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Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News The low-end Windows XP Starter Edition will continue to be available in emerging markets until 30 June 2010. Not only does the date mark the departure of Bill Gates but another epoch is also really coming to an end - that of Windows XP. [16 Jun 2008]
How to give tech to those on less than $1 a day
Comment But this tends to affect those on more formal licence agreements or in more affluent areas, whereas for qualifying governments purchasing Windows-based PCs, Partners in Learning provides a full stack of Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and... [07 Feb 2008]
Microsoft extends Windows XP's lifeline
News Microsoft also plans to keep XP on retail shelves longer and will allow computer makers in emerging markets to build machines with Windows XP Starter Edition until June 2010. Bowing to pressure from customers and computer makers, Microsoft plans to... [28 Sep 2007]
Microsoft goes low-cost in India
News The IQ PC comes on top of that program, as well as existing low-cost PC efforts in India, including Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition, a version of Windows that is sold on new PCs in emerging markets. [28 Jun 2007]
Gates targeting "the next five billion" PC users
News The collection of software, which will start shipping in the second half of this year, includes Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and Student 2007, Windows Live Mail Desktop and several educational products. [19 Apr 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Windows Vista
Cheat Sheet The sixth version of Vista is a Starter edition for PCs in emerging markets. There are six versions of Vista, including an Ultimate edition combining the best of the enterprise and consumer features. Also high-profile security flaws and weaknesses... [28 Nov 2006]
Pre-PDC Exclusive: Windows Vista Product Editions Revealed
White Paper Microsoft plans two general Vista edition categories, which map closely to the two that exist for Windows XP (XP Home Edition, which includes XP Starter, Home, and Media Center Editions, and XP Professional Edition, which includes XP Pro, Pro x64... [14 Nov 2006]
Vista to get no-frills Windows' features
News Microsoft is sprinkling some features from Windows XP Starter Edition into Windows Vista, the next generation of its operating system. The software maker plans to take the video help feature in XP Starter, which is geared to PC users in emerging... [09 Oct 2006]
Web blunder leaks Vista price tag
News The software maker announced in February it plans to sell six versions of Windows Vista, including Vista Starter, which will be sold only on new PCs in emerging markets. The posting indicates that the Home Basic edition of Windows Vista will be... [29 Aug 2006]
Microsoft shows off mobile-PC prototype
News The company is also testing its Windows XP Starter Edition, a slimmed-down version of the desktop OS that is sold in some emerging markets on new, low-cost PCs. Reported sales for Starter Edition have been modest. [31 Jul 2006]
Microsoft trumpets pay-as-you-go PCs
News The company has offered a lower-priced operating system option - its stripped-down Windows XP Starter Edition - as part of low-cost PC programmes across the globe. But while Starter is aimed at people who may never have used a computer, Microsoft... [22 May 2006]
Microsoft settles on six versions of Vista
News Vista Starter is similar to the starter edition of Windows XP. Microsoft also plans a Vista Starter edition that will be sold only on new PCs in emerging markets. XP Starter was limited to three applications running simultaneously, each with no... [27 Feb 2006]
First English version of stripped-down XP released
News Microsoft has brought out the first multilingual version of its stripped down Windows XP Starter Edition. The multilingual Indian XP is expected to be available from early next year and follows the initial introduction of the Starter Edition into... [23 Sep 2005]
Cut price Windows: 100,000 copies sold
News Microsoft said it has sold 100,000 copies of its Windows XP Starter Edition, the first indication of the popularity of the low-cost operating system. The sales figure is the first time the company has addressed how many people are buying Starter... [29 Jul 2005]
Microsoft offers stripped-down Windows to Mexico
News Microsoft is expanding its Windows XP Starter Edition to include Mexico, with plans to eventually offer the low-cost operating system throughout Latin America. The software maker said the Spanish-language Windows XP Starter Edition will be made... [29 Jun 2005]
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