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Category Archives: Desktops
IBM PC daddy: ‘The PC era is over’
One of the dozen engineers who designed the original IBM PC, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on Friday, says that the reign of the personal computer is coming to an end. “They’re going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs,” writes IBM’s Middle East and Africa CTO Mark Dean in a company blog … Continue reading
It’s Official: Apple’s iPad is Killing PCs
Big-box computer sales decline after six quarters of growth According to research firm Gartner, global shipments of PCs came to 84.3 million in the first quarter. However, after six quarters of growth, that figure marked a 1.1% decline. (Keep in mind that Gartner was projecting 3% increase). What happened? There are several reasons for the weakness, such as higher oil … Continue reading
Dell admits shipping millions of defective computers
“Dell this month settled a lawsuit that it knowingly shipped millions of faulty computers and then concealed those problems from its customers. The primary cause of the problems were cheap capacitors. Or should we say, overly cheap capacitors. Michael Dell and the company this month finally settled with the SEC on charges the company had taken hidden payments from Intel … Continue reading
Mac shipments outpace market in Q1
Apple’s Mac business outgrew the overall PC market in the U.S. by a significant margin in the first quarter, according to research from IDC and Gartner released Wednesday. Check out my colleague Erica Ogg’s post for the overall news, which has the PC market as a whole growing by 14.6 percent, but the U.S. market growing by just 3.5 percent. … Continue reading
Intel shows off Tukwila, first 2 billion transistor CPU
Members of Intel’s Itanium team took to the stage yesterday at ISSCC to disclose fresh details of what is literally the biggest microprocessor ever made. Tukwila, as the new 65nm chip is called, is the first quad-core member of the Itanium Product Family (IPF) and the world’s first processor to break the 2 billion transistor mark. Tukwila’s die size is … Continue reading