According to WindowsForDevices, Microsoft’s Mobile and Embedded Devices Group has just released the final version of Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2. The latest release of the componentized version of Windows XP — targeting a wide range of embedded systems and devices — is now available for free download from Microsoft’s website. The free 120-day evaluation software kit comprises the entire product including binaries and tools, and can be used to develop, build, deploy, and test a target OS image in a real device.
Windows XP Embedded SP2 goes gold
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Is this installable on my iPaq? Or is it designed for some other application entirely? Obviously I’m not the target audience for WinXPe, but it would be nice to try out.
It’s always amused me how software seems to go “gold” before or just after it’s released, as if that’s supposed to be some kind of measure of popularity. All it says that a certain number of copies were pressed, not actually used. Marketing gimicks, big deal.
Uh.. who the hell uses the phrase as a measure of popularity? I think just about everyone knows that “going gold” means that the master copy is done and sent for duplication. I don’t know where you get this “supposed to be some kind of measure of popularity” from, you must’ve thought that one up yourself.
RE:OMG ‘Big Deal, you have Linux, !!!!, why tell us that? I don’t care’
RE:How Embedded
It will not run an iPaq as far as I know, it is designed for intel-based computers that need a minimal OS such as a kiosk computer or the computer you would see running a cash machine or supermarket checkout.
Well, this is how everyone would want Windows to, you being able to install everything down to a T. But its very difficult to install, you have learn things like creating the target image and so forth.
Its really meant for ATM’s, cash registers, small devices, that need the functionality of the Desktop Windows XP for specific applications.
Its still confusing to me.
It’s also fantastic for thin clients in a Windows 2003 Terminal Server (or Citrix) environment.
Congratulations to Microsoft. Despite the difficulties, they’ve extended the benefits of XPSP2 to their valued embedded customers.
Hopefully the obvious security benefits will win back some ill informed Linux embedded customers!
anyone know just HOW BIG the software is fully installed? WinXP requires something like 2.5GB to install.
What platforms (cpu types) does this support?
How much RAM is required to run the OS and 1 basic kiosk type application?
It’s always amused me how software seems to go “gold” before or just after it’s released, as if that’s supposed to be some kind of measure of popularity. All it says that a certain number of copies were pressed, not actually used. Marketing gimicks, big deal.
You are confusing the music industry term with the software industry term. In the music industry an album goes Gold when it sells a minimum number of copies. E.g., in the US an album must sell 500,000 copies to go gold.
In the software industry going gold means that the master copy of the software has been sent to manufacturing. It has nothing to do with how many copies are sold or how many copies are pressed.
“I don’t care. I have Linux.”
Sorry to hear that.
“I don’t care. I have Linux.”
“Hopefully the obvious security benefits will win back some ill informed Linux embedded customers!”
And the war has begun.
Anyhow I’m glad to see XPSP2 has finally gone gold.
‘Hopefully the obvious security benefits will win back some ill informed Linux embedded customers!’
Nah, don’t think so.
XPe requires a 700Mhz x86 cpu (yeah, just try it on a 300mhz cpu if you dare), is limited to x86 architectures, needs at least 128mb of RAM, and at least a 128MB flash module (although 256 and 512 seem to be more ‘common’). I wouldn’t call that ’embedded’. More like ‘restricted’.
Your embedded linux distro has none of these ‘limitations’. Heck, many non-embedded distros don’t have these limitations.
Microsoft should really call it what it is – XP for Small Form Factor Devices.