Articles on Desktops

Intel pays US$1.25 billion to AMD, but it's no big deal for consumers - Nov 13, 2009

Crave The settlement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices isn't just a matter of business between companies. Sure, it's a big financial deal when the biggest chipmaker in the world forks over ... Read story »

Report: 2009 to be PC industry's worst year since dot-com implosion - Jul 15, 2009

Crave At the end of this year, the number of PCs shipped is expected to be lower than the previous year, a rarity for the industry. In fact, it would be the ... Read story »

Sony recalls VAIO AC power adapters - Oct 29, 2009

Blogs Sony recently announced that it is recalling some 69,000 Vaoi AC power adapters after receiving reports of units short-circuiting, which could pose an electrical shock hazard to Vaio owners. The exact ... Read story »

New Dell desktops with new Core i5 and i7 chips - Sep 9, 2009

Crave Dell launched its new Studio XPS 8000 and Studio XPS 9000 desktop computers, intended for users requiring a decent amount of power under the hood for multimedia or gaming. That ... Read story »

Buffalo USB 3.0 harddisk first to make an appearance - Nov 27, 2009

Crave As capacities start hitting multiple terabytes, the USB 2.0 is showing its age with a maximum transfer speed of 480Mbps. Though the eSATA standard was supposed to be the answer, the ... Read story »

Averatec bids adieu to the old-fashioned desktop computer? - Apr 29, 2009

Crave Some giants of the PC industry are just beginning to sell tiny and cheap Netbooks and all-in-one desktops, which have the monitor and processor in the same box. Tae-Hyun "Tiger" Cho ... Read story »

Netbooks a temporary Band-aid on PC industry - Oct 15, 2008

Crave Netbooks like Acer's AspireOne are selling well, but are they cannibalizing less-expensive mainstream notebooks? Despite the volatile economy, the PC industry overall appears on the surface to be doing fine ... Read story »

Apple rumored six-core Mac Pro desktops - Oct 16, 2009

Crave The expected refresh of Apple’s Mac Pro line of high-performance desktop PCs early next year may include the use of Intel Xeon six-core processor, according to a new rumor. The website ... Read story »

Psystar looking for trouble in all the right places - Oct 26, 2009

Crave Perhaps Psystar's sensing that the end is near for its Mac clones, but the Miami rebel is not going to go silently into the night. It created a stir back in ... Read story »

LogMeIn can control some PCs, even when off - Sep 22, 2009

Crave During a recent talk with LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon, I learned about the company's new LogMeIn Central dashboard for IT managers, designed to help them keep tabs on thousands of computers ... Read story »

Dell puts Inspiron desktop on a diet - Mar 31, 2009

Crave Dell is taking the Inspiron desktop and minimizing it. The new Inspiron Slim and Inspiron Mini-Tower have a variety of exterior hues from which to choose. There are eight colors (all ... Read story »

CES 2009: Computers and hardware wrap-up - Jan 14, 2009

Crave Historically, the Consumer Electronics Show hasn't been a place where we'd find a ton of new laptops, desktops, or computer components. After all, PC makers had Comdex (a now-defunct Vegas trade ... Read story »

Rumor: HP shutting down Voodoo? - Sep 23, 2008

Crave A rumor is circulating that Hewlett-Packard is closing the gaming PC outfit it bought just two years ago. The report comes from a blog called Techgage, which cites an "insider close ... Read story »

PC shipments to decrease 4.5 percent in 2009 - Mar 6, 2009

Crave As bad as the second half of 2008 treated the PC industry, 2009 is shaping up to be even worse. PC shipments worldwide will drop 8 percent in the first half ... Read story »

PC shipment growth drops to virtually zero in Q4 - Jan 15, 2009

Crave After several years of seemingly tireless 15 percent quarterly growth, the PC industry hit a wall at the end of 2008. Overall PC shipments worldwide dropped 0.4 percent to 77.3 million ... Read story »

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