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Five years ago: Dell first up with pre-installed NT 4.0
News Dell yesterday claimed it has become the first PC vendor in the UK to ship systems with Windows NT 4.0 pre-installed. The announcement surprised many observers who had not expected PC vendors to deliver the pre-installed product until mid-September...
[August 29, 2001, 8:00]
It looks like it's just pre-installed/configured 'Vitual PC'. Instead...
Talkback .why not use Linux and VirtualBox to run XP? It's a lot cheaper, and probably a lot more stable. Better still, if you're a business, just stick with XP until you need to fully migrate up to Linux.
[April 27, 2009, 13:46]
HP breaks new ground with Linux desktop PC
News With a PC announced on Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard has made it a bit easier to buy Linux pre-installed on a desktop computer -- a seemingly small step that nevertheless would have been unlikely to occur as recently as two years ago.
[July 3, 2003, 16:09]
Mac-clone company offers custom updates
News Psystar, a Florida-based company that last month began selling generic PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system pre-installed, has addressed one of the major shortcomings of the systems by offering bug fixes and software updates.
[May 28, 2008, 11:22]
A Year Ago Today: Dell first to pre-install NT 4.0
News Dell yesterday claimed it has become the first PC vendor in the UK to ship systems with Windows NT 4.0 pre-installed. The announcement surprised many observers who had not expected PC vendors to deliver the pre-installed product until mid-September...
[August 28, 1997, 11:49]
Dell bows to user pressure over 'bloatware'
News Dell has finally relented on the issue of "bloatware" — the often unwanted programs that come pre-installed on a new computer. Dell is notorious for selling its PCs and notebooks with a varied assortment of programs pre-installed, ranging from...
[June 22, 2007, 17:06]
Dell set to offer Ubuntu?
Blog Dell will make an announcement this afternoon on offering pre-installed Linux on its systems. We know Dell is contemplating offering pre-installed Linux. Several sources told desktoplinux.com that Dell would choose the Ubuntu distribution, version...
[May 1, 2007, 12:48]
Dell Linux laptop debuts
News Dell has launched a laptop pre-installed with Mandriva Linux with a price tag of €759 (£510). Dell is not the first PC vendor to offer laptops pre-installed with Linux. Last year, HP started offering its HP Compaq Business Notebook pre-installed...
[September 19, 2005, 17:20]
Microsoft: Don't sell PCs without operating systems
News Microsoft has urged UK PC vendors not to give customers the opportunity to buy a PC without a pre-installed operating system. We would be happy to see any kind of hardware being shipped without an operating system, or pre-installed with free software.
[April 5, 2006, 11:45]
Paying double as a company policy?
Talkback If manufacturers state that they hardly ever sell systems without pre-installed Windows then doesn't that mean that large organizations (including those that are fueled by tax money) have made paying double part of their company policy?
[March 21, 2007, 8:05]
Systems should be sold secure, says Interpol
News Computers should always be sold with security systems pre-installed to cut down on cybercrime, police and security experts said this week. Interpol said pre-installed security software would not necessarily make systems completely secure.
[March 30, 2006, 17:15]
Dell prompted into action over open source
News Dell has acknowledged that 83,000 users have urged it to sell PCs with Linux pre-installed, but it has fallen short of accepting their suggestion. But it stopped short of offering pre-installed Linux, and instead said it would certify some of its...
[February 26, 2007, 12:14]
Lenovo signs $1.2bn Windows deal
News Microsoft's bid to encourage PC makers not to ship machines without pre-installed operating systems got a boost on Monday when Chinese hardware maker Lenovo said it would buy $1.2bn (£680m) of Windows licences over the next year.
[April 18, 2006, 15:25]
Lenovo to launch Linux ThinkPads
News Lenovo is to offer a Linux operating system pre-installed on its ThinkPad notebooks. ThinkPad T Series notebooks will come pre-installed with Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in the fourth quarter of this year.
[August 7, 2007, 9:20]
Dell launches Linux PCs in the UK
News Dell has launched two PC models with a pre-installed Linux operating system in the UK. Thirty thousand of them advocated the idea that systems should come with Linux pre-installed. Earlier on Tuesday, rival PC manufacturer Lenovo said it would...
[August 7, 2007, 15:19]
Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment BlackHoleSun says "There is one major point that I think everybody has missed regarding the Linux v Windows debate is the fact that Windows comes pre-installed. Pre-installed Linux has only ever been a small dalliance for major hardware manufacturers.
[May 6, 2009, 12:06]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog You've probably caught up with the news that Microsoft is going to offer a version of Windows to the European market, without Internet Explorer pre-installed. At the moment, pretty much every computer that a consumer buys from a brand-name vendor...
[June 15, 2009, 9:24]
Lindows to hit retail shelves
News Lindows.com, which began selling the operating system online and pre-installed on some PCs earlier this year, on Monday kicked off its retail effort, aiming to charm prospective retail partners with easy terms such as a five-unit minimum order.
[December 16, 2002, 16:15]
Navman iCN 720 review
Reviews VAT) iCN 750 coming with maps for 17 Western European countries pre-installed and ready for use; the £399 iCN 720, reviewed here, has the same maps pre-installed, but only the UK ones are available to use -- maps of the remaining countries can be...
[June 5, 2006, 16:30]
Redmond proposes piracy amnesty
News Microsoft has announced what it hopes will be a new attack on piracy -- the Redmond-based giant has decided to give away free software to those who bought machines with fake copies pre-installed. The offer only applies to pre-installed home or...
[November 24, 2004, 16:20]
