Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Oct 2008 21:49 UTC
Windows Microsoft says it has released its new embedded operating system for x86-based devices to product manufacturers. Windows Embedded Standard 2009 eschews Vista, instead combining Windows XP codebase updates with new versions of Internet Explorer, RDP (remote desktop protocol), Windows Media Player, and .NET, according to the company.
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RE: good times
by leos on Thu 16th Oct 2008 23:23 UTC in reply to "good times"
leos
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... building an OS as your gaming machine and having a base install of 300 megs or less (with full gaming capability).


Why would you care about the hard drive footprint of Windows on a gaming machine? Most modern games use several gigs of space each. The footprint of Windows is completely irrelevant, especially with 500GB hard drives to be had under $100

This would be useful on a first gen netbook like the EeePC 701 though. Even on the newer models I doubt it would be worth it. Better avoid the potential hassle of missing a component and stick with regular XP.

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