Hewlett-Packard is betting the Oct. 25 arrival of Windows XP will boost PC sales, says Chief Executive Carly Fiorina. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

The HP Compaq TC1100 is only 10 years old, but in mobile computing years, it’s laughably archaic. Running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, this device practically dared its owners to enter text without ...

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While most of us think about a portable PC just being a laptop, HP has another idea. Why not just stuff it all into a keyboard? That’s exactly what the HP Eliteboard G1a does. Available soon as a part ...

While consumers will have to wait another month to upgrade their PCs to Microsoft’s Windows XP, those buying new PCs can get their hands on the new operating systems now. Hewlett-Packard and Compaq ...

Good news for anyone who was planning on buying a Linux version of the HP 2133 Mini-Note and installing their own operating system instead of paying a few extra bucks to get a Windows Vista version.

Q: I have an old Sony VAIO PCV-2220 desktop with Pentium 4 processor 2.60 GHZ and 1.49 GB RAM, and 111 GB hard drive with 56 GB free space. It has Windows XP Home Edition Pack 3. Is it possible to ...