Apple tops PC satisfaction ratings for tenth straight year
Apple has now remained atop the American Customer Satisfaction Index of personal computers for 10 years straight. After consistently ranking behind Hewlett-Packard throughout the 1990s …
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Windows 8.1 pricing and packaging revealed, upgrade plans detailed
One month out from release, Microsoft has announced the official pricing and packaging for Windows 8.1 The newest version of the Windows operating system will …
Microsoft concept video from 2000 correctly predicts post-PC era that’s now whipping Windows
We live in a world filled with smartphones, tablets, and televisions that intelligently respond to our gestures and voices. We can share information with others …
New Haswell-based Chromebooks to release ‘in the coming months’
Windows 8 tablets aren’t the only devices that are about to get a battery boost from Intel’s Haswell processors. Google announced on Wednesday that new …
OS X Mavericks reportedly won’t launch until October
Apple unveiled OS X 10.9 Mavericks earlier this at WWDC, but has had very little to say about an official release date since then. With …
IDC: The PC market will deteriorate even more than expected this year
Every time you think that the PC market may have bottomed out, it just keeps getting worse. IDC came out with new PC shipment numbers …
Lenovo now installing old-fashioned Start menus on Windows 8 PCs
Although Microsoft is indeed bringing back a version of the Start button with its upcoming Windows 8.1 update, it’s still not bringing back the full …
Touchscreen PCs not seen catching on this year
Adding touch capabilities to laptops and notebooks doesn’t seem to be a magical elixir for reviving the PC industry. Unnamed industry sources tell Digitimes that …
IDC: Windows 8 touch PCs off to a rough start
Microsoft’s bet that people would come around to Windows 8 once they got to experience it on touch-based PCs hasn’t gone well so far. Computerworld …
HP seen as 2014’s potential comeback kid
It’s been a long time since HP has had any good news but at least one analyst thinks the company’s plan to revive its PC …
PC sales still smashing tablets on college campuses
There is absolutely no question at this point that tablets are responsible for the global decline in PC sales. This was an inevitability that top …
Startup working to hook Raspberry Pi up to 3G networks
Raspberry Pi, everyone’s favorite ugly-but-cheap mini-computer, may be about to get a lot more mobile. Ars Technica reports that a company called SparqEE is developing a …
PC sales may no longer be in a downward spiral
It’s been a very bad year for PC sales but a new survey from Strategy Analytics suggests that the worst may be over for now. …
Dubious honor: HP may regain lead from Lenovo in cratering notebook market
It may not mean as much as it did a few years ago, but HP could soon overtake Lenovo to once again become the world’s …
Dell’s potential savior, a $100 Android computer the size of a USB stick, now shipping to testers
Dell is said to be working on a new device under the code-name “Project Ophelia,” and reports suggest it will essentially be an Android-powered computer …
Haswell-powered Retina MacBook Pro might not ship until October
Apple’s next-generation MacBook Pro with a Retina display may launch later than expected. According to a report from the China Times, a refreshed version of …
MacBook shipments expected to decline in Q3
MacBook sales traditionally surge in the third quarter thanks to back-to-school sales, however a new report suggests that Q3 shipments of Apple’s laptops this year …
Apple issues fix for MacBook Air Wi-Fi bug and screen flickering problems
Apple on Thursday issued a software update for its latest 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air computers to fix issues with the screen and improve Wi-Fi …
Every major PC vendor except Lenovo is in free fall
Throughout this year of gloomy PC sales, one constant has remained: Lenovo has been the only vendor whose shipments have either held steady or have …
Startup wages war on PC bloatware
One of the more frustrating parts of buying a personal computer comes when you fire it up and realize that the OEM has larded it …
Chromebook shipments set to explode in second half
Google is capitalizing on Microsoft’s failure to revitalize the PC industry with Windows 8. While traditional PCs are having their worst year to date, shipments …
PC market’s Q2 decline might be even worse than we thought
Industry watchers collectively cringed last week when market research firms Gartner and IDC each published second-quarter shipment estimates that showed a huge decline of about …
Lenovo is now the world’s top PC vendor
It may not be as big of an honor as it was five years ago, but Lenovo can now proudly say that it’s the world’s …
Google’s Chromebooks are now the fastest growing PC market segment
It would appear Google’s increased marketing efforts that sought to bolster Chromebooks sales have paid off. According to data from market research firm NPD Group, the …
Windows 8.1 ships to vendors in August
Windows chief Tami Reller announced on Monday that the company’s PC and tablet vendor partners will receive a near-final version of Windows 8.1 in late August. This …
Apple’s latest move worries PC vendor rivals
Apple recently filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a new type of computer port that combines a memory card …
Gartner cuts global IT spending growth forecast in half as PC sales slump
Slowing PC sales forced market research firm Gartner to cut its forecast for 2013 global IT spending growth in half. The company announced this week …
Dell turns to wearable tech as Windows 8 fails to boost PC sales
Windows 8 failed to boost PC sales and now vendors are scrambling to find the next big thing. Companies such as Google, Apple, Samsung, LG …
Notebook shipments tick upward ahead of Windows 8.1 launch
There may be some hope for the PC market after all. Digitimes‘ latest research report shows that notebook shipments posted a month-over-month across-the-board increase in …
Windows 8.1 doesn’t seem likely to help sliding PC sales
The upcoming launch of Windows 8.1 isn’t expected to save the sliding PC industry. Loren Loverde of IDC believes that worldwide PC shipments could improve slightly …
