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NEWS ABOUT: desktop computers

desktop computers stories: 6 news summaries

 Laptop Sales Zip Past Desktops 

Netbook drives up laptop sales

Dec 24, 08 5:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The demand for Acer Netbooks has pushed laptop sales beyond desktop PC sales for the first time ever, CNET reports. Notebook PC shipments rose almost 40% for the third quarter of 2008 to 38.6 million units, while desktop sales slipped 1.3% to 38.5 million. Hewlett-Packard remains the... More »

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Dell • PCs • Toshiba • Acer • desktop computers • Netbooks • laptops • notebooks • Hewlett-Packard

 10 Computers That
 Changed Everything 

Before the iMac, there were mega machines

Jul 16, 08 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Convenience is a given when it comes to today's PCs, but the machine you're reading this on has come a long way. Major transformations date as far back as the early 19th century. Live Science gives the back-story on 10 revolutionary computers.
  1. The Difference Engine, 1822: Designed by Charles
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technology • Intel • IBM • computer chip • desktop computers • computer • personal computers • Xerox PARC

PRODUCT REVIEW

HP's Touch Still a Bit Clumsy

TouchSmart PC 'fun,' 'versatile,' 'attractive,' Mossberg finds, but
not quite there yet

Jun 26, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hewlett-Packard’s revamped TouchSmart PC, a one-piece desktop computer with a touch-controlled user interface, improves on its previous, bulky iteration, with a sleek case, big 22-inch screen, and wireless keyboard and mouse, personal-tech guru Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal. But the touch-screen software is still in its... More »

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Microsoft Vista • desktop computers • software development • touch-screen technology • TouchSmart • Hewlett-Packard

Dell Gets Behind Alienware for Gaming PC Push

Computer giant tries to recapture geek hearts with languishing brand

May 13, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dell is dumping its popular XPS line of gaming PCs so it can focus exclusively on the once-hot Alienware brand it acquired in 2006, the Wall Street Journal reports. The PC giant is in the midst of a full turnaround push, having fallen behind arch-rival HP, so it’s... More »

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Dell • gaming • computer games • desktop computers • personal computers • Alienware • video games

Laptops Finally Outsell Desktops

Laptop sales soar 21% this year as desktops sag by 4%

Jan 1, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Tech buffs have forecast a laptop takeover for years—and now US buying data is finally confirming a coup de desktop. Consumer laptop sales beat out desktop buys for the first time last year, and corporations will likely follow in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reports. New technology, lower prices,... More »

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technology • Apple • sales • laptop • desktop computers • computer

NEW RELEASE

Dude, This New Dell Is Sweet

Desktop is 'elegant, handsome, and cleverly designed'

Dec 28, 07 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The iMac’s latest challenger is coming from an unlikely source: Dell. The maker " long associated with boxy, boring machines" brings the buzz with its newest contender, the XPS One, raves the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg. The sleek desktop machine, he says, is “elegant, handsome, and... More »

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Apple • Microsoft Windows • Sony • Microsoft Vista • iMac • Mac OS X Leopard • Dell Inc • Dell XPS One • desktop computers

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