Ten years ago today Microsoft released Windows XP. And around the world, millions of people are still running the aging operating system on desktop, laptop, and tablet computers even though Microsoft stopped selling Windows XP directly to consumers a few years ago. You could probably make a case that Windows XP changed the way we think about operating systems. Or…

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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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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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[/caption] Acer is expected to show off a new dual boot netbook at a trade show in Taiwan net month. Like an earlier Acer Aspire One D250 netbook, the new Acer Aspire One AOD255 will reportedly ship with both Windows XP and Google Android, allowing users to boot into either operaitng system. The netbook will sell in Taiwan for the…

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Windows XP really is turning into the operating system that won’t die. The decade-old OS should have gone the way of the dodo a few times already. But while you can’t walk into most computer shops and walk out with a new-in-box Windows XP installation disk today, there are still a few ways to get the operating system. For a few…

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Tablets with 7 inch displays are a dime a dozen these days — in China, anyway. A cellphones with 7 inch screens, on the other hand… there’s something you don’t see every day. In fact, I’m still not entirely sure I’m looking at one, even though the 7 inch P72 can make phone calls. That’s because it also runs Windows…

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The Apple iPad is the first blockbuster tablet computer. While companies have been pumping out Windows tablets for the last 10 years or so, none has gotten as much attention as the iPad, and while I don’t have the sales numbers, I’m not aware of any other model that sold 300,000 units on the first day either. And Apple’s success…

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Wandering the show floor at CeBIT in Germany, jkkmobile stumbled across 2 nice looking tablet computers from DPT. Both feature 7 inch displays, but one model has a 1024 x 600 pixel display and runs Windows 7 while the other is a Windows XP tablet with a lower resolution 800 x 480 pixel display. The Windows 7 version has a…

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The NorhTec Gecko Edubook is one of the most innovative netbooks around when it comes to hardware design. It runs on rechargeable AA batteries, making it easy to find replacements pretty much anywhere in the world. The OS and all the data is stored on an SD card, making it easy to upgrade. And the CPU and RAM are on…

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The NorhTec Gecko Edubook is unlike pretty much any other netbook on the market right now. Sure, it has an 8.9 inch. 1024 x 600 pixel display and a small keyboard. But it has an unusual 1GHz XCore86 CPU which can be popped out and easily replaced. The entire OS runs from an internal SD card, which is also removable….

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[/caption] The Asus Eee PC 1000H was one of the company’s first 10 inch netbooks. I picked one up in August, 2008 and I’m still using it. The Eee PC 1000H may not be as thin or light as some newer netbooks, and it doesn’t get quite as much battery life as newer Asus models. But you know what? It…

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It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Microsoft is more than ready to bury Windows XP. The operating system is nearly a decade old, after all, and the company would clearly rather have users buy shiny new machines with Windows 7. Windows XP would have retired a few years ago, but Microsoft pulled it out of the vault when it…

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