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To: StanX Long who wrote (54748)10/28/2001 3:43:29 AM
From: StanX Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 70976
 
PC makers hope for XP boost

Will Windows XP send consumers to sleep?

by BBC News Online's Tim Weber at the Windows XP launch event in London
Microsoft can move markets.

Six years ago, when the company launched its Windows 95 operating system, queues formed at computer shops around the world and personal computer sales surged as consumers raced to get systems capable of dealing with the much improved but resource-hungry software.

news.bbc.co.uk