Microsoft: We are NOT working on a dual-boot XO laptop

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You know how yesterday we brought you news that Microsoft and OLPC were working on a way to dual boot Windows and Linux on the XO laptop? Yeah, despite the fact that the news came right from OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte, it was nothing but lies. Or perhaps an exaggeration. Or a misunderstanding. Anyway, it wasn’t quite accurate, at

least according to Microsoft.

Microsoft has released a statement that basically says the company has looked into the possibility of a dual boot XO laptop in the past, but there are currently no plans for such a system. Rather, Microsoft will publish guidelines soon for running Windows from a removable flash card.

Of course, you could compose the case that whether Windows is […]

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