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12-May-05, 03:32 PM

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nev_payne

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Webimbows: Windows Starter Edition wont run on Athlon/P4.

And nothing above Duron, Via, Celeron, etc etc...the edition of XP set to released June, costs $35 for manufacturers but will not be availible to the public. Seems a waste really, what with about 6 versions out already. The version is intended for the Indian and Eastern market where the economy requires lower costs for affordability.

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	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. "When you try to load it onto a Pentium 4 machine, it gets to the processor ID and stops functioning," said P.R. Lakshmanan, senior vice president of Zenith Computers in Mumbai, India, who tried it as an experiment. Zenith is one of India's larger local PC makers. Starter Edition for India won't be released publicly until June.

LINKAGE HERE to CNet.

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