The Linux toting version of the Aspire One has been available for a while, if you know where to look, but if all that open source is making you itch fear not as Acer has released the official XP drivers so you can perform the upgrade yourself.

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Microsoft may be trying to move everyone onto Vista, but it just can’t seem to cut its ties with Windows XP once and for all. It’ll still be available for the small, cheap PC market - there’s even a special version: Windows XP Home Edition ULCPC.

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Microsoft is still pushing ahead with its plans to squeeze heavy weight OS XP onto the light and nimble OLPC XO laptop that’s designed for the developing world. The results? Well, it’s not as sluggish as it could be but it’s no match for the Linux based Sugar OS when it comes to speed.

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So, you got your heart all set on an MSI Wind and then, once they finally got here, they sold out faster than super phone with shockingly bad battery life. But fear not, Sainsbury’s has bagged a load of rebadged Medion models that could be yours for but £299.

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If you thought the Eee PC was small, take a look at what Gigabyte has managed to cram into the titchy M528.

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In order to keep the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) hardware lean and mean so it’s cheap enough for, well, every child, the XO runs the Sugar flavour of Linux. That’s not stopped Microsoft try to cram XP on there in a way not unalike the Ugly Sisters trying to squeeze their hoofing great clod hoppers into Cinderella’s slippers.

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Acer has officially unveiled its Eee PC chasing pint-sized portable and the good news is it starts at wallet teasing £199.

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Another day, another dinky PC. This time it’s Acer’s turn to try and woo punters looking for something tiny to tap away on. Acer’s offering will be called the Aspire One and word on the internet is it will be shipping pretty soon.

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