Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 13th Mar 2006 22:00 UTC
Microsoft has delayed a special slimmed-down version of Windows XP for legacy PCs, which is based on the Windows Embedded code base. The Redmond company had expected to make the operating system available to Software Assurance customers this month, but now says Windows Fundamentals will ship 'in late 2006.' Windows Fundamentals can run on older machines that do not support XP while providing the same level of security.
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2005-06-29
Normally I would agree with you but there are some cases where that doesn't work.
For example I take care of the family's computers and one of the machines that's a legacy piece of hardware is an old AST Pentium 100 Mhz laptop. Even this version of Windows might not run on it, but then neither will Linux any more because the only working X11 drivers for it were dumped years ago. It's too bad really, but you can't make family upgrade, the machine runs Windows 98 fine and I'm happy with those circumstances. Even if it isn't running Linux the person using the laptop is responsible enough that it doesn't need much maintenance beyond working around the odd few reoccuring Win98 Bugs.