Yep, read the review of the product on either PC Mag or PC
World, don't remember which now. The blurb was that it was
for work-stations that a large company wants to update for
security reasons without having to do hardware upgrades.
From Google news...
Microsoft's Eiger To Let Old Systems Keep on Ticking
CIO Today, CA - May 13, 2005
.... Microsoft will offer Windows XP "lite" software,
code-named "Eiger," to enterprise customers that want to
squeeze a little more use out of old hardware ...
Microsoft to Release a Thin-Client Windows XP
Slashdot - Apr 18, 2005
.... is about to release (don't know exactly when) two new
versions of Windows XP targeting the thin-client market
(This products ARE NOT the Lite XP versions that
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in message | Now that I didn't know! So it's really a thin client for
industry - not for
| home use.
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| --
| Regards,
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| Richard Urban
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| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
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| If you knew as much as you think you know,
| You would realize that you don't know what you thought you
knew!
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in message
| | > The big key is that the XP Lite OS will not support
OFFICE
| > or other local apps, it is intended for LANs with server
| > based applications.
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| >
| > | > | here is an article discribing the new lite version of
| > windows XP
| > | for older systems
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1815438,00.asp
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