Sorry m8 but intel atom based processors do not support virtualization. All Windows XP mode is XP in a VM connected via RDP to the host
my notebook is Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5450 • 1.67 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB video is NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS but still can't figure out why it won't let me run
Not totally true. XP Mode only comes with XP Pro, but you can run almost any OS in it. I've had XP, Vista and SVR2008 running in it, i've got Ubuntu 9.04 installed, but i'm still sorting out.
It's a NETBOOK, not a laptop/notebook. They're meant to be cheap, low weight (and low powered) portable computers designed for casual use.. for things like the interNET.