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Here's how to install Linux without partition a Windows PC hard drive. In addition to Ubuntu, you can select Kubuntu, and Xubuntu (which works better on slow PCs).

Now that Apple uses Intel hardware, installing Windows on an Apple laptop looks like a good option. You'll have both the Mac operating system and Windows on your laptop.

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) laptop. Millions of these are being shipped for use by kids in third world countries, with a target price of $100 per laptop.

You can make your Windows Vista PC look and act a lot like older versions of Windows. This will make the menus look like you are used too. Plus, it lightens the load on your PC and may make a sluggish computer run a little better.

Great laptops for 2008!

Helpful Windows shortcuts:

F11 - toggles between a normal window and full screen; works on most browsers.

hold "alt" key then press "tab" - toggles between windows. You can continue holding the alt key and repeatedly press tab key to get to the window you want.

F1 "Help window" for the program you're using

"alt" + "print screen" or "ctrl" + "print screen" will do a screen capture. It captures an image of either everything on your computer monitor or the active window. You can then paste it into a program like Front Page or some versions of Netscape Composer.

"alt" - highlights the "File" menu in the program you're using. Then you can use your arrow keys to move across and up and down through the menus. This can be helpful on a laptop that has an awkward pointing device. Pressing "Esc" gets you one level back on the menu, or out of it.

"Backspace" takes you back to the previous web page (on most browsers).

If you don't have antivirus software on your computer, you can do a virus scan online free from Panda: