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Top five PC manufacturers fail naked PC test

Top five PC manufacturers fail naked PC test

...Acer did not return our call seeking to clarify its policy on naked PCs and whether it would offer a refund on Windows software. However... Read more

16 March, 2007 by Richard Thurston

Users split over naked PCs

...recommendation that computers should be sold without an operating system — so-called "naked PCs" — in order to tackle Microsoft's dominant position and foster competition... Read more

1 October, 2007 by Natasha Lomas

Businesses back call for naked PCs

...uk's sister site silicon.com have now backed that call for naked PCs, although the argument is far from straightforward. Carl Whitehead, IT director... Read more

28 September, 2007 by Andy McCue

EU thinktank calls for naked PCs

Following the EU-Microsoft antitrust ruling, a major European thinktank has challenged Windows' hegemony by recommending all PCs be sold without an OS Read more

24 September, 2007 by David Meyer

Curbing Microsoft's naked ambition

...declaring you guilty until proven innocent. Does that mean that Microsoft considers naked PCs tantamount to licence abuse? Of course not, says Microsoft. An honest... Read more

6 April, 2006 by Leader

Microsoft: You already have naked PCs

Microsoft has responded to our request for comment after a "free-market" EU thinktank, the Globalisation Institute,... Read more

25 September, 2007
The bare-faced facts behind <endeca_term>naked PCs</endeca_term>

The bare-faced facts behind naked PCs

Buyers who want PCs without Windows are out of luck. Now more than ever, that means opportunity Read more

19 March, 2007 by Leader

Naked PCs: The naked truth

...recent recommendation that computers should be sold without an OS - so called 'naked PCs' - in order to tackle Microsoft's dominant position and foster competition... Read more

2 October, 2007 by Natasha Lomas

Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout

...Simon Allen, Hertfordshire To strip or not to strip Bring on the naked PCs, says think tank I believe the vast majority of PC's... Read more

27 September, 2007 by silicon.com staff

Dell soon to launch Linux PCs

...system. Many users are calling on PC vendors to supply so-called naked PCs — systems without an operating system — so they can install the OS... Read more

29 March, 2007 by Colin Barker

Lenovo signs $1.2bn Windows deal

...300. Many have also pointed out that by curbing the sale of naked PCs Microsoft is also damaging the potential market for open source operating... Read more

18 April, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Microsoft: Don't sell PCs without operating systems

...a PC without a pre-installed operating system. Supplying base systems, or 'naked PCs', is a missed opportunity, according to Michala Alexander, Microsoft's head... Read more

7 April, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Top 10 software stories of the year

Vista, Leopard, open source, SaaS, naked PCs and more… With the arrival of Microsoft's long awaited Windows... Read more

14 December, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

Stories of the month - October 2007

McDonald's wi-fi, The IT Crowd, ID cards and naked PCs... This month Vista, The IT Crowd, wi-fi and naked PCs... Read more

31 October, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Wednesday 05/04/2006 Naked PCs are exercising Microsoft — no, not the strippogram variety, but computers with... Read more

10 April, 2006

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