windows xp

Asus Eee PC 900 Win (Windows XP) review

Reviews The Windows XP version of the 900 is physically identical to its Linux brother. Better still, the mouse trackpad supports multi-touch gesture inputs -- even in Windows XP. Asus is acutely aware of this and -- not wanting to alienate a huge chunk of...

Editor's rating   8.6

Tags: asus, linux, operating system, windows xp

18 April 2008, 17:15

Windows Media Center (Viiv) PCs

Reviews It provides all the functions of Windows XP Professional Edition, and gives you a dedicated multimedia interface that provides instant and easy access to audio, video, images and in many cases television.

28 July 2006, 16:10

Acer Aspire E300 review

Reviews Our review model, the 64-bit Gamer system, uses a single-core Athlon 64 3500+ CPU, Windows XP Home Edition and a smaller hard drive. The difference between the two is significant -- the former uses an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU and the Windows XP Media...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: acer, cpu, ports, pixels

18 January 2006, 15:38

Advent 4211 review

Reviews You only get one choice of operating system, too -- Windows XP -- but there is other useful software. There's also some drive-based recovery software that'll let you reinstall Windows XP -- should the unexpected happen -- without using an optical...

Editor's rating   8.8

Tags: advent, xp, windows xp, wind

8 July 2008, 15:08

Shuttle XPC mini X 200MA review

Reviews Unlike its predecessor, the £850 mini x 200MA packs Windows XP Media Center edition, a larger hard drive and more memory, but it has a slower CPU and graphics card. Our review sample used Windows XP Media Center Edition, but future versions will...

Editor's rating   7.5

Tags: shuttle, silver, mini, optical

17 April 2007, 17:51

Apple MacBook Pro (17-inch, 2.33GHz) review

Reviews The 13.3-inch Apple MacBook and 15.4-inch MacBook Pro, both featuring Intel Core 2 Duo processors, impressed us by mixing Apple's lauded industrial design and user-friendly operating system with the kind of high-end hardware usually seen only on...

Editor's rating   7.4

Tags: apple, windows xp, ram, battery life

29 January 2007, 16:34

Eee PC 1000 review

Reviews It's available in two flavours: a Windows XP model for £369 and a Linux model for £349, each of which have a slightly different specification. The £369 Eee PC 1000-BK002 ships with Linux and 40GB of solid-state storage and the £349 Eee PC 1000H...

Editor's rating   8.8

Tags: asus, linux, weight, windows xp

10 July 2008, 16:25

Creative Zen Portable Media Center review

Reviews Throw a Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) PC into the mix and the Zen PMC turns into a portable playback-only device, allowing you to watch your recorded MCE broadcasts on the road. The device is designed to work seamlessly with Windows Media...

Editor's rating   7.7

Tags: creative, battery life, media center, windows media player

14 May 2005, 18:25

Which kind of laptop is right for me?

Reviews Microsoft Windows XP Home or Apple Mac OS X Microsoft Windows XP Home Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional or Apple Mac OS X Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition or Office X...

12 May 2005, 19:08

Intel Classmate PC review

Reviews The round touch pad is unusual but easy to use -- at least until we realised you couldn't use the edge as a scroll zone.FeaturesBesides versions of Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003, specially tweaked to fit on the small hard drive with at...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: intel, windows xp, hard drive, cpu

19 March 2008, 13:12

Select the processor and memory

Reviews For a machine running Windows XP, we highly recommend you start with 512MB. AMD Athlon XP A solid option for when you want to keep the price down, but not as speedy as the Athlon XP. Cheaper at every level than their P4 counterparts, Athlon XP...

16 May 2005, 14:35

Find the specs that are just right

Reviews Windows XP Home Windows XP Home Windows XP Pro Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Media Extender Windows XP Pro Fast Intel Celeron D or midrange Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP or midrange Athlon 64 processor

16 May 2005, 13:54

Sony Vaio VGC-V2M review

Reviews Rather than opt for Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition, Sony has installed its own home-grown Media Center software on the Vaio. It's an all-in-one Media Center PC that, notably, doesn't use Windows XP Media Center Edition but instead runs...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: sony, ram, cpu, desk

15 May 2005, 12:56

Razer DeathAdder review

Reviews If you still run Windows XP, you'll find the Razer software intuitive and robust. Both Windows XP and Vista recognised it without asking us to install any software. We suspect that gamers will want to at least look at the customisation options...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: razer, windows vista, dedicated, adjust

6 March 2007, 15:01

ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XL (256MB) review

Reviews The All-In-Wonder X800 XL is a PCI Express card designed to work on PCs running Windows XP Home, XP Professional, and XP Media Center Edition 2005. ATI Multimedia Center isn't as slick as Windows Media Center, but it provides the same TV recording...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: ati, stations, windows xp, slot

10 November 2005, 16:31