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Archive for the ‘laptops’ Category

April 23rd, 2008

OLPC to ditch Linux in favor of Windows XP

After reading the articles on Computerworld and the Inquirer, I felt disappointed. Why? Because it seems that the OLPC team is backing off from their original plans. They are now thinking about using Windows XP instead of Linux on the OLPC. Uh… Hey, that’s so weird, dude!
*sigh*
Reasons mentioned:

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February 29th, 2008

Low cost Dell laptops to be available to Asia

Laptop prices have dropped considerably lower over the last two years and it’s even getting lower with the Asus EEE. Dell apparently wants to introduce laptops which will have a competitive price against the Asus EEE. They have Red Flag Linux running on one of their low-end machines.
This sounds great to […]

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February 23rd, 2008

Inklite: Simplified Inkscape?

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If you’ve been wondering if there’s a lite version of Inkscape, there’s a possibility that there might be one in the future. Bryce Harrington blogged about keeping the toolbars simple and changing some settings. He […]

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February 23rd, 2008

My restored system set-up

I own a Lenovo C3000 N100. It’s not that new and I’ve been dual-booting Windows XP Home (it came with that) and Ubuntu Linux since I got it. Over time, I’ve installed Windows apps which I couldn’t uninstall and for some reason or another, my directory containing the shared files of all users […]

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February 16th, 2008

Asus EEE lovin’

Everytime I hear or read someone’s happy review of the Asus EEE with the bundled Linux, I can’t help but smile. :) And I also say to myself that these people are the reason why manufacturers musn’t limit themselves to bundling their computers with Microsoft Windows Vista or XP.
As Richard Ingram says on […]

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February 4th, 2008

NotebookReview.com reviews the Asus EEE again

They reviewed the Asus EEE PC again and they don’t regret giving it the Editor’s Choice Award. :) Indeed, they emphasized the appeal of the ultraportable: it’s affordable and you could do the basic stuff that you want. It wasn’t really meant for heavy duty working. If you want something like that […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

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