Comments on: Microsoft announces extended availability of Windows XP for ULCPCs

By: Omni Belkin

Omni Belkin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:43:27 +0000

WinFLP is lightning fast on modern CPUs, so i used WinFLP on my AMD Athlon XP 2800+. But the the only drawback is that you have to format your drive if you want to install it.

WinFLP runs efficiently and optimizedly for order systems, but lightning fast for fast CPUs.

Is there a way to install WinFLP without formating the Hard Drive ?

By: Fundamental

Fundamental — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:46:17 +0000

I use Windows FLP, and I replaced my from-the-green-box-with-the-folder-that-slides-off-your-lap-while-typing-a-pesky-product-key XP Home Edition with this. It works perfectly, except it came with much less bloat, like pictures of flowers and a horrible image editor.

By: Soeren P

Soeren P — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:49:34 +0000

I have just downloaded WinFLP from the MS licensing site and will try it this weekend. No problem downloading the core WinFLP iso, but there are 5 language packs. Can anybody point me in the right direction of what languages each pack includes? Cant seem to find it with google…

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:24:19 +0000

Think XPlite with SP2, but official Microsoft release and further stripped.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:42:52 +0000

Leonardo, that’s interesting. I wasn’t aware that WinFLP supports these relatively modern technologies. I just read that its capabilities are limited, especially when it comes to gaming.

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:21:01 +0000

@Michael:
I’ve ran WinFLP on my machine for about a week or so, I was troubleshooting and did not want my Vista install fubared. DirectX 9 games worked fine (WoW and a couple others) and my USB bluetooth adapter worked without problems…
One “catch” with WinFLP is: If you do not do a complete install, DirectX ends up broken.

I do agree with you that W7, like Vista, will bring more native support for more “exotic” hardware and technologies, but I would not hesitate to run WinFLP on a lower-powered PC that oculdn’t handle Vista…

Just when Vista is running nicely and I have the kinks worked out, here comes W7 and yet another format at Beta 1.

Now, I’m off to the bar (To work, then drink )

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:12:00 +0000

I am not sure if WinFLP is really an option for those modern UMPCs. For example, you need advanced networking features (Wi-Fi, 3G, Blutooth etc.) on them. Besides, the point is that an UMPC is a full-blown PC, i.e. it has no limitations. So you can run every kind for app that works on a desktop or on a laptop. How about games on a WinFLP machine?

I wouldn’t say they neglected UCOPCs (I like that term ) I mean they released WinFLP just two years ago. I think they neglected the market for UMPCs. That’s why they have to extend the availability of Windows XP. The success of the Asus eeEPC shows that there is a lot of money to make with ultraportable computers.

Maybe this market is even more interesting than the one for smart phones. My (wild) guess is that Microsoft will solve this problem with Windows 7. Thanks to advanced componentization it will probably run on every kind of hardware. Maybe even on Pocket PCs.

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:19:50 +0000

WinFLP would do a better job on these ultraportables, I’ve ran it in some pretty crappy, ram-deficient machines, for example: a P3-800, with 128M and it performed admirably…
I think MS is overlooking that market segment, the UCOPC (Ultra-Crappy Old PC) platform.