The HP Slate 500 is a Windows 7 tablet with an 8.9 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1.86 GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor. When the tablet hit the streets in 2010, HP sold it for $799 and up. But now you can grab one from B&H for under $500. HP doesn’t actually offer this model anymore. Instead…

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For the last 15 years or so, Microsoft Windows has been coming on CDs or DVDs. But it’s increasingly common to find computers that don’t have disc drives. So how do you install Windows on those computers? Microsoft offers a free USB/DVD tool which you can use to easily create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7 or Windows…

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So you want to take Windows 8 for a spin on a computer that doesn’t have a disc drive? Not a problem. While Microsoft has only released a disc image of Windows 8 Developer Preview, you can use the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool to install Windows 8 without a disc drive. I touched on this yesterday when I discussed installing…

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Last night Microsoft made the first developer preview version of Windows 8 available for download from dev.windows.com. As of this morning, CEO Steve Ballmer says the operating system has been downloaded more than 500,000 times. That certainly shows there’s a lot of interest in Microsoft’s new operating system. This is still an early version that’s been released for testing purposes…

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Windows 7 Starter Edition is a low cost version of Microsoft’s latest desktop and notebook operating system which the company makes available to netbook makers. Under the hood there’s really not much difference between Windows 7 Starter and higher priced versions of the operating system. But in order to create a different value proposition, Microsoft has left out a few…

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Windows Phone 7 is nice and all… but if you’ve ever wished your phone could run a full-blown desktop operating system, you might want to get yourself over to Japan. On July 23rd Fujitsu will begin selling a smartphone running Windows 7 Home Premium. The Fujitsu F-07C measures 4.9″ x 2.4″ x 0.8″ and weighs less than half a pound….

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Sure, Windows Phone 7 is designed to run on handheld devices, but have you ever wished you could avoid talking to someone by claiming your phone had a BSOD crash? Well Fujitsu may be fixing to make your dreams come true. The folks at Pocketables found a scanned spec sheet on a Chinese web site for a new device called…

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Microsoft has released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 today. You can download the service pack through Windows 7, or you can grab it from the Microsoft Download Center. Most of the changes are security patches and bug fixes. But you actually probably already have most of those if you’ve kept Windows Update running on your Windows 7 machine. Service Pack…

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Are dual-boot Windows and Android tablets not enough for you? Then you might want to check out the Evolve III Maestro tablet, which lets you choose between three operating systems at boot. The Maestro can handle Windows 7, Google Android, and MeeGo Linux. The upcoming tablet has an Intel Atom N475 CPU (although a dual core Oak Trail update may…

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Motion Computing has been in the Windows tablet game for many years, and they’ve got a history of building devices for demanding environments. Their new Oak Trail tablet is the latest in Motion’s line of rugged tablet computers. Inside the new model you’ll find an Atom Z670 processor, 1 or 2GB of RAM, 30/62/128GB SSD, 10″, 1366×768 display, 802.11 a/b/g/n…

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Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph was lucky enough to score some hands-on time with the ASUS EP121 tablet prior to CES, and he’s posted his experience from the past fortnight over at the Windows Experience Blog.The EP121 sports packs some pretty serious hardware into its 2/3 inch frame: and Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM, a 64GB SSD, and . Its…

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The Airis Slimpad is almost a very interesting tablet, but it falls short in a couple areas. Still, there’s plenty to like about the device. It’s got a spacious 11.6″ 1366×768 pixel capacitive display, 32GB SSD, Mini HDMI out, Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and Windows 7. Now for the shortfalls. For a CPU, the Slimpad packs an Intel Atom…

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