
Hardware
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Wipro Technologies had announced prices of its different models of laptops for the month of October. As usual, they have kept their prices lower than other brands. All these models come without Windows or any other OS, other than FreeDOS. Here is the list of models and their prices.

Laptops
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Compaq Presario V6406TU is an Intel based laptop from the house of HP- Compaq. This machine is fitted with an Intel Celeron Processor (1.60 GHz), 512MB RAM, 80GB Hard Disk, Dual layer DVD RW, 15.4" Widescreen and so on. This machine comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Basic OS. While working with Vista on 512MB RAM, you may feel that the systems is responding very slow compared to XP. In case you think of installing Windows XP, it would be difficult to obtain drivers for XP, online. Here are the list of drivers.

Hardware
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Compaq Presario CQ40-108TU was launched by HP-Compaq some times in October, 2008. We have received many enquiries regarding installation Windows XP in this machine. Installing Windows XP was not possible at all. There are quite a lot of people who are facing problems with installing Windows XP in this laptop. Here is a solution provided by the manufacturer to rectify this issue. There is no guarantee that this will work perfectly. We have not tried these steps yet. If you are trying to, it is purely at your own risk.

Hardware
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Compaq Presario CQ40-133TU is an Intel based laptops from the house of HP-Compaq. This is fitted with an Intel Celeron Processor (2.0 GHz), 1GB RAM, 160GB Hard Disk, DVD RW, Wifi, LAN, Bluetooth, 14.1" Widescreen and it comes with a pre-installed Free-DOS. In case you want to have the system working, you need to install an operating system. Installing XP was not possible in this model. But click here to see the Solution for Windows installation problem in Compaq Presario CQ40-108TU laptop.

Hardware
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Acer had launched their new product line - the Acer Aspire One Netbooks. These are based on Intel Atom platform with an Intel Atom N270 processor (1.6 GHz). All of them come with 1 GB RAM and 8.9" Widescreen. The keyboard size matches around 95% of a normal keyboard size. It is available at Zyxware at the lowest price in the market. Place your orders now and this offer is till stocks last!

Hardware
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Compaq Presario CQ40-108TU is an Intel based machine from the house of HP-Compaq. It comes with a Pentium Dual Core processor with 2.0 GHz speed, 1GB RAM, 160GB Hard Disk, DVD RW and may more. This laptop comes with a pre-installed version of FreeDOS. You would require to install an operating system to work on the machine. The company supports use of Windows Vista only. You might not find the links for Drivers for Windows XP online. Here we have given the links for the same.

Announcements
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On behalf of the organizers, Free Software Users Group- Bangalore cordially invites you to "The National Public Meeting on Software Patents"
Venue
2nd Floor, Ecumenical Resource Centre,
United Theological College,
Millers Road, Benson Town.
(Behind Cantonment Railway Station)
Bangalore–560046
Time
10:00–17:00, Saturday, October 4, 2008

Hardware
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HP-Compaq has announced the price of its Pavilion series of laptops. Due to inflation, there is an increase in the price for this month. New models were introduced with pretty good configuration. Almost all of them come with a Fingerprint Reader, Webcam and mic and pre-installed Windows Vista. Here are the list of laptops and their prices.

Laptops
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Compaq Presario V3702AU is an AMD based machine with an AMD Turion processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 160GB Hard Disk, DVD Writer, 14.1" WideScreen Display, built-in webcam and more. This machine comes pre-installed with Windows Vista operating system. In case you want to install Windows XP, you may do so, provided you get all the drivers ready with you. It is difficult to get them online. Here, we have given the links for drivers for Compaq Presario V3702AU.