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Microsoft has loosened the hardware restrictions that PC makers must adhere to in order to install Windows XP on ultra-low-cost PCs, according to documents seen by IDG News Service.
While June 30 marked the last day for selling most new Windows XP licenses, Microsoft has made several exceptions for the older operating system, including its use [...]

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Dell released pictures of an ultraportable laptop that appears designed to compete against Hewlett-Packard’s Mini-Note 2133 laptop, after Michael Dell was spotted carrying it around.
The pictures show a small laptop with a glossy red lid. The rest of the laptop is black and silver, with what appears to be a 9-inch screen and a built-in [...]

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icrosoft is looking at alternatives to ultra-low-cost laptops in the drive to arm people in developing nations with a way to communicate and access the Internet, and the company is turning its sights on cheaper devices that can give people a start in computing, such as smartphones and shared computing.
The world’s largest software maker has [...]

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LCD panel makers are gearing up their development for the growing market trend of low-cost notebooks, with the makers planning new sizes and applications for the segment. Paul Peng, executive vice president of AU Optronics (AUO), stated that the low-cost trend is reducing the prices of notebooks to more acceptable and reasonable levels, and will [...]

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Microsoft sees the ultra-low cost PC market as a significant opportunity and plans to pursue it with vigor, according to Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s chief operating officer.
The market for ultra-low cost PCs (ULCPC) also is drawing heavy interest from vendors using the Linux operating system that are manufacturing computers and devices based on the open source [...]

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The low-cost notebook is seen as a big, clunky and very much “cheap” option amongst consumers. Recent market data however suggests that manufacturers are moving in the direction of offering smaller, sleeker and more technologically advanced entry-level offerings; including touch-screen and ultra-portable models in the low-cost category.
The price too of traditional low-cost notebooks is falling, [...]

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Dell wants a piece of the sub-$500 low-cost notebook market

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Hewlett-Packard unveiled a low-cost mini-laptop this week that’s aimed at the education market.
The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, which has a starting price of less than US$500, is a rugged machine with an 8.9-in. diagonal WXGA display - three inches smaller than HP’s next smallest laptop screen. The full-featured laptop is aimed at education markets in [...]

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With Acer planning to launch two low-cost PC series, the 8.9-inch Aspire and 12.1-inch Slim Gemstone Aspire, the company is expected to see total low-cost PCs shipments of 6-6.5 million in the second half of 2008, according to sources at notebook ODMs. The company is expected to go head on with ASUS and the EeePC [...]

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Microsoft plans to extend the availability of Windows XP for low-cost laptops beyond June 30, with an announcement expected later this week, according to a source familiar with the situation.
June 30 is the date when Microsoft plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses. The announcement that Microsoft will extend this deadline for low-cost laptops [...]

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