desktops

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...

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5 August 2008, 10:19

Dell to ditch the floppy disk

News Dell made floppy drives optional on some business desktops about a year ago and made the switch on the Inspiron 4150 and 8200 models about four months ago. But for now it plans to stick by the drive for its Dimension consumer desktops, because...

30 October 2002, 13:30

Intel's new Centrino -- for work and play

News While the corporate world has been a little slower than other parts of the PC market in dumping desktops and switching to laptops, it is expected to account for more than half of all PC sales by the end of the decade.Integrated vs 'discrete'

9 May 2007, 10:57

Dell launches AMD-powered laptops in US

News But sources familiar with Dell's strategy said earlier this year that it was only a matter of time before the company added laptops to the AMD-based desktops and servers it had already introduced. They followed that up with AMD-based Dimension...

2 November 2006, 10:31

Photos: New Alienware gaming laptops at E3

News A design by a DC Comics artist will appear on the chasis of the 250 desktops, while there will be a Superman logo on the back of the 350 limited-edition laptops. At E3, Alienware lifts the curtain on the Aurora mALX 19-inch laptop.

10 May 2006, 10:25

Apple's iMacs speed up with Core 2 Duo

News Apple's iMac desktops are now equipped with Intel's new Core 2 Duo processors, the Mac maker said on Wednesday. The iMac lineup has also been expanded to include a 24-inch model, supplementing the company's 17-inch and 20-inch versions of the...

7 September 2006, 11:31

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...

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19 May 2008, 10:19

Nvidia revs up gaming laptops

News Nvidia unveiled new technology last week that will let gamers double the number of graphics chips in their desktops and laptops. The company's SLI (scalable link interface) technology now allows PC users to put up to four graphics processors in...

13 March 2006, 11:02

Microsoft set to test security software

News Microsoft, by the end of the year, plans to release an initial test version of a new product to protect business desktops, laptops and file servers against malicious code attacks. The new Microsoft Client Protection product will guard against...

7 October 2005, 9:53

Intel to unveil new Merom laptop chip

News With all the hubbub surrounding its Core 2 Duo processor, Intel isn't going to waste any time merely focusing on desktops at its launch event next week. Merom, a laptop processor and the third leg of Intel's Core architecture triumvirate, will also...

24 July 2006, 10:56

Farewell to Pentium M

News Intel will sell its upcoming Yonah processor for notebooks and thin desktops under two designations, according to sources -- Duo and Solo. The Pentium name continues to live on in desktops, but it could begin to fade out with a new line of dual...

22 December 2005, 10:10

MacBook Pro gets Core 2 Duo upgrade

News Unlike some of Apple's computer announcements -- like last month's unveiling of Core 2 Duo-equipped iMac desktops -- the new MacBook Pros look just like their predecessors. Apple has revved up its MacBook Pro laptops with Intel Core 2 Duo...

25 October 2006, 9:53

One terabyte hard drive imminent

News The company said on Thursday that it will come out with a 3.5-inch-diameter 1 terabyte (TB) drive for desktops in the first quarter, then follow up in the second quarter with 3.5-inch terabyte drives for digital video recorders, bundled with...

5 January 2007, 9:28

Adobe to bring Flash videos to desktop

News At the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas this week, Adobe is expected to detail the new player for downloaded media, which will work with Windows or Mac desktops. Not content with having a dominant position in Web video, Adobe...

16 April 2007, 10:40

Linux and Unix face fresh security threat

News Cert said it had discovered two vulnerabilities in the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), the popular GUI used to front Linux and Unix operating systems on PC desktops. US security authority Cert has uncovered a hole in popular software used to run...

11 July 2002, 11:20