19 posts tagged ulpc

Asus took itself and the rest of the laptop manufacturing industry by surprise when it launched the Eee PC to the unsuspecting world. These cheap, lightweight machines - known as Utra Low-cost PCs - don’t have a lot of power under the hood, but have enough to get the job done and are easy enough on the arms and wallet to be more than worthwhile.

HP 2133 Mini-Note Now with XP Posted by admin at May 13, 2008 Hewlett-Packard now optionally offers Windows XP OS on its HP 2133 Mini-Note PC low-cost ultraportable laptop. The new OS option is available as a downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP Professional for bussiness only.

I've been wondering what name the industry is going to settle on for the new low-cost sub-laptop devices like the OLPC, the eeePC, the Classmate, and others. (These devices are generally smaller than a laptop, but bigger than a handheld. They often run Linux, though higher-priced versions with xp are also available.

Microsoft Offers Mega-Discount on WinXP to Low-Cost Laptop Makers Posted by admin at May 12, 2008 Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost laptops. Microsoft plans to offer PC laptop makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs.

While Microsoft has seen it fit to keep XP around as its “relatively non-bloated OS” alternative to the Linux that has dominated this new category of “ultra low-cost PCs” (ULPCs), they’re certainly not giving away the farm.

Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to limit the hardware capabilities of this type of device, IDG News Service has learned. Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs).

MICROSOFT OFFERS MEGA-DISCOUNT ON WINXP TO LOW-COST LAPTOP MAKERS [MICROSOFT] May 10th, 2008 Ultra low-cost PCs much as OLPC’s XO laptop could modify up bundled with copies of Windows OS after all, if Microsoft’s most past plot to clutch mart deal works.

Microsoft Offers Mega-Discount on WinXP to Low-Cost Laptop Makers [Microsoft] Posted on May 11th, 2008 by . Filed in Microsoft, windows xp, linux, ulpc, low-cost laptops, low-cost PCs, Olpc, XO Laptop. No comments yet.

While Microsoft has seen it fit to keep XP around as its “relatively non-bloated OS” alternative to the Linux that has dominated this new category of “ultra low-cost PCs” (ULPCs), they’re certainly not giving away the farm.

Microsoft’s XP for low-cost PCs defines some boundaries Written by admin on May 10, 2008 – 4:54 pm - While Microsoft has seen it fit to keep XP around as its “relatively non-bloated OS” alternative to the Linux that has dominated this new category of “ultra low-cost PCs” (ULPCs), they’re certainly not giving away the farm.