Star Microsoft Demonstrates Windows XP on the XO
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th May 2008 09:29 UTC
Windows Microsoft and the One Laptop Per Child project have announced an agreement to work together on getting Windows XP available on the XO laptop, with trials starting in June 2008, and the RTM date set for August or September. Microsoft also demonstrated Windows XP Professional and Office 2003 running on the XO laptop - fully featured.
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RE: Somewhat disappointed
by aleph on Sun 18th May 2008 23:30 UTC in reply to "Somewhat disappointed"
aleph
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2008-05-18

So original XO Linux booted in 4 minutes?! O_o That's some really sucky boot-up time!


It's blatantly false. My XO boots, just checked, in 90 seconds. Into Sugar. To compare fairly they should count the time to start Sugar on Windows too.
Moreover, I'm afraid the external SD card is faster than the internal flash.

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