The poor economy over the last year has really hurt the PC market. If you listen to some of the various PC makers and some analysts, the netbook has hurt the industry along with the economy. Over the last few months, things have started looking up for the computer industry with a return to modest growth compared to previous quarters.
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Dell launches OptiPlex 780 USFF and SFF OptiPlex 380 PCs
The traditional big desktop is still around and is alive and kicking especially in markets like gaming computers and high-end workstations. Lots of other categories are increasingly dominated by notebooks. Small form factor desktops are still popular and Dell has announced two new SFF models for its OptiPlex series.
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Apple Mac Pro gets 3.33GHz Xeon and 2TB options
Apple have quietly updated their Mac Pro desktop systems, adding a new processor option together with greater storage. Buyers looking for the most powerful Mac Pro around are now able to specify a 3.33GHz Intel Xeon quad-core CPU, which is a whopping $1,200 on top of the regular machine. The new CPU joins the existing entry-level 2.66GHz Xeon and 2.93GHz Xeon, the latter of which is a $400 option.
As for the storage tweak, there's now a 2TB SATA 3Gb/s 7,200rpm hard-drive option, priced at $350, in addition to the previous 640GB and 1TB drives on offer. The new 2TB drive has 32GB of cache, and is also available on the Apple Xserve server.
It's not yet possible to specify two of the 3.33GHz Xeon processors in Apple's 8-core Mac Pro, which still only offers 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz and 2.93GHz options. Apple have been tipped to release a 6-core, 12-thread Xeon (Gulftown) processor (built on 32nm processes and with 12MB of shared cache) in early 2010.
Core i7 iMac DOA and cracked-screen woes reported
Apple's 27-inch iMac did the Cupertino company proud when we reviewed the Core 2 Duo model last month, but trouble is afoot with the freshly-shipping Core i7 models. Various Apple support forum threads are suggesting that not only are some Core i7 iMacs turning up DOA and refusing to power on, others have hit desktops only for their eager buyers to discover the glass screen has cracked.
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iBuyPower unveils Chimera 2 gaming desktops
In May of this year iBuyPower unveiled its slick new custom painted Chimera gaming PC and it was really cool. The custom paint looked like it would be more at home on a show car than a gaming computer. iBuyPower has now announced the follow up called the Chimera 2.
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Origin gaming PC boutique builder launches
A few things jump to mind when it comes to gaming PC boutique builders, one of which is expensive. In a poor economy, most consumers are buying cheap computers like netbooks rather than the full featured and expensive gaming notebooks and desktops that sold decently in years past. A poor economy seems like a bad time to launch a new gaming PC company, but that is exactly what Origin has done.
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Dell Inspiron Zino HD SFF desktop debuts
Dell's compact desktop, the Inspiron Zino HD, has finally made its way out of the shadows and into your online basket. Teased all the way back in August, the Zino HD might only measure 7.75 x 7.75 x 3.5 inches but Dell have squeezed in up to AMD's Athlon Neo X2 6850e 1.8GHz processor, up to 1TB of storage, 8GB of RAM and an optional optical drive; you can even have discrete graphics, in the shape of ATI's Radeon HD 4330.
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AMD Dorado & Leo desktop platforms tipped for May 2010
AMD are reportedly planning two new desktop platforms which will see a May 2010 launch, at least that's the latest rumor out of motherboard manufacturers. The AMD Dorado and Leo platforms will target the mainstream and high-end respectively, with each using ATI Radeon HD 5000 series video cards and processors from either the Athlon II or Phenom II ranges.
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Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z all-in-one: dull specs, speedy start-up
Remember Lenovo's mysterious all-in-one that showed up in the company's Flickr stream last week? The desktop has been named and detailed today, as the Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z, and while it's targeted at small and medium businesses there's still plenty of appeal if you like your desktops functional rather than showy. The ThinkCentre A70z has a choice of Intel Celeron or Core 2 Duo processors, 19-inch display and - while the specifications are really nothing to get excited about - does at least do a convincing impression of a simple LCD monitor.
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Lenovo ThinkCentre business-centric all-in-one leaks
We love a little mystery, especially when that mystery is fuelled by a manufacturer themselves, and Lenovo have done us proud today with a new all-in-one PC. While the company is no stranger to all-in-ones - we reviewed their IdeaCentre C300 back in August - what makes this unnamed model different is that it's the first in the Lenovo ThinkCentre range, an all-in-one targeted at business users.
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Samsung 14-inch AMOLED desktop/notebook hybrid [Video]
Samsung Mobile's 2-inch transparent OLED didn't exactly blow us away, but their other prototypes are far more impressive. The company has also been showing off a 14-inch AMOLED notebook prototype, with a whopping 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and 300cd/m2 brightness. Despite that, the display is a mere 2.7mm thick.
Video demo after the cut
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ASUS ECS 1000 desktop supercomputer debuts
ASUS have outed their first supercomputer, and while you might associate the term with rooms packed full of ominous black totems, the ASUS ECS 1000 is actually a simple desktop. Despite the compact size, the ECS 1000 manages to hit speeds of up to 1.1 terraflops courtesy of NVIDIA graphics cards; the 3.33GHz Intel LGA1366 Xeon W3580 is paired with three NVIDIA Tesla C1060 computing processors and a single Quadro FX5800.
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