"I'm a Mac user, but on my Mac I have multiple instances of Windows--XP, Vista, very old Windows stuff and the very latest stuff, like Windows Server 2008, " he says.
The migration tool supports migration from Windows XP to Windows Vista and Windows Vista to Windows XP-based computers.
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Last year, Microsoft was forced to release a bowdlerized version of its Windows XP software, later named Windows XP Home Edition N--the 'N' in the new name standing for "not with media player".
The OQO Model 02 crams a scaled-down keyboard and Windows XP into a one-pound gadget you can carry in your pocket.
With its Windows operating system platform, the company succeeded Windows 98 and Windows 2000 with Windows XP and then the oft-criticized Windows Vista.
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It runs on Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Windows XP and requires a PC with an Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Pentium 4 running at 1.3 gigahertz or higher, though a chip running at 2 Ghz or higher is recommended.
He just spent the past six years building a replica of the Cyan game's signature, Age-traveling link books that includes a full Windows XP PC with a 1.6GHz Atom, a 2-hour battery, a 5-inch touchscreen and every playable game from the Myst series stored on a CF card.
Think of how many corporate workers are still on a 10-year-old OS like Windows XP (raises hand).
Can you merge a fully loaded Windows XP PC with a Windows Mobile-powered smartphone without coming up with something so bulky, cumbersome and power-hungry that it doesn't work well as either?
Day-to-day, I find my old Windows XP machines, running equally old Microsoft and other applications, do everything I need done.
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Many small businesses are that way, while some larger ones are still loading newly-purchased PC hardware with a standardized Windows XP install.
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For instance, for all of 2010 and part of 2011, I was forced to use a 4-year-old Dell Latitude D630 laptop running Windows XP Pro for work.
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The Eee PC 900, introduced this month, comes with Windows XP and a larger, 8.9-inch display.
The news comes as the cut-off date for free mainstream support for Windows XP ends.
However, because of the difficulties with the migration process, end-users often resist upgrades and remain loyal to Windows XP, forcing IT departments to defend the move to Windows 7.
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The precious little 4.3-inch Windows CE 5.0 (the photo shows XP but whatever) clamshell's got a 533MHz Samsung 2442A CPU, 128MB of SDRAM, between 1GB and 4GB of flash memory, and a USB 2.0 port on top of a host of optional features (GPS, DVB-T digital TV, WiFi, the ability to tell you the future).
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Much advice on offer online suggests souping up the specification of a netbook so it can run Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, rather than the free, open-source Linux system that is offered as standard on many netbooks.
Just like Windows XP, Lindows initially sets the screen to a flickery, eye-busting 60Hz refresh rate.
After that's done, you should be staring at cleanly-installed, fully-functioning version of Vista, not once having set foot in Windows XP or 2000.
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Specs on this one are almost identical to the Samsung Q1, as the two devices share the same low voltage 900MHz Intel Celeron processor, 7-inch touchscreen, 512MB of RAM, and of course, Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system.
In mid-May the OLPC group unveiled a deal with Microsoft to put the Windows XP operating system on the XO.
Microsoft's hold on the personal-computer software market may not be at stake with its launch of Windows XP, but that does not mean there are not concerns.
Thousands of computers running Microsoft's Windows XP operating system were unable to connect to the internet after installing an anti-virus update.
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At startup XP displays an icon for Windows Messenger, Microsoft's knockoff of AOL's market-leading Instant Messenger.
If Microsoft will not delay the release of Windows XP, the New York senator said he wants some of the states involved in the anti-trust case to seek a court injunction to block its release.
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