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Thuinking about hardware costs, too.
You wrote, correctly, that there wouldn't be a big cost difference between top tier OEM costs for either XP starter or XP home.
But if XP starter can run on lower capability hardware than is required for XP home, then we could see very cheap Windows machines.

I'm guessing that Windows imposes certain hardware demands that put a floor on pc costs. Remove those requirements, get Windows pc's for less than $300. I suspect that's why WalMart is carrying a Linux machine.

XP starter was made to go on cheap machines for poor people. From that, I'm guessing the hardware requirements are lower.

If there's nothing missing most users need, why shouldn't Microsoft obtain what's essentially a new market?
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 09/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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One correction  Roger Ramjet | 09/29/04
And that matters how?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/29/04
because ms forces oems to bundle  V Sanders | 09/29/04
Thats Wrong  anon_engr | 09/29/04
Now how about selling it in the US?  alterego_z | 09/29/04
Um, they do.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/29/04
Thuinking about hardware costs, too.  Anton Philidor | 09/29/04
And if that is the case ...  George Mitchell | 09/29/04
re: Um they do.  Iain_Peters | 09/30/04
Would XP starter be enough for most home users?  Anton Philidor | 09/29/04
Enough  Roger Ramjet | 09/29/04
3 spyware applications running would do it  V Sanders | 09/29/04
Not if they load on start-up  Anton Philidor | 09/29/04
would be easy then, have all your apps start on startup  V Sanders | 09/29/04
If they have kids...  Linux User 147560 | 09/29/04
Good point  Anton Philidor | 09/29/04
This product will provide a good competitor for Linux ...  George Mitchell | 09/29/04
Ofcourse  michael-t | 09/29/04
Very Good  Paco20 | 09/29/04
only if ms allows oems to offer the choice  V Sanders | 09/29/04
OMG 800x600 max res! LOL (NT)  STFU NOOB | 09/29/04
Will not affect other OSes  CobraA1 | 09/29/04

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