admin | October 29, 2009
Asustek Computer, developer of the popular Eee PC line of netbooks, predicts that it could break its quarterly netbook shipment record in the fourth quarter.
The company forecasts that Eee PC shipments will reach 1.7 million to 1.9 million units in the fourth quarter as people in Europe and China continue to snap up its products. [...]
admin | October 27, 2009
Dell on Tuesday started shipping its first rugged laptop with a multitouch display, which can operate in extreme environments and withstand drops, dust and spills.
The Latitude XT2 XFR is also the company’s thinnest and lightest rugged touch-screen laptop, the company said. The laptop measures 1.2 inches (38.1 millimeters) at its thinnest point, and weighs 5.4 [...]
admin | October 26, 2009
Microsoft has released a tool that lets netbook owners install Windows 7 on their machines using a USB flash drive, sidestepping the usual requirement of a DVD drive.
The utility, Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, creates a bootable flash drive from a downloaded .iso file, or disk image, of Windows 7, and can be purchased from [...]
admin | October 25, 2009
This week on the PC World Podcast, editors Robert Strohmeyer, Mark Sullivan, Ginny Mies, and Darren Gladstone celebrate our 50th episode with a feisty chat about the Windows 7 launch, Verizon Droid, the new dual-OS Acer netbook, and net neutrality.
Download the podcast here.
First up, Windows 7 launched to the world yesterday, and our opinionated editors [...]
admin | October 22, 2009
Acer has unveiled a new version of its Aspire One netbook running Microsoft Windows 7 and plans to put it on sale simultaneously with the new operating system’s debut on Oct. 22. The computer features a 1.66GHz version of Intel’s Atom N280 processor and a 160GB hard-disk drive
admin | October 21, 2009
For those of you who are trying to fathom a MacBook with unibody construction that’s not made out of aluminum, the folks at iFixit have obligingly torn theirs to neatly-ordered shreds. There’s even a video, rated NC-17 for extreme violence to a perfectly innocent laptop.
You’ll need a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the bottom of [...]
admin | October 20, 2009
Perot Systems will buy the China unit of technology consultancy BearingPoint, bulking up its overseas business as the company is acquired by Dell.
Perot will acquire BearingPoint China Consulting, which serves clients in the automotive, insurance and other sectors, the companies said in a statement that did not give the value of the deal. The announcement [...]
admin | October 19, 2009
Netbooks were instrumental in the increase in PC shipments for most manufacturers during the third quarter, but Apple defied the trend despite offering standard laptops at premium prices, according to figures from analyst firm Gartner.
Apple executives in the past have trashed netbooks as junky devices with cramped keyboards and the company does not yet have [...]
admin | October 19, 2009
The PC industry performed better than expected as worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.9 million units in the third quarter of 2009, a 0.5 percent increase from the third quarter of 2008, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Gartner had expected PC shipments
Graphic: Chip Taylorto decline 5.6 percent in the quarter.
“These are good results especially given [...]
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