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hello
AMD is shipping the PIC computer soon -
i was wondering if anyone has used this "winxp extender" that they speak of
?
( lets you run winxp programs!)
will it work on a Dell Axim pda ?
-

http://www.pocketpctools.com/modul [...] &sid2=1444

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Don't think so, they intend it to be a stand-alone computer.
So my guess the internal 'extender' will be proprietary software
unique to that device, since it has a harddrive and -much- more
RAM than a PPC. (RAM that is most likely not shared as memory for
running programs/storing user data.)


~S.





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> will it work on a Dell Axim pda ?





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ACE!!! wrote:
> Don't think so, they intend it to be a stand-alone computer.
> So my guess the internal 'extender' will be proprietary software
> unique to that device, since it has a harddrive and -much- more
> RAM than a PPC. (RAM that is most likely not shared as memory for
> running programs/storing user data.)
>
More importantly AMD's PIC has an x86 CPU. Since there's no Windows XP
software compiled to run on ARM, the extender wouldn't actually be of any
use on a PDA with an ARM CPU.

Tony

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I thought it was to good to be true
-
microsoft should make a a version of winxp for pocket pc ?



"Tony A." <you.dont@need.to.know> wrote in message
news:6CMkd.53$%l6.51@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
> ACE!!! wrote:
>> Don't think so, they intend it to be a stand-alone computer.
>> So my guess the internal 'extender' will be proprietary software
>> unique to that device, since it has a harddrive and -much- more
>> RAM than a PPC. (RAM that is most likely not shared as memory for
>> running programs/storing user data.)
>>
> More importantly AMD's PIC has an x86 CPU. Since there's no Windows XP
> software compiled to run on ARM, the extender wouldn't actually be of any
> use on a PDA with an ARM CPU.
>
> Tony
>
>

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No..the OEMs need to make a pocketable device that runs WinXP. That might
actually happen. There are some very close options already. OQO, Flipstart,
Sony's U750P. If MS were to squeeze XP into the RAM/ROM typical of a PPC,
I'll be wearing a hat and raingear outside, because pigs are flying.

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"cz" <cromezulu@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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> I thought it was to good to be true
> -
> microsoft should make a a version of winxp for pocket pc ?
>
>
>
> "Tony A." <you.dont@need.to.know> wrote in message
> news:6CMkd.53$%l6.51@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
> > ACE!!! wrote:
> >> Don't think so, they intend it to be a stand-alone computer.
> >> So my guess the internal 'extender' will be proprietary software
> >> unique to that device, since it has a harddrive and -much- more
> >> RAM than a PPC. (RAM that is most likely not shared as memory for
> >> running programs/storing user data.)
> >>
> > More importantly AMD's PIC has an x86 CPU. Since there's no Windows XP
> > software compiled to run on ARM, the extender wouldn't actually be of
any
> > use on a PDA with an ARM CPU.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
>
>

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Not to mention that the batteries necessary to power an x86 for any
reasonable amount of time are a little heavy. Which only makes it that much
more difficult for pigs with PDAs to fly.

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