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Hewlett Packard committed to keep PC group

Published on: 9th November, 2011

Hewlett Packard recently changed its decision to cast off its PC division. Following a study determining that the Personal Systems Group was right for customers and shareholders and also for the staff, the company decided to continue to keep it. The conclusion was based on the level of integration across the company, which includes the [...]

Dell reiterates tablets have no effect on PCs in enterprise

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

A few days ago, Dell published a self-conducted study made with the intention of determining companies to stay away from tablets. The results of the study show that only eight percent of workers consider the iPad or any Android tablet as one of the two devices they would want to have. While a similar number [...]

Lenovo outs ThinkCentre M81 and ThinkStation E30

Published on: 1st April, 2011

Lenovo has recently presented its new ThinkStation E30 workstation, as well as the ThinkCentre M81 desktop computers aim which target professionals. Both offer Intel’s second-generation Core processors. Lenovo’s E30 comes as a replacement for the E20 and for the first time offers the option of solid state storage, either in 160GB or 80GB capacities. The [...]

Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh in original packaging on Ebay

Published on: 1st April, 2011

A rare, still-in-box and never used Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh has appeared on Ebay for auction. The device is designed by present-day head of Apple design Jonathan Ive. It is one of the 11,601 computers sold outside Apple. When opened for inspection, all components, accessories and key board boxes, were found in their original packaging. The [...]

Gartner: PC expectations are lower waiting for the iPad 2

Published on: 5th March, 2011

Gartner’s analysts recently lowered their PC expectations in wake of Apple’s iPad 2. PC shipments are now expected to reach 440.6 million next year, which is still a 13.6 percent increase compared to what is expected this year, but is down from the initial prediction of 14.8 percent. Such tablets like the iPad or Xoom [...]

JPMorgan estimates tablets will still hurt more PCs in 2011 and 2012, iPad’s share to be 60 percent

Published on: 3rd March, 2011

Analyst Mark Moskowitz from JPMorgan warned a few days ago that tablets would still cannibalize notebook market share during the next two years. As much as 18.9 percent of tablets have replaced notebooks and netbooks in 2010, but he expects this rate to jump to 32.1 percent this year and reach 35.1 percent in 2012. [...]

New TouchSmart PCs from HP respond to Apple’s desktop touch concerns

Published on: 12th February, 2011

Hewlett Packard has unveiled a couple of TouchSmart PCs which could be the first to answer Apple’s concerns about tiring desktop touch. Both the TouchSmart 610 and its business-oriented sibling, the 9300, sport a reclining screen able to slide down as far as sixty degrees. This gives the all-in-ones a tablet-like interface for the use [...]

Microsoft ceased preinstallation of Windows XP on PCs

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Following an announcement made this summer, Microsoft will no more allow PC manufacturers to preload Windows XP on new devices. Its decision refers to computer systems in general, but specifically to notebooks. The only possibility to get Windows XP on a new system will be, from now on, a downgrade option which will be viable [...]

Sharp leaves PC business and focuses on Android tablets

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Sharp has announced that it would stop developing and manufacturing desktop and notebook PCs. The Japanese company has had some innovative designs like netbooks and the Mebius notebook, with touchscreen input replacing the traditional trackpad, all of them well received by the public. However, Sharp is determined to focus on eBooks and tablets and considers [...]

Microsoft presents Games on Demand store on the web

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Microsoft announced the Games on Demand PC Games Store for its Windows Marketplace. Any user with a Windows Live ID will be able to login and buy games online through this webstore. Some franchises like Gears of War, Age of Empires Online, Grand Theft Auto III and Fable III will be accessible for purchase and [...]

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