The OQO Model 02 crams a scaled-down keyboard and Windows XP into a one-pound gadget you can carry in your pocket.
Can you merge a fully loaded Windows XP PC with a Windows Mobile-powered smartphone without coming up with something so bulky, cumbersome and power-hungry that it doesn't work well as either?
He just spent the past six years building a replica of the Cyan game's signature, Age-traveling link books that includes a full Windows XP PC with a 1.6GHz Atom, a 2-hour battery, a 5-inch touchscreen and every playable game from the Myst series stored on a CF card.
According to the the document, titled "The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program Rev. 2.1, " Vista machines purchased from participating vendors after July 1st will be eligible for an upgrade to the new OS, whenever it comes out -- in a similar manner to the XP - Vista switchover.
It runs on Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Windows XP and requires a PC with an Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Pentium 4 running at 1.3 gigahertz or higher, though a chip running at 2 Ghz or higher is recommended.
From there, you can install virtual versions of almost any other operating system--be it an old copy of Window's XP or a fresh copy of the latest Linux-based Ubuntu release.
From what we can tell, it's basically a PC-based DVR (running on XP Home, rather than Media Center) that ships with a base unit and two remote boxes that can be connected via Ethernet.
The device will run for about three hours in XP mode and 8-12 hours as a smartphone, and is targeted at execs and salespeople who want to travel light.
The Eee PC 900, introduced this month, comes with Windows XP and a larger, 8.9-inch display.
Finding every little hidden secret and bit of XP scattered throughout the world made for a well-deserved break from all the chaos.
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Many small businesses are that way, while some larger ones are still loading newly-purchased PC hardware with a standardized Windows XP install.
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The PC side will run XP Tablet Edition, on a 1.5GHz Via C7-M processor, while the smartphone will run Windows Mobile 5.0.
Just like Windows XP, Lindows initially sets the screen to a flickery, eye-busting 60Hz refresh rate.
Think of how many corporate workers are still on a 10-year-old OS like Windows XP (raises hand).
It also has some quirks when playing the new media, as it has to launch a separate application outside of XP Media Center to play the Blu-ray discs.
For instance, for all of 2010 and part of 2011, I was forced to use a 4-year-old Dell Latitude D630 laptop running Windows XP Pro for work.
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In mid-May the OLPC group unveiled a deal with Microsoft to put the Windows XP operating system on the XO.
Last year, Microsoft was forced to release a bowdlerized version of its Windows XP software, later named Windows XP Home Edition N--the 'N' in the new name standing for "not with media player".
"I'm a Mac user, but on my Mac I have multiple instances of Windows--XP, Vista, very old Windows stuff and the very latest stuff, like Windows Server 2008, " he says.
The precious little 4.3-inch Windows CE 5.0 (the photo shows XP but whatever) clamshell's got a 533MHz Samsung 2442A CPU, 128MB of SDRAM, between 1GB and 4GB of flash memory, and a USB 2.0 port on top of a host of optional features (GPS, DVB-T digital TV, WiFi, the ability to tell you the future).
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According to Daily Tech, you can get around that pesky requirement to have Windows XP or Windows 2000 already installed on your PC by instead using the upgrade DVD to first install a 30-day trial version of Vista --that's done simply by not entering the product key when prompted to do so during the installation.
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If Microsoft will not delay the release of Windows XP, the New York senator said he wants some of the states involved in the anti-trust case to seek a court injunction to block its release.
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