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watmough on Aug 3, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows 8 to feature stripped-down kernel, built-i...

They already have a lightweight core running, they've reduced usage for idle machines, and they've had vx in server versions for ages.

Hopefully it will stay, at least in the higher end consumer packages at least. Definitely looking forward to Windows 8.

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