| By Maureen O'Gara |
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| December 5, 2003 12:00 AM EST |
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Lindows.com, which is fast becoming a past master at segmenting, has dreamed up a Laptop Edition of its operating system that’s supposed to have improved power management, a high degree of compatibility with Wi-Fi cards and the ability to take advantage of keyboard shortcuts to e-mail programs and browsers.
The OS extends battery life by putting the laptop to sleep.
It also reportedly only takes two steps to go from Ethernet to wireless.
Laptops are of course the only hot part of the PC market these days; supposedly the industry shipped 30 million laptops last year, 25% of the whole market.
PC Club is selling two Lindows-based models; one for $899, the other for $959. Standalone the OS costs $50 to download for people who are not Lindows customers.
Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara
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