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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…
Office 2013: To upgrade or not to upgrade
- For many of us, Office 2007 brought some unsettling changes. The ‘ribbon’ interface was tough for some users to get the hang of, but brought an exciting new way to interact with word processing. Office 2010 refined the features of…
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...
SSD Pricewatch: High-capacity drives now matching per-gigabyte prices of smaller SSDs
- When it comes to laptops, few upgrades offer as big a performance boost as a solid state drive. And although they're still costlier than traditional drives, SSDs are no longer coveted by just the tech elite; they're now present in…
Workaround lets you upgrade from Windows 8 betas to the RTM
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Microsoft made it easy to jump from an older version of its operating system to one of the Windows 8 previews, but the company has been upfront about one inherent drawback: folks running beta builds won't be able to experience the final version of Windows 8 without a fresh install...
Windows 8 may drop full retail edition in favor of OEM and upgrade options
- Microsoft has traditionally sold full, upgrade, and OEM System Builder editions of Windows at retailers. But according to Windows Weekly co-hosts Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley, the company is planning to change how it distributes its operating system, ditching…
Microsoft will offer digital Windows 8 Pro upgrades for $39.99
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Microsoft will make it affordable to ditch your current Windows installation for the latest version. If your system is running Windows XP, Vista or 7, you'll be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for only $39.99 and if desired, you'll be able to add Windows Media Center for free...
Windows 8 upgrade paths 'leaked', XP, Vista and 7 supported
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Although Microsoft announced last month that Windows 7 users will be able to perform an upgrade installation of Windows 8, the company hasn't offered a detailed upgrade path for all Windows 7 editions, nor older versions. However, sources privy to such information have reportedly...
Nokia says they are doing 'more than enough' for Lumia users
- Microsoft kicked off their Windows Phone Developer Summit yesterday by detailing several new features in Windows Phone 8 and filling in some of the blanks surrounding the existing mobile phone operating system. Specifically, Microsoft confirmed that handsets like the Lumia…
Microsoft SkyDrive update adds Windows 8 sync, other improvements
- The client software for SkyDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage solution, has been updated for both Windows and Mac OS X. Build 16.4.4111.0525 adds improved Windows 8 integration, specifically with photos and goes on to address a number of bugs and quirks.…
Microsoft to provide cheap upgrade path to Win 8 for new PC buyers
- Are you on the fence about buying a new computer because you don’t want to be stuck with yesterday’s OS when Microsoft releases Windows 8 later this year? Fear not for Microsoft will be providing a cheap upgrade path to…
T-Mobile, Verizon Android 4.0 upgrade schedules leaked
- Some Verizon and T-Mobile device owners will be pleased to hear that Ice Cream Sandwich may be making its way to their subsidized smartphone or tablet. Please bear in mind these are rumors and haven't been officially confirmed. ICS, or…
Verizon phone upgrades will cost $60 more starting April 22
- Verizon Wireless is set to discontinue their phone upgrade credit and instead charge a fee to do so. The fee is in line with the competition, however, as AT&T recently doubled their upgrade fee from $18 to $36 for all…
Weekend Open Forum: Your most outdated software?
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Software developers have a knack for shooting themselves in the foot. In the name of progress, they introduce irrelevant features, clunky interfaces and shady monetization schemes. Before you know it, your favorite program is a warped husk of its former self, so you cling to the version you love...
Mozilla outlines 2012 Firefox plans, seamless updates, new UI and more
- In a post at Mozilla's "Hacks" blog, technical evangelist Robert Nyman has reiterated the foundation's plans for Firefox in 2012. In addition to silent updates in Firefox 13 -- and this shouldn't come as a surprise -- we can expect…
HTC confirms plans to release Android 4.0 for 16 smartphones
- HTC has confirmed plans to release Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) for a number of its smartphones -- 16 to be exact. One thing all of the phones seem to have in common is they were released in 2011. If…
Weekend Open Forum: Your next PC upgrade
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With the Radeon HD 7000 series trickling out, Ivy Bridge and Kepler bound for mid-2012 and hard drive prices gradually recovering, it seems a great time to begin plotting your next system upgrade. What parts do you plan to buy in the near future? Need more horsepower, storage or RAM?
AT&T not budging on iPhone 4 upgrade eligibility
- AT&T isn’t allowing iPhone 4 users under contract to upgrade to the iPhone 4S at subsidized pricing announced by Apple yesterday. The company has previously adjusted upgrade eligibility dates to coincide with new hardware launches, such as when iPhone 3GS…
Sprint raises early termination and upgrade fees
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Sprint has hit customers with a double whammy of bad news the past couple of days in the form of a one-time fee hike and an increased early termination fee. The first bit of negative news came two days ago as it was reported that Sprint will be changing their...
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