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WINDOWS XP IS STILL ALIVE !

Chris Keroack, Release Manager, Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows Serviceability, has this to say about the new XP SP3:

“Today we are happy to announce that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has released to manufacturing (RTM). Windows XP SP3 bits are now working their way through our manufacturing channels to be available to OEM and Enterprise customers.

We are also in the final stages of preparing for release to the web (i.e. you!) on April 29th, via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Online documentation for Windows XP SP3, such as Microsoft Knowledge Base articles and the Microsoft TechNet Windows XP TechCenter, will be updated then. For customers who use Windows XP at home, Windows XP SP3 Automatic Update distribution for users at home will begin in early summer. 

Thanks to everyone here who installed the public betas – you not only gave us detailed feedback but also helped each other out with timely troubleshooting. Through the beta program we found several important issues and were able to confirm some essential fixes. We couldn’t have done this without you.

We will still be monitoring this forum during the next few weeks in case you have more feedback about the release of Windows XP SP3.

On behalf of myself, Shashank Bansal and Windows Serviceability, many thanks.”

So those under-powered UMPCs with Windows Vista should be able to switch back to Windows XP and enjoy better processing speed.

INTRODUCING THE BIG BROTHER OF THE ASUS R50 … THE  R70A

Here’s the specs for the R70A:

• 7 inch touch screen
• 1.6Ghz Intel
• 120GB HD
• Vista
• 2 x USB2
• SD
• Webcam
• FP reader

It is a slate type UMPC… so you wouldn’t be seeing any keyboard.

INTRODUCING THE HP COMPAQ 2133

HP is coming into the UMPC arena with their HP COMPAQ 2133. 

DIGITIMES reported today: 

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently outsourced a business use UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) order to Inventec with the device expected to be launched around April, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

The UMPC features the high-end Intel 45nm Penryn processor, Windows XP operating system and an 8.9-inch panel, and will be targeting the second notebook market for business users. The device will cost more than NT$20,000 (US$630 or RM2,016) and will be considered a high-end model, added the paper.

Check out the specs below:

Don’t you think it kind of look like the Asus Eee PC.