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Windows XP Home Gets 2 Year Stay of Execution Thanks to Budget Laptops

Originally set to get the axe at the end of June, XP Home got a call from the brass at Microsoft, delaying its demise for at least another 2-3 years. Not surprisingly, the reason was the increasing popularity of budget laptops like the Asus Eee PC and Intel's Classmate PC. Microsoft has vowed to keep XP on the market until one year after the next version of Windows is released, so it is conceivable that it could live on beyond 2011. [AP via Ars Technica]

7:20 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,543 views, 36 comments

Latest by maier_m: @vertibraker: You missed the point I was trying to make. Even if Gaiman is a science fiction author (okay, he's much more than that) that doesn't necessarily make him a computer expert. The typical consumer doesn't take/have the more »

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Altec Lansing Pumps 5.1 on the Cheap

It's not often you see a 5.1 speaker system for $79 bucks, yet that's the price Altec Lansing is asking for its new VS3251. The system delivers 70 watts RMS of power and does fairly well for a budget speaker system with features like an auxiliary jack, wireless remote, and wall-mountable satellites. Considering you don't see that many 5.1 systems for under $100 bucks, this deal should save you some cash, but for serious sound we recommend splurging a bit on a more powerful system. – Louis Ramirez More »

11:00 AM on Mon Nov 6 2006
By Louis Ramirez
338 views, 4 comments

Latest by zenpoet: Having always had a set or two of Altecs (even one of the few people how have a very large set of free standing Altecs for my home system) I would say that these will probably sound pretty good. more »