Microsoft Updates Windows XP N
News Microsoft had originally wanted to call the software "Reduced Media Edition," but changed it in March to Windows XP N after European regulators objected. Microsoft also said it will make available from its Web site a media pack that will restore...
[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. As was made clear in the proceedings before the President of the Court of First Instance, the new versions will be...
[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]
Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660 review
Reviews However, at the beginning of February Microsoft made Release Candidate 2 of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition available to testers, and the final version is due to ship at the beginning of April. There is a beta version of Microsoft .NET...
[March 3, 2005, 11:00]
