One analyst wonders how the firm will convince customers to move to the newer OS if such visible chunks of Vista are available in older wares.
A feature mimicking Apple's "widgets" scheduled to appear in Microsoft's Windows Vista will also show in the current Windows XP operating system, a Vista product manager said.
According to Sean Alexander, a group product manager with the Redmond, Wash.-based developer, the so-called "gadgets" in Vista will be produced for Windows XP as well.
"Gadgets will be available on XP -- officially," he wrote on his blog.
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