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Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.
Microsoft's new Windows XP--at least the beta builds I've been playing with--combines the best of Windows 2000 with what I like about Windows Me, and then goes a step further. And this is good.
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