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Giada i53 aims at HTPCs with Ivy Bridge and USB 3.0

, Jul 13th 2012 Discuss [1]

A manufacturer has finally decided to build a mini PC featuring silicon other than Intel’s Atom or AMD’s various APUs. In this case it's Giada, today announcing its new i53 “book sized” mini PC. The company has managed to cram in Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors into a 26mm thick chassis, saying that the whole package only consumes 35W. The other specs aren’t bad either. Read The Full Story

PC sales slump with Asian shipments “worst in years”

, Jul 12th 2012 Discuss [6]

Just when sales for the PC industry were looking up, computer shipments slipped globally in Q2. Analysts were expecting conservative numbers for the PC industry overall in Q2, and the latest report from IDC published this week shows sales were worse than expected. According to IDC, 86.7 million PC units were shipped globally in Q2. Read The Full Story

Windows 8 RTM in early August and on shelves in late October

, Jul 9th 2012 Discuss [3]

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will hit RTM (“release to manufacturing”) in the first week of August, with the next-gen OS expected to launch in late October. The news was announced at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 in Toronto this morning by CFO Tami Reller, the first time the company has officially detailed the OS’ release.

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HP outs All-in-One PC quartet including sleek ENVY 23

, Jul 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

HP has revealed a new all-in-one foursome, targeting home, business and multimedia users with fully-integrated PCs offering optional touchscreens. The HP ENVY 23 All-in-One and HP Pavilion 23 All-in-One take on the home market, with 23-inch Full 1080p displays and HP's own media streaming software suite, while the HP Compaq Elite 8300 and HP Compaq Pro 6300 target business users. Read The Full Story

Quad GeForce GTX 690 server scoffs at your parallel processing needs

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [3]

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 690 has already won the hearts and minds of many gamers, with its potent combination of twin Kepler cores, but how about using it for a compact GPU compute rig? That's just what custom PC system maker AVADirect decided to try, opting for not just one GTX 690 but a four card rig squeezed into a standard 2U server. Read The Full Story

PC to Mac sales ratio plummets

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [23]

This week its been calculated by the analysts at Asymco that in the world of recorded sales for PCs vs Apple's Mac computers, the ratio of the former's sales to the latter is at its lowest since 1997. What we're to understand from this situation is that there are around 16 PC computers sold- that's every other kind of computer you can think of for the home or business, essentially - for every one Mac sold. Those are current day numbers. Compare that to 2004 when that number was closer to 50 to 1 and you'll see the big difference right away - did you see this coming? Read The Full Story

Tried the Windows 8 preview? Upgrade to the real thing for just $40

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [33]

Back when Microsoft released the Windows 7 RC builds, there wasn't anyway to upgrade to a final retail copy of the OS without performing a complete system wipe or using a hack. The same won’t be true with Windows 8, however, with Microsoft serving up an FAQ list that indicates users will be able to upgrade from the Release Preview to the final release. Anyone wishing to upgrade will be able to buy a license for $39.99 and upgrade accordingly. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire 5600U AiO features Ivy Bridge and multitouch

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [1]

Acer has today announced the introduction of its Aspire 5600U All-in-One PC. The company says the slim chassis is around 35mm thick, with the machine featuring a 23-inch screen with a 1920x1080 resolution, a 5ms response time, 250 nits of brightness, and 10 point multitouch. The PC is powered by Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors, and there’s a discrete NVIDIA GPU too. Read The Full Story

Sales ratio of PCs versus Macs hits levels not seen since 1985

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [7]

Apple and Microsoft have been fighting it out in the PC industry since the early 80s. Back in 1984, the two companies were on more equal footing when it came to the sales of the individual operating systems on computers. Things changed over the 80s into the early 90s as the ratio between PCs sold versus the number of Macs sold hovered around 15 times as many PCs until around 1997. Read The Full Story

Samsung Series 7 AiO gets Ivy Bridge refresh in South Korea

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung has announced that it’s releasing an update to its existing Series 7 All-In-One PC that will bump the Intel processors up to Ivy Bridge and also add discrete graphics from AMD. The new version of the Series 7 will add one of Intel’s Ivy Bridge Core i5 CPUs, and graphics will be handled by an AMD Radeon 6470M GPU. A 1TB hard drive is also onboard for all your storage needs. Read The Full Story

Shuttle Computer outs new XS35GTA V3 and XS35V3 mini PCs

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Shuttle has announced the debut of a new graphics card in its slim computing solutions. The company has crammed an AMD GPU inside its new XS35GTA V3 SFF machine, and the XS35V3 gets integrated Intel graphics. Both computers retain their silent fanless designs. One of the two new models has an integrated GPU, and the other has discrete graphics. Read The Full Story

Ideum Platform and Pro touch tables bring on the slim

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Multitouch table specialist Ideum has outed its latest finger-friendly Surface SUR40 rivals, dramatically slimming the 55-inch video furniture while simultaneously boosting power. The Platform touch table is a mere 2-inches thick, sitting on a slender central stand while still offering a larger surface than the SUR40, while the Pro touch table is chunkier but considerably more powerful, with a user-expandable HP workstation in the base. Read The Full Story
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