Microsoft Extends XP Deadline to July 2009

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Microsoft At first, Microsoft backed off on the restrictions it had placed on Windows XP Home for netbooks. By now, Microsoft had wanted companies to stop installing Windows XP on their PCs, with the exception of netbooks. They had already began discouraging individuals from buying it and installing it (although it’s still available here and there).

Netbooks were still prime candidates for Windows XP since they were running older chipsets and CPUs and graphics chipsets that weren’t exactly made for Windows Vista. It had looked like January 31, 2009 was going to be the final date any of us could buy a machine that came with XP (or rather that we could downgrade to Vista with new machines).

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Apple, the Brick, and Reality

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With all of the rumors swirling around Apple coming out with new designs for their MacBook and MacBook Pro lines (including moving the MacBook to the same materials and a similar design as the MacBook Pro), as well as some kind of manufacturing the entire … Read more

Lenovo S10 and Wired Magazine

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Speaking of the Lenovo IdeaPad S10, Wired Magazine was very impressed with it. Last week, there was an article in Wired talking about how popular netbooks are becoming and how price is one of the major factors in that popularity. Danny Dumas has put an … Read more

Lenovo S10 and Communities

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Over at Lenovo Connections (a collection of Lenovo-oriented blogs, with some oriented towards Lenovo ThinkPads), Mark Hopkins is discussing everything going on around the Lenovo S10 netbook with user communities and modifications, and how it reminds him of the early days of personal computers. They … Read more

Asustek’s Goals for Netbooks, S101s

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Asus Eee PC S101 According to sources that DigiTimes has talked to, as well as Asustek’s president, Asustek has some very ambitious plans for the new 10.2″ Asus Eee PC S101 as well as their netbooks in general.

Asustek Computer believes they can ship 50,000 S101s this month (a pretty impressive price – they are talking upwards of $35 million USD in revenue). This is before the S101 has even been launched in Japan or Europe (which is set to happen later this month). Asustek’s President, Jerry Shen, thinks the S101 will account for around 10% of Eee PCs that are shipped by the end of 2008, and that overall they’ll ship 700,000 Eee PCs (from 7″ through 10″) in October of 2008.

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