News: Internet Explorer 9 will not support Windows XP
from Slashdot, 20 Mar 2010
"As it turns out, news this week is that the same features that made IE9's hardware-acceleration possible probably aren't compatible with Windows XP. Microsoft initially dodged giving a straight answer to the question of XP support but has since admitted that the new browser won't be XP-compatible when it launches. This has created a small tempest of protest from those users still using XP, but this is less of an arbitrary decision than some appear to think. It's literally impossible to port Windows Vista/Win 7-style hardware acceleration backwards to XP. Microsoft would have to either develop a workaround from scratch or create a CPU-driven 'software mode.'"
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Posted by Ted Mc at 22 Mar 2010, 3:32 PM 
Categories: Technology, Microsoft, News - Software, Internet, News
Tags: Windows XP Internet Explorer 9 technology News
Categories: Technology, Microsoft, News - Software, Internet, News
Tags: Windows XP Internet Explorer 9 technology News
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