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Windows XP on OLPC XO Laptop Now Official

By Adrian Covert on May 16, 2008 at 10:10 AM

Microsoft has officially announced that Windows XP is coming to the OLPC XO with trial runs beginning as early as June. This comes after months of discussion and speculation of when the move would happen. The operating system has been specially modified to run on the computer and support its ebook reading mode, writing pad and camera. And according to the press release, the plan is to have both Windows and Linux running on the machines, to let users decide what’s best.

The XP operating system will come preloaded on an additional 2GB flash chip, offering 3GB of storage space total (1.5 usable after OS install). Widespread distribution of the machines is expected to happen in August of September. Check out the video demo below. [Microsoft]

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