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Microsoft Readies Internet Explorer Beta

Posted August 13, 2010 9:13 AM

From PC World:

Microsoft on Thursday announced it will release a public beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) on September 15, a little less than five weeks from now. Only a minority of Windows users will be able to try the beta, however. IE9 will not work on Windows XP, the aged operating system that powers nearly 68% of all PCs running Windows. The new browser requires either Windows Vista or Windows 7 .

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Re: Microsoft Readies Internet Explorer Beta

08/15/2010 3:27 AM

"IE9 will not work on Windows XP"

That's good news for XP users, I believe. at least the automatic updates won't work for this bloated browser.
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Re: Microsoft Readies Internet Explorer Beta

08/15/2010 4:37 PM

The new browser requires either Windows Vista or Windows 7 .

This is a good news, and as for working on windows xp, I dont think we even need to have any better browser than Internet Explorer 8. Xp is complete in this matter.

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