Latest Desktop PCs News

• 28 January 2015

• News: Alienware Alpha price cut could signal big changes for the former Steam Machine

  Alienware's Alpha quietly received a price cut this morning. which could portend either good news or bad news for the Steam-Machine-turned-console-competitor.

• News: Amid blow-out quarter, Apple barely mentions Mac sales

  Almost unnoticed on Tuesday during Apple's earnings call, the company said it sold 5.5 million Macs, a record for the December quarter.

• 26 January 2015

• News: The standardized PC served its purpose, but IT changes have rendered the approach obsolete

• 22 January 2015

• News: Surface RT won't get upgraded to Windows 10

  Microsoft has announced new details on Windows 10 but the Surface RT won't get the free upgrade.

• 21 January 2015

• News: Mouse Box wants to stuff a full PC into a mouse

  Forget the PC on a stick; a new concept called Mouse Box could take the next logical step by stuffing everything into a mouse.

• 16 January 2015

• News: The MintBox Mini is a silent, quad-core Linux Mint PC that fits in your pocket

  Linux users will no longer be left out of the miniature PC party with the MintBox Mini, a pocket-sized Linix Mint rig, due out next quarter.

• 13 January 2015

• News: Estimates peg Mac sales up 19% to new record

  Apple sold a record 5.75 million Macs in the quarter that ended Dec. 31, an increase of 19% that beat the overall industry by a wide margin, IDC said Monday.

• 08 January 2015

• News: Tesco in trouble: What the TalkTalk sale means for you

  It saw better-than-expected Christmas sales and has just launched its latest round of price cuts, but Tesco has announced several cost-cutting measures including the sale of Tesco Broadband & Homephone and Blinkbox to TalkTalk. We examine how these changes affect you, the customer.

• 07 January 2015

• News: Curved displays from TVs see uptake in PCs, monitors

  Curved displays may be a fad in TVs, but they could stick around longer in computer monitors.

• 05 January 2015

• News: HP takes on Chromeboxes with $180, Windows-based Stream Mini PC

  Late last year, HP kicked off the Windows war against Google's Chromebooks with its $200 Streambook 11, and now the company is back again to tackle Chromeboxes with its Stream Mini PC.

• News: CyberPower's Fang Trinity gaming PC is simply insane

  CyberPower's new Fang Trinity looks like no PC we've ever seen here at PCWorld. In fact, it looks more like a futuristic space pod than a computer.

• 04 January 2015

• News: You can't buy the Acer Revo One in 'murica but it's damned cute anyway

  The cutest little PC of CES contest hasn't even started, but Acer's Revo One RL85 may have already won it.

• 30 December 2014

• News: Samsung brings curved screen from TV to PC

  Samsung is trying to smash the status quo in PCs with a new all-in-one desktop computer that has a curved screen.

• 15 December 2014

• News: Next-gen Intel NUC images reveal new enclosures, possible wireless charging

  Intel may have more than just newer Broadwell processors up its sleeve as it revamps its bare-bones NUC PCs.

• 01 December 2014

• News: PC stagnation means zero-sum game for OEMs, OS makers

  IDC this week said that while the PC industry would end the year better off than it had expected, the foreseeable future holds no hope for a return of growth.

• 26 November 2014

• News: Bitdefender unleashes 'The Box'

  Internet software security vendor, Bitdefender, has launched a new product ‘The Box' aiming to tackle the security issues posed by the Internet of Things.

• 21 November 2014

• News: Black Friday: Newegg axes prices on laptops, desktops, tablets and more

• 12 November 2014

• News: Use a 13in laptop as a dedicated gaming system with Alienware's Graphics Amplifier

  Alienware's answer to the question "can I use my laptop for all my gaming needs?" lies in a dedicated external box called a Graphics Amplifier, which can allow the new Alienware 13 laptop to tap into high-end desktop graphics cards.

• 05 November 2014

• News: Dell shows off 'smart desk' prototype with tabletop touchscreen

  Great minds think alike. So too, apparently, do hardware makers designing their own workspaces of the future.

• 28 October 2014

• News: The Alienware Graphics Amplifier lets you add a desktop video card to a laptop

  One of the painful realities of buying a gaming laptop is that no matter how close to the bleeding edge you get, its graphics processor will be practically obsolete in a year or two. That's great for laptop manufacturers, but it sucks for gamers. Alienware has a solution: The Alienware Graphics Amplifier.

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