Comments on: OLPC – Microsoft Using XP – Why Not Vista? http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/12/10/olpc-microsoft-using-xp-why-not-vista/ Technology News, Reviews & How-To Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/12/10/olpc-microsoft-using-xp-why-not-vista/#comment-50933 Ron Schenone Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:21:51 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/12/10/olpc-microsoft-using-xp-why-not-vista/#comment-50933 Hi Aryeh, The spec's on the OLPC computer are here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification#Specifications It should be interesting to see if even XP can be trimmed down enough to run on the OLPC system. :-) Regards, Ron Hi Aryeh,
The spec’s on the OLPC computer are here:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification#Specifications

It should be interesting to see if even XP can be trimmed down enough to run on the OLPC system. :-)

Regards, Ron

]]> By: Aryeh Goretsky http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/12/10/olpc-microsoft-using-xp-why-not-vista/#comment-50932 Aryeh Goretsky Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:43:27 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/12/10/olpc-microsoft-using-xp-why-not-vista/#comment-50932 Hello, I'm not familiar with the OLPC, but does it meet (or come very close to meeting) the minimum system requirements for Windows Vista? If not, then it makes sense for Microsoft to promote an older operating system which is going to give a better experience on that platform, doesn't it? Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Hello,

I’m not familiar with the OLPC, but does it meet (or come very close to meeting) the minimum system requirements for Windows Vista? If not, then it makes sense for Microsoft to promote an older operating system which is going to give a better experience on that platform, doesn’t it?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

]]> By: AMD Talk » OLPC - Microsoft Using XP - Why Not Vista? http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/12/10/olpc-microsoft-using-xp-why-not-vista/#comment-50931 AMD Talk » OLPC - Microsoft Using XP - Why Not Vista? Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:56:24 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/12/10/olpc-microsoft-using-xp-why-not-vista/#comment-50931 [...] Chris wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDuring the past week or so, there have been many articles posted about Microsoft and their efforts to use a slimmed down version of XP to run on the OLPC [One Laptop Per Child] computers. But one question that hasn’t been answered is … [...] [...] Chris wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDuring the past week or so, there have been many articles posted about Microsoft and their efforts to use a slimmed down version of XP to run on the OLPC [One Laptop Per Child] computers. But one question that hasn’t been answered is … [...]

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