hardware [3]

For those whom are not already aware, Microdigital appear to have been listening to some of the noises out there and have made a higher specification laptop available for running RISC OS [4] 4 / Windows XP Professional.
The details can be found in MD's product pages on their website at www.microdigital.co.uk/alphpro.htm [5]

The specifications include Pentium 4, 512Mb RAM, DVD/CDRW Combo drive and many other bits and pieces, along with some optional upgrades.
Note: As mentioned in the comments, the Alpha and Alpha Professional run RISC OS [6] under a host Windows XP (Home / Professional)Operating System.