netbooks

  1. Andrea Borman

    Windows 10 Metro Apps now Work On Netbooks in Build 9879 Of Windows 10.

    I have always run both Windows 8 and 8.1 on a netbook as I don't own any big laptops. It is a well known fact that Metro Apps cannot run on netbooks because of the low screen resolution. Until now that is. I recently installed Windows 10 and upgraded to Build9879 and to my surprise all of the...
  2. Andrea Borman

    Windows 8 Reminder-Windows 8 Release Preview expires in January 2013.

    I know it's nearly Christmas but a reminder that,if you are still using Windows 8 Release Preview,it is due to expire on 15th January 2013. Also if you have still got Windows 8 Consumer Preview, or Windows 8 Developers Preview,those two Beta version will also expire on the same day. So...
  3. News

    Windows 7 Defrag: 3TB limit, Forced Shutdowns, Optimizing Win7 for Netbooks

    Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...
  4. JMH

    How Microsoft plans to sell a 'couple hundred million' more Windows 7 PCs before Windows 8

    How Microsoft plans to sell a 'couple hundred million' more Windows 7 PCs before Windows 8 | ZDNet
  5. reghakr

    Google Chromebooks from Samsung, Acer Will Fail: 10 Reasons Why

    News Analysis: The new Chromebook notebooks introduced by Samsung and Acer with considerable fanfare at the Google I/O conference the week of May 9 will be available for order on June 15. But their chances of survival just aren’t all that great. Link Removed this week, Google announced that...
  6. News

    Exclusive: Opera To Show Off Browser For Windows 7 Tablets, Netbooks At CES

    Opera Software on Monday teased a preview of Opera for Tablets , a custom browser for hybrid touch devices, which it said would be debuting at CES this week. In a video, embedded below, the company briefly showed the product in action on an Android tablet, a Samsung Galaxy Tab to be more...
  7. News

    Windows 7 can revive netbooks, not Ubuntu alone

    Ubuntu may be a great replacement for Windows, but it doesn't have to be for the netbook market. It runs, surprisingly, better than you think. More...
  8. News

    Apple MacBook Air - Windows 7 laptops comparsion tests

    Recently, after testing two MacBook Air models running Windows 7, we published results that showed the thin and light Apple laptops outperformed most Windows-based netbooks and ultraportable notebooks . Hundreds of readers commented on the article, with many of the comments going something like...
  9. News

    MacBook Air running Windows 7 performs poorly in comparison tests

    Recently, after testing two MacBook Air models running Windows 7, we published results that showed the thin and light Apple laptops outperformed most Windows-based netbooks and ultraportable notebooks. Hundreds of readers commented on the article, with many of the comments going something like...
  10. News

    MacBook Air better at running Windows 7 than most netbooks

    We already know the 2010 MacBook Air models significantly improve on the previous generation in overall performance, but how do they stack up against Windows 7 laptops of similar size ? Judged solely on performance, they dominate. Link Removed - Invalid URL
  11. News

    NEWS: MacBook Air zips past most netbooks, ultraportables in Windows 7 tests

    Apple's latest breed of MacBook Airs aren't only good-looking, they're really fast, too. Just how fast, you ask? Well, PCWorld pitted the MBAs against a slew of netbooks and ultraportables and found out that the slim MacBooks blew the competition out of the water in Windows 7 benchmark tests...
  12. News

    Windows 7 Set OS Sales Records, Microsoft Says

    After a year on the market, Windows 7 is powering PCs, tablets, and netbooks in record numbers. Link Removed
  13. News

    Windows 7 Set OS Sales Records, Microsoft Says

    After a year on the market, Windows 7 is powering PCs, tablets, and netbooks in record numbers. Link Removed
  14. News

    Windows 7 Mark Aggar: Windows Power Management and Energy Smart Software

    Link Removed Ensuring that applications work well with Windows Power Management is a vital step in providing a solid end user experience and reducing IT energy costs. Key advantages of following the guidance and best practices are: Extended battery life for users of mobile computers...
  15. S

    Windows 7 Need help making Wi-Fi

    Hey I've got a Telstra ZTE MF626 (Link Removed due to 404 Error) and I want to make 4 Windows 7 Laptops connect to it. I am planning on using an Ad-hoc network and just have the stick in one computer. 3 of the 4 laptops are actually netbooks but I don't think that would matter. So. what I want...
  16. whoosh

    Google reveals nonexistent Chrome tablet

    Google reveals nonexistent Chrome tablet Google has unveiled a series of image and video mock-ups of a tablet PC based on its Chrome OS, the still-gestating operating system centered around its Chrome web browser. Mountain View uncloaked its tablet "concept UI" early last week - two days before...
  17. whoosh

    Google moving closer to Chrome OS printing

    Link Removed How does one print from a cloud-based OS like Google's Chrome when you can't install a local printer driver? Google is getting closer toward the answer. The company is in the midst of developing a Google Cloud Print system that would allow Chrome OS users to send documents from...
  18. whoosh

    Google dropping the mother of bombs on its chief rival, Microsoft.

    Link Removed Wow. So you know all those whispers about a Google desktop operating system that never seem to go away? You thought they might with the launch of Android, Google’s mobile OS. But they persisted. And for good reason, because it’s real. In the second half of 2010, Google plans to...
  19. whoosh

    PC Users Like Windows 7 -- and Windows XP

    PC Users Like Windows 7 -- and Windows XP Early Windows 7 users like the new operating system, but many Windows XP users still like their nine-year-old OS. That's the word from two new reports by Forrester Research, which said that 86 percent of the first users of Microsoft's newest operating...
  20. cybercore

    Linux on Netbooks

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