Microsoft Updates Windows XP N
News The new retail box for the software includes an explanation of what the N stands for, noting in a starburst box that XP Home Edition N means "Not with Windows Media Player. Microsoft had originally wanted to call the software "Reduced Media Edition...
[June 9, 2005, 10:20]
Media Player-less Windows Finally Named
News The product, which Microsoft had wanted to be called Windows XP Reduced Media Edition, will now be known as either Windows XP Home Edition N or Windows XP Professional Edition N. Among other options Microsoft suggested were Windows XP Not...
[March 29, 2005, 8:55]
Pricing Scuppers Media Player-free XP
News Microsoft initially tried to call XP N the 'Reduced Media Edition', but this was rejected by the EU because it sounded inferior. The European Commission's attempt to increase competition by forcing Microsoft to offer a version of Windows XP without...
[June 27, 2005, 17:15]
EC Awaits Microsoft's Full Antitrust Compliance
News Last week Microsoft agreed to call the unbundled product either Windows XP Home Edition N or Windows XP Professional Edition N, rather than Windows XP Reduced Media Edition - Microsoft's original suggestion.
[April 4, 2005, 17:15]
Vista's Six Versions Finalised
News On top of the initial Home and Professional editions, Microsoft later added a 64-bit version of XP Pro and Windows XP Starter Edition, as well as the Tablet PC and Media Center editions. Media Center Edition, for example, was a tiny niche product...
[February 27, 2006, 10:30]
