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Thumbs up for Windows XP
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/07...r_windows_xp/1
You may have heard of Linux on a thumbdrive, but what about WinXP? Fred Langa over at InformationWeek walks through the steps of putting a bootable copy of Windows XP on your thumb drive. 
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26th Jul 2007, 09:12
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seems a bit excessive to me, i'd probably go with just apps on a stick.
there's also the issue of licensing of course - is windows legal on a stick?
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26th Jul 2007, 09:20
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This is such old news
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26th Jul 2007, 09:30
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26th Jul 2007, 09:40
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even the linked article is dated Jan 2006 But yeah... its innovative, interesting and useful, and I understand your enthusiasm to share it with us. Btw, DamnSmallLinux if you want a Pc on a USB drive |
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26th Jul 2007, 09:59
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Considering memory capacity/price now though, you'd be bad not to run a full OS imo
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26th Jul 2007, 11:07
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has it not been said however that the high I/O cycles of a page file, let alone a full OS, can (sorry for the pun) write off a flash drive in a day or so of use?
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26th Jul 2007, 12:14
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I know its old but still, there will be people who dont know about it.
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26th Jul 2007, 14:28
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dsl for the win.
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26th Jul 2007, 14:54
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What most interests me about this is the write cycle life issue. If XP can be persuaded not to write to its boot drive, then great. Otherwise this is all a spectacular waste of time. I'd love to be able to make completely solid state PCs booting from flash and running XP.
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