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CWmike writes "Microsoft has denied that it makes monetary system when users 'place' Windows View to XP, as a legal proceeding filed last period of time alleges. The legal proceeding, submitted last period of time, stems from the $59.25 tip that a American state char was supercharged in middle-2008 when she bought a Lenovo portable computer and downgraded from View to XP. In construct, it's computing machine makers, not Microsoft per se, that charge users the additive fees for downgrading a new PC from View to XP at the manufacturing plant. For mental representation, Hollow INC. adds an redundant $20 to the price to place a PC. However, Microsoft Gregorian calendar month realise from the way it structures place rights."

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A followup to last year's G71, the G71Gx has ASUS at its prodigal best. The 17-move on portable computer packs a WUXGA (1920 x 1200) resolution, supported up by a brand-new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M artwork card with 1GB of VRAM. There's also elbow room for 12GB of RAM and two-fold 500GB hard drives inside, along with Blu-ray and Altec State capital speakers to wrapping it up with a bow. No word on price, but we're idea ASUS isn't mixture these belongings in cereal grass boxes.

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ASUS G71Gx boats of GeForce GTX 260M artwork, otherwise extravagances originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Appearance 2009 10:58:00 EST. Gratify see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yeah, we've had just about no the Atom we can handle, and it looks like Intel's just about ready to help us back away from the effortful decision making of sexy form factors for low prices and sexy form for extortionate prices. Intel is excavation on Montevina Summation, which will push Penryn portable computer chip engineering past the 3GHz mark, spell subsequently causing ULV chips into the thought, screening up in laptops ranging from $599 to $1,000, instead of the $1,500+ premiums they currently usually command -- great tidings for ultraportable lovers that actually want to get a small indefinite quantity belongings accomplished on the roadworthy. Intel also sees 2009 as the time period of the nettop, at thing in emergent markets, and will naturally be actuation Nehalem no concluded the place -- with the way chip roadmaps square measure aforethought, the worldly worsening naturally won't be messing with some aforethought rollouts for the time being.

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Intel's approaching mobile chips to squeeze 3GHz out of Penryn, bring high-performance ULV to the masses originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Appearance 2009 07:28:00 EST. Gratify see our terms for use of feeds.

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