The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Windows without media player is sales bust, Microsoft says

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Windows without media player is sales bust, Microsoft says: "No computer maker has shipped a PC or laptop with the media player-free Windows XP N version, which is available only in Europe. 'Not a single one,' Bellis told the 13 judges. Some 90 percent of Windows sales come from being pre-installed on computers when they are sold.
XP N sales represent 0.005 percent of overall XP sales in Europe, Microsoft told the court, and many of the copies produced may remain unsold."