Topic: Windows for India, others won't run on faster chips
radiorahim
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 2777
posted 14 May 2005 08:11 PM
The Windows XP "starter" edition which is being marketed in third world countries (to combat the threat from Linux) apparently won't work on PC's with Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon CPU's.
It'll only work on Intel Celeron, AMD Duron, Geode and Via CPU's (the "budget" CPU's).
I guess this will lead to the continued growth of Linux