Posted on April 5th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
Apple’s new eight-core Mac Pro computers are “double cutting edge,” said John Spindler, an analyst at Current Analysis. “The only other quad-core machines about to reach retail now are upcoming Gateway and Velocity Micro ones, both gaming machines,” he said. The eight-core Mac Pro is “even one more step ahead, because [...]
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Posted on March 19th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
How much do you love your Mac? Enough to surround it with over-priced furniture or hang it on your bedroom wall plasma-style. That’s what these folks have done and TecheBlog has a full run-down on some of the holiest Mac setups. It’s enough to make a fanboy’s heart skip a beat. [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
At the risk of doing that Apple rumor thing, it looks like the Apple Store UK let slip that Apple’s got a few new goodies behind the veil for folks looking to purchase a Mac Pro in the near future. On its site, someone published a blurb that you could select and configure a Mac [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
The struggling PC vendor polls uses on how to fulfull a popular request for PCs that run on Linux instead of Windows.
Dell began polling customers about their software preferences today as part of an effort by the struggling PC vendor to meet a popular request for desktops and notebooks that run on Linux instead of [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2007 by ElectroGeek
Stock falls as struggling computer maker’s earnings drop 33 percent; Dell expects earnings to be ‘under pressure’ for next several quarters.
Dell reported a 33 percent drop in fourth-quarter profits, slightly ahead of expectations. But the No. 2 PC maker’s sales figures came in below estimates, and Dell warned that growth and profit margins will remain [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
PC maker Dell has announced that it has commenced a program that will result in the sale and distribution of a range of computers with pre-installed Linux distributions instead of Microsoft Windows. Dell has indicated that Novell’s Suse Linux will be first cab off the rank.
According to Dell, the company’s decision to move forward has [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
I don’t know about you but I have had about enough of those Mac TV commercials that consistently rip on Microsoft and the PC.
Any company that needs to bad mouth the competition in an effort to sell their product is a company I don’t want anything to do with. Just in case you haven’t [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2007 by ElectroGeek
Suit alleges illegal kickbacks to Dell from Intel were concealed.
Shortly after the resignation of its chief executive, Dell reeled from another blow as a group of investors filed a lawsuit alleging that the company had used illegal accounting methods to hide secret kickback payments paid by Intel.
The payments from Intel were meant to ensure that [...]
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