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Was Windows 7 worth saving XP for?

More than 210,000 Windows users petitioned Microsoft to save Windows XP. Has a worthwhile successor finally arrived?

posted by ITworld staff | Feature | Operating systems | Software | Windows | 10/22/09 at 10:37 am | Windows 7, Windows XP


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Hot Rod Netbook Sports Dual CPUs

Leave it to that computer innovation center Columbia (the country, not the university) to come up with a way to turbo charge the lowly netbook into near-laptop performance. Haleron in Columbia spent six months engineering a netbook with two Intel Atom processors to rev up the performance. The lower netbook pricing enables income-limited South Americans to use a netbook in place of a more expensive laptop for general computer needs.

posted by James Gaskin | Opinion | Hardware | Personal tech | Small business | 10/21/09 at 11:04 am | Haleron, intel atom, SSD, Swordfish N120, Windows XP


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Five Reasons Windows XP Has About a Year to Live

Windows XP, still strong after eight years, may die sooner than you think in the enterprise, Forrester says. From support concerns to deployment flexibility, here are some factors speeding XP's demise.

posted by ITworld staff | News | Operating systems | Security | Software | Windows | 10/19/09 at 7:42 pm | Windows 7, Windows XP


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Back Up and Restore Across Windows Versions

Alvin Hurd asked if he can restore a Vista backup in XP. I answer both his question and the reverse one: Can one restore an XP backup in Vista?

posted by ITworld staff | How-to | Operating systems | Software | Windows | 10/19/09 at 1:33 pm | backup, Windows Vista, Windows XP


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Microsoft battles class-action over WGA antipiracy technology

Microsoft is slamming a lawsuit that claims it misled millions of Windows XP users about that company's anti-piracy software, calling the lawsuit "fictional," "demonstrably false" and from an "alternate universe."

posted by ITworld staff | News | Legal | Windows | 10/05/09 at 8:45 am | antipiracy, Windows XP


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Upgrading to Windows 7: Four Cheers, Four Jeers

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The Big Windows 7 Problem: XP Holdouts

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Ubuntu Faster on My Internet Than Windows XP

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Ubuntu Faster Than Windows XP Feedback

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Windows XP support ends next week; Windows 7 to allow downgrade to Windows XP; what?

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Microsoft repairs PCs crippled by XP SP3 update

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Netbook Vendor Shakeup Coming?

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