And for those in the market for a new computer, you may be pleasantly surprised to find you have alternatives to systems with the “Designed for Windows XP” sticker. Samuel Lewis is a partner ...

While things on the Microsoft Bob front remained quiet for a while, the user interface made a surprise comeback when Windows XP shipped. At the time, Windows XP was packaged in installation CDs ...

Specifically: Any PC that was purchased with Windows XP or Vista preinstalled (look for the sticker on the side) is qualified. This is true whether the PC came from a large royalty OEM or a system ...

Let's be clear. While some of you die-hards might not want to move off of Windows XP, that OS is no longer safe to run on the internet. So, unless you intend to keep your machine offline ...

As a result, many of the Windows XP machines that qualified for the “Vista Capable” sticker were unable to run Vista’s signature features. Instead, they got a stripped-down version of the ...

(Surprisingly, the Windows 95 minimum was a 386!) But by the time XP rolled around, you needed at least a 233 MHz Pentium to install. Or at least that was the case until recently when an ...

In Windows 7, Microsoft included a feature called Windows XP Mode that enabled you to run Windows XP programs. Because Microsoft is discontinuing support for the Windows XP operating system ...