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Intel: The return on investment for PC refresh
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John Mahvi from Intel IT diagrams the financial logic the company uses to justify a regular refresh of Intel's PC fleet. By maintaining a refresh cadence of approximately 3 years, Intel gains the benefits of increased security and manageability capabilities, increased productivity and lower overall costs.
Weekend Open Forum: How frequently do you upgrade your PC?
- Analysts love to point at Windows 8 as well as the rising popularity of tablets and smartphones to explain the industry’s accelerated sales slump. While they’ve certainly played their part, we can’t ignore the fact that nowadays you just don’t…
Mojang sells 10 million copies of Minecraft for the PC
- The indie sensation Minecraft has now sold more than 10 million copies according to a recent tweet from Mojang customer support manager Marc Watson. It’s worth pointing out that this milestone only includes copies for the PC, Mac and Linux…
Tablets to outship desktops this year, notebooks next year
- According to the latest data from IDC, global shipments of smart connected devices exceeded a billion units in 2012, an increase of 29.1% from the previous year and representing a value of $576.9 billion. Although plenty of smartphones and other…
Dell reportedly in talks to take company private
- Dell’s stock price shot up more than 15% a few hours ago after a report by Bloomberg claimed the company was in buyout talks with at least two private equity firms. Citing "two people with knowledge of the matter", the…
Steam suspends "The War Z" sales due to gamer outcry
- Following numerous player complaints, indie zombie-apocalypse sandbox title The War Z has been removed from sale on Steam. Kotaku provides a great, in-depth look at exactly what happened, but most complaints were due to a bevy of missing features and game…
Survey: 25% of computer users debating on going tablet-only
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Although some reports of the so-called "post-PC era" have been greatly exaggerated, there's no denying that we're amidst a shift where many people are ditching their desktops and laptops for less capable, but more mobile solutions. For a certain chunk of users -- around a quarter...
Weekend Open Forum: What's the oldest part in your PC?
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Although most of us upgrade our systems regularly, it's generally uncommon to replace every single component -- even for a fresh build. Instead, parts less crucial to daily performance such as optical drives, bulk storage, cases or even power supplies are recycled over the years...
First Windows 8 commercial airs, already #1 sold software at Amazon
- Microsoft is putting a lot of eggs in Windows 8's basket, making the operating system their make or break product for the coming year or so on both PCs (desktop/laptop) and on tablets, a category where the software giant has…
Weekend tech reading: Why the PC still matters
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Many, including Apple's Tim Cook and Steve Jobs before him, believe that we're entering a "Post-PC era" where smartphones, tablets and cloud-powered thin clients like Google's Chromebooks will eliminate traditional computers. Sales numbers seem to...
Tuesday tech deals: Display, smartphone, tablet, notebook savings
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Buy.com cut its price on the Samsung 23.6" 1080p LCD Monitor, model no. E2420L, to $129.99 with free shipping. That's $10 under a deal from March and the lowest total price we could find, this time by $29. Features include a 1920x1080 (1080p) native resolution, 1,000:1 contrast ratio...
Orbitz shows more expensive hotel results to Mac users
- If you are planning a vacation this year and will be using Orbitz to book accommodations, surfing from a PC instead of a Mac could save you some money. The travel site has discovered through extensive data mining that Mac…
Far Cry 3 delayed three months, U.S. release is December 4
- Although previously scheduled for a September 4 release, Ubisoft has announced it will delay Far Cry 3's launch date by three months. The official North American release date for the first person shooter on all platforms, including PC, Xbox 360…
Vizio enters the PC market with fancy-looking, competitively-priced Ultrabook and AIO systems
- Vizio originally announced aspirations to branch out from the television market and build PCs earlier this year at CES. The company has now made good on that promise by introducing a complete line of Windows 7 computers that includes a…
IDC: 1.1 billion smart devices to ship this year, 1.84 billion by 2016
- Smart connected devices including computers, smartphones and tablets, shipped more than 916 million units and earned revenues of $489 billion in 2011, according to IDC. Those figures will continue climbing in the near future with a compound annual growth rate…
Mass Effect 3 trailer released, U.S. launch date is March 6
- With much ado, the official Mass Effect 3 launch trailer has finally hit the web. Arguably one of the most highly anticipated games of 2012, the video offers a glimpse into what players can expect in this third and supposedly final…
Dell: We're no longer a PC company
- Dell says it no longer sees its business as one that manufacturers and sells PCs but rather as an IT solutions company focusing more on the enterprise market. The claim follows the firm’s publishing of its full-year financials, which showed a growth in…
HP intros 27" all-in-one Z1 Workstation with Xeon and Quadro parts
- There are many 27-inch all-in-one desktops available today, but none of them deliver workstation-level performance according to HP. The company will supposedly fill that void with its new Z1 Workstation, the only towerless machine worthy of commanding your office desk.…
Consumer tech generated $144 billion in 2011, Apple was the top brand
- Consumer electronics sales fell half a percent in 2011, generating $144 billion, NPD reports. Computers, televisions, tablets/e-readers, mobile phones and video game hardware commanded nearly 60% of those sales. Notebooks and desktops alone represented $28 billion (almost 20%), a decrease…
If the iPad counts, Apple is now the top PC manufacturer worldwide
- After a record breaking $46 billion quarter, timing continues to be perfect at Cupertino for a Steve Jobs' "boom" moment. Apple reportedly sold 15 million iPads and 5 million Macs worldwide last quarter, representing 17% of the overall PC market.…
Vizio bursts into PC market with thin laptops, all-in-one PCs
- Vizio, the U.S. based company best known for selling budget flat-panel TVs, is jumping head first into the PC market and will be showing a range of sleek-looking devices at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Detailed specifications and…
PARC: How Xerox contributed to the first laser printer, GUI, ethernet and other mainstream technologies
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Launched in 1970, Xerox's PARC has played an instrumental role in the engineering of laser printing and many of the technologies that compose the PC you're reading this on: ethernet, the mouse, graphical user interface, among others.
However despite its vast industry contributions, the group has been criticized for failing to capitalize on its many innovations. While some of our older readers might be familiar with the prolific Palo Alto Research Center, we think its accomplishments have largely escaped the younger tech crowd. We'd like to take a few minutes to give credit where credit's due.
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