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Microsoft Must Conquer Chromebooks to Win The Cheap Laptop Wars; and This Is Its Big Chance

May 2, 2017

Microsoft has a lot to answer for in the world of cheap laptops. I’m not convinced Windows 10, as it stands, is fit for the realities of budget netbooks. The likes of Google’s basic but ever-improving Chrome OS and the ...

Tags: Microsoft, laptops

Upcoming Atom Chips From Intel Will Appear in Tablets Priced as Low as $150

Jul 23, 2013

Upcoming Atom chips from Intel will appear in tablets priced as low as $150, the company's CEO said Wednesday, vowing that Intel will not get caught flat footed again by "the next big thing." Intel's low-power Atom chips are vital to its ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

PC Market Decisively Caught up with Intel Today Following Second Quarter Results

Jul 23, 2013

The slowdown in the PC market decisively caught up with Intel today following second quarter results in which revenues fell by 5.1 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2012. The company posted revenues of $12.8bn in the second quarter ...

Tags: PC

The Chip Is Due to Ship to Carriers and Device Makers Early Next Year

Jun 4, 2013

Intel on Tuesday showed the first smartphone based on its next Atom smartphone chip code-named Merrifield, which will provide better performance and battery life than current Atom chips. The Merrifield chip will offer 50% better ...

Tags: Intel, Merrifield-Based Smartphone

Atom Tablet Chip Will Be Used in Intel's Celeron and Pentium Chips for Entry-Level Laptops

May 31, 2013

Intel's upcoming Atom tablet chip code-named Bay Trail will be repurposed for use in the company's Celeron and Pentium chips for entry-level laptops, desktops and all-in-ones, Intel said on Friday. Intel's Bay Trail chip is based on the ...

Tags: Intel, Celeron, Pentium

Smartphone Chips Could One Day Replace The More Expensive and Power-Hungry X86 Processors

May 30, 2013

Looking at historical trends and performance benchmarks, a team of researchers in Spain have concluded that smartphone chips could one day replace the more expensive and power-hungry x86 processors used in most of the world's top ...

Tags: Smartphone Chips, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics

Hewlett-Packard Is Barely Holding on to The Top Spot in The Laptop and Desktop Market

May 9, 2013

Hewlett-Packard is barely holding on to the top spot in the laptop and desktop market, but hopes a renewed vigor regarding product design will help reverse the fortunes of its PC business. The company is standardizing the design and ...

Tags: HP, PC, Computer Products

Mobility Changes Face of Education with More Schools Investing in BYOD

May 8, 2013

Mobility is changing the face of education with more schools investing in bring-your-own-device schemes where students are not only allowed but encouraged to replace textbooks with their personal electronic learning tools. In some private ...

Tags: BYOD, tablets

Acer Issues a $169 Android Tablet with a 7.9-Inch Screen

May 7, 2013

Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, ...

Tags: Android Tablet, Computer Products

Acer Waits for The Next Version of Windows RT Before Deciding Whether to Release a Tablet

May 7, 2013

Acer is waiting for the next version of Windows RT, due in the second half of this year, before deciding whether to release a tablet that runs on that OS. "The plan for an RT tablet is ongoing," said Acer President Jim Wong in an ...

Tags: Acer, Windows RT

Computerworld Is Now Shipping What It Calls The World's Slimmest Laptop Drive Series

Apr 26, 2013

Computerworld - Western Digital is now shipping what it calls the world's slimmest laptop drive series. The drives are just 5mm, or about one-fifth of an inch, thick -- 2mm slimmer than any other 2.5-in form factor drives to date. Most ...

Tags: Laptop, Laptop Drives, Computer Products

A "Perfect Storm" of Struggling PC Companies

Apr 15, 2013

A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, IDC said. Worldwide PC shipments in the ...

Tags: PC Makers, PC Market

Shipments of Netbooks This Year Are Forecast to Amount to Just 3.97 Million Units

Apr 15, 2013

Once a white-hot PC product that sold in the tens of millions of units annually, netbook computers are now marking their final days, with the rise of tablets causing their shipments to wind down to virtually zero after next year, according ...

Tags: Net Loss, Product Set

Analysts Said Intel's Atom Processors Designed for Netbooks Could Be on Their Last Leg

Apr 15, 2013

Intel's Atom processors designed for netbooks could be on their last leg, with analysts saying that the chip maker could be tweaking its product road map as PC sales tumble and tablet adoption widens. Intel's most recent Atom processor ...

Tags: Intel, Atom Netbook-Specific Processors

Worldwide PC Shipments in The First Quarter Totalled 76.3 Million Units

Apr 12, 2013

A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, according to the latest report from research ...

Tags: PC, software, Computer Products

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