actually.