China's Founder agrees to preinstall Windows on more PCs (InfoWorld)

China's Founder agrees to preinstall Windows on more PCs (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Founder Technology Group, China's second-largest PC maker, agreed to preinstall Windows Vista on laptop computers and commercial desktops, closing a loophole in an earlier deal with Microsoft that potentially exempted commercial PCs from agreements to preinstall Windows.

Lenovo Plans New Line Of Consumer Notebooks, Desktops (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The company says it will drop the IBM title from its ThinkPad notebooks two years earlier than planned.

Cheap Linux PCs may Rival One Laptop Per Child (PC World)
PC World - As component prices drop, the aggressive pricing of commercial Linux notebooks could hamper efforts by One Laptop Per Child to supply inexpensive laptops to children in developing markets.

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