<a href="http://mediadl.microsoft.com/MediaDL/WWW/U/unlimitedpotential/WindowsXP_XOLaptop.wmv">http://mediadl.microsoft.com/MediaDL/WWW/U/unlimitedpotential/WindowsXP_XOLaptop.wmv</a> Seems like a much more responsive XP experience than I would have thought... <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Marco Pesenti Gritti <<a href="mailto:mpgritti@gmail.com">mpgritti@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/technology/16laptop.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/technology/16laptop.html?_r=1&oref=slogin</a> Marco <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:34 AM, <a href="mailto:info@olpc-peru.info">info@olpc-peru.info</a> <<a href="mailto:info@olpc-peru.info">info@olpc-peru.info</a>> wrote: > Nick Negroponte has said : > > "Open Firmware V2, the free and open source BIOS, is now capable of > running Linux, Microsoft Windows XP and other operating systems, and was > developed by Firmworks with support from OLPC. This will enable dual > boot of OLPC XO laptops with Microsoft Windows XP in addition to the > existing Fedora-based system and will become the standard > BIOS/bootloader for all XO systems when completed. With this "free > BIOS," the XO-1 continues to be the most open laptop hardware currently > available." > > This is totally different that we have been informed, the V2 version of the > BIOS is able to run a double boot.  Huge difference!!! > > Good or bad? Everyone has its own answer.  Now the XOs are a more > "general" tool, a broader range of happenings we will see. > > So... all the new 200,000 XOs that will come to Peru will come with this > new V2 Bios.  and the first 45,000 will be updated?  Or we have to > deal with a mixed enviroment? (no problem... just asking...) > > Best regards, > > Javier Rodriguez > Lima, Peru > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:Devel@lists.laptop.org">Devel@lists.laptop.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel</a> > </div></div>_______________________________________________ Its.an.education.project mailing list <a href="mailto:Its.an.education.project@tema.lo-res.org">Its.an.education.project@tema.lo-res.org</a> <a href="http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project" target="_blank">http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project</a> </blockquote></div>