Liliputing » ulpc http://liliputing.com Compact Computing Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:12:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Microsoft starts to offer Windows XP ULPC licenses http://liliputing.com/2008/08/microsoft-starts-to-offer-windows-xp-ulpc-licenses.html http://liliputing.com/2008/08/microsoft-starts-to-offer-windows-xp-ulpc-licenses.html#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:02:54 +0000 Brad Linder http://www.liliputing.com/?p=816 A few months ago Microsoft announced it would allow makers of ultra low cost PCs or ULPCs to continue offering Windows XP even though the company is trying to retire the operating system. In order to qualify, a computer needs to meet pretty strict requirements. It needs to have a slow processor, relatively small hard drive, and no more than...

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]]> http://liliputing.com/2008/08/microsoft-starts-to-offer-windows-xp-ulpc-licenses.html/feed 19 Low-cost PCs are new battlefield in Microsoft’s war on Linux http://liliputing.com/2008/05/low-cost-pcs-are-new-battlefield-in.html http://liliputing.com/2008/05/low-cost-pcs-are-new-battlefield-in.html#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 18:25:00 +0000 Brad Linder http://localhost/wordpress/2008/05/low-cost-pcs-are-new-battlefield-in-microsofts-war-on-linux.html There are three things that separate low cost ultraportables like the Eee PC from higher end laptop computers. They're small, lightweight, and cheap. In order to keep cheap in that equation, computers makers like Asus are turning to Linux, the open source operating system that you can install and run on most computers without paying any licensing fees. And while...

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