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 As was made clear in the proceedings before the President of the Court of First Instance, the new versions will be priced the same as Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional, respectively.
[June 27, 2005, 17:15]
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. The new retail box for the software includes an explanation of what the N stands for, noting...
[June 9, 2005, 10:20]
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]
AMD Athlon 64: The Benchmarks review
Reviews Intel distributed samples of the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition to selected members of the press at IDF, for comparative testing purposes against the Athlon 64. Pentium 4 Extreme Edition So fast that Intel was compelled to announce the Pentium 4 Extreme...
[September 25, 2003, 16:35]
Media Player-less Windows Finally Named
Talkback Windows XP Professional Edition N. Do they even realize that shortens to: WinXP ProN? Of course, one has to be geeky enough to know, and admit to knowing, what "pron" means.
[March 30, 2005, 20:37]
PC Vendors Snub Antitrust Altered Windows
News At this time, HP has no plans to support Windows XP Professional Edition N on commercial notebooks in 2005," said an HP spokesman. Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens all claimed to have no firm plans to install Windows XP N, citing a...
[June 15, 2005, 14:35]
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. Most tests were carried out under Windows XP...
[March 3, 2005, 11:00]
Dual Core Shoot-out: Intel Versus AMD review
Reviews Performance results from each company's top-of-the-range model -- the Athlon 64 X2 4800+ and Pentium Extreme Edition (Pentium EE) 840 -- are also presented. In the case of the Pentium Extreme Edition 840, the program must be started twice to get...
[November 2, 2005, 23:00]
