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 […]
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Low-cost PCs are new battlefield in Microsoft’s war on Linux
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 […]