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How to switch an old Windows laptop to Linux

The Verge

Photo: Linux Mint. percent of computer users still are on Windows 7 — even though Microsoft no longer supports it for free. If you have an older system but are worried that it won’t support Windows 10 — or if you simply don’t want to deal with Windows anymore — I have a suggestion: Switch to desktop Linux.

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Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

GeekWire

Amazon WorkSpaces , the company’s virtual desktop service, just unveiled its first device for end users, a $195 product created by directly repurposing the hardware design for Amazon’s Fire TV Cube. “We wanted to take all the savings that we could get from manufacturing and turn that into lower prices for customers overall.”

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Kano’s second-generation buildable Windows 10 PC has a faster processor and USB-C

The Verge

Kano is releasing a second-generation model of its buildable Windows 10 PC, which keeps the $299.99 The overall form factor — a convertible 2-in-1 tablet with an attachable keyboard that also doubles as a protective case — is the same as last year’s model , but Kano has made big improvements to the internal hardware. per year.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the business of Windows

The Verge

Microsoft wants to make Windows 11 more flexible and open We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today — I’m talking to Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft. And I definitely wanted to know about the decision to run Android apps on Windows. Nadella also mentions “aggregators” in the context of the Windows store.

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Best Laptops Under $200 in 2016-2017

Galido

Today you can get a $200 laptop and get useful functions and hardware like an HD display, Windows 10, HDMI port, a decent hard drive, and sometimes even touch screen. Here are some of our favorite full Windows 10 machines (compatible with Linux) for 2016-2017. HP Stream 11 (2016). Asus E402SA. There are no 3.0

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IDF 2013: Keynote, Day 2

Scott Lowe

” Eul walks through the basic components of the mobile platform, which includes not only hardware but also mobile software. It appears it’s running some flavor of Windows. Hand shows a Windows 8-based 8" tablet from Dell, the start of a new family of products that will be branded Venue.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Give-Away Contest: Win a Copy of SBS.

Sean Daniel

Book Give-away : Win free copy of the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Configuring (70-169) Certification Guide , just by commenting! Why I should have this book is elementary: Not because I'm planning on getting certified like most, but because I know LINUX & OS/X intimately and SBS 2011 is neither of those.