Notebooks came in from the cold with Windows 2000. After the desktop-only orientation of Windows NT, Windows 2000 finally provided notebooks with a robust, protected memory-model operating system that ...

Windows XP, and why you should ditch it. Regardless of which computer publication you are reading, or which family members you’re rubbing shoulders with, the chances are you’ve come across the ...

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The MiLeap will run Windows XP Home and features a 7-inch TFT LCD touch screen, which can also be rotated to convert the notebook into a tablet PC. This dual functionality makes it versatile for ...

The end is nigh for Windows XP, and Best Buy is hoping to make some sales off of that. The electronics retailer will offer users of the the aged operating system $100 credit toward new computers when ...

Get less, pay more-- that's been the rule for ultralight notebooks whose price and size are inversely proportional. Miniaturizing state of the art components (or nearly state of the art) costs money ...

Microsoft has today announced an agreement with the One Laptop per Child that will see its Windows XP operating system appear on the OLPC's low-cost XO laptops as soon as next month. Though the ...

GearLog, a blog associated with Digital Life has begun benchmarking Intel Macs running Windows XP to compare the machines to PCs running on similar hardware. Amusingly, the MacBook Pro's score for ...

Microsoft has issued a software patch that will reanimate frozen notebook PCs running Windows XP. The patch, according to Microsoft's Web site, resolves a problem affecting notebooks based on Intel's ...