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desktops
CNET.co.uk has 295 stories on desktops
AMD ships new 790GX gaming chip
News AMD today announced the availability of silicon targeted at the 'performance' gaming community. The new 790GX chipset is slotted below the existing, higher-end 790FX, which is targeted at the ultra-enthusiast game segment.
Tags: processor, hd, clock, amd
6 August 2008, 9:59
Could 64-bit Vista finally be taking off?
News Based on current trends, this growth will accelerate as the retail channel shifts to supplying a rapidly increasing assortment of 64-bit desktops and laptops. In its circular this Sunday, most of the desktops and half of the dozen laptop models...
Tags: desktops, cent, models, gaming
5 August 2008, 10:19
Asus Eee Monitor photos leaked
News Seemingly official-looking pictures have emerged of Asus's upcoming all-in-one PC and display, the Eee Monitor. The images, which are believed to have been leaked from within Asus, are available on the French site Blogeee.net.
Tags: machine, wi fi, ports, asus
3 July 2008, 9:34
Active PCs grow 1 billion strong
News There are now more than a billion PCs in active use worldwide, according to analyst house Gartner. On Gartner's estimation that the installed base of PCs is growing at an annual rate of almost 12 per cent, there will be 2 billion PCs in use by 2014...
Tags: pcs, installed, base, cent
24 June 2008, 10:07
Asus Eee Box ready for August release
News Eee Box desktop version of its popular Eee PC mini laptop -- and it will include Windows XP, which has now been given a reprieve on some desktops, as well as Eee PC-type mini laptops. Asus has announced the final specifications for the first
Tags: linux, box, operating system, xp
23 June 2008, 10:09
Photos: Futuristic PCs think out of the beige box
News Move over beige box. That was theme enthusiastically embraced by winners of the fourth Microsoft-sponsored Next-Gen PC Design Competition, which this year encouraged entrants to dream up futuristic designs that not only feature eye-catching...
Tags: fantasy, entry, human, shape
20 June 2008, 9:57
Photos: Revisiting a Macintosh Classic
News The Apple Mac Classic is one of the most famous and easily recognisable personal computers ever manufactured. First introduced in the Mac Classic was Apple's low-end under-$1,000 (£500) computer, which made it very popular with the education market...
Tags: classic, mark, networks, credit
17 June 2008, 10:17
News.blog: Asus shows off Eee Monitor
News Pictures of the Eee Monitor, the upcoming all-in-one desktop PC from Asus, have surfaced. A PC World reporter at the Computex trade show in Taipei snapped a few photos of a company slide showing the Eee Monitor.
6 June 2008, 10:11
Microsoft gives XP new life on low-cost desktops
News Microsoft has announced that manufacturers will be able to sell Windows on so-called 'nettops' -- that is, low-cost desktops -- in another move that looks set to keep XP alive for several years yet. At the Computex trade fair in Taiwan this week...
Tags: pcs, desktops, xp, laptops
5 June 2008, 10:28
News.blog: Asus Eee Box details released
News Word got out a little early yesterday morning regarding Asus's small Eee Box, which will be available in early July. The listed dimensions of the unit are 25 by 216 by 178mm, standing upright on its included stand.
Tags: hard drive, box, linux, lan
3 June 2008, 10:47
News.blog: Intel to ship Atom for mini laptops
News The N270 processor for netbooks costs $44 in quantities of 1,000 units, while the N230 processor for nettops -- think small desktops -- costs $29. Intel is ready to ship the latest edition of its Atom processor family, this time going after the...
Tags: processor, inch, family, intel
3 June 2008, 10:01
Mac cloners offer software updates
News Psystar, a Florida-based company that last month began selling generic PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system pre-installed in the US, has addressed one of the major shortcomings of the systems by offering bug fixes and software updates.
Tags: mac os, operating system, pre, automatic updates
29 May 2008, 9:50
Apple cleaning up in high-end computer market
News And two-thirds of the desktops on the site are priced below $1,000 (£500). Apple's doing well in the high-rent district of the US computer industry, according to NPD. On Friday, eWeek published some data confirmed by NPD that reveals Apple now owns...
Tags: cent, companies, category, sales
20 May 2008, 10:23
Dell to cut PC power by 25 per cent
News Dell has committed to improving the energy efficiency of its desktops and laptops, and says that by 2010 they will consume 25 per cent less energy than today. The company said it will do this by continuing to integrate what it calls energy-smart...
Tags: technologies, dell, energy, roi
19 May 2008, 10:19
News.blog: Dell to cut back on XPS gaming PCs
News The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday on Dell's plan to stop competing with itself. Rather than selling both high-end XPS gaming PCs as well as similar products from Alienware, which it acquired in 2006,
Tags: gaming, hp, dell, alienware
14 May 2008, 9:40
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Format wars: The tech that should have won
Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed
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