More Desktop PCs Opinion

  • 23 February 2009

  • Opinion: Can the all-in-one claw back desktop PC market share?

    If you can believe the stats, laptops are outselling desktop PCs. The portable has been catching up for a few years, but new figures from analyst iSuppli suggest that in the third quarter of 2008, laptops finally took the lead, with worldwide sales of 38.6 million units, against 38.5 million for desktops.

  • 26 January 2009

  • Opinion: At what cost come pocketable PCs?

    Many of the netbooks we've seen recently look like full-size laptops, zapped by an incredible shrinking raygun. But if you think they look small, you should see Sony's latest ultraportable.

  • 08 January 2009

  • Opinion: AMD Phenom II: First benchmarks

    The story sounds familiar: Intel hits a new milestone in nanometre architecture, and AMD waits a while to follow up. It happened with 65nm processors, and it's happening again now. Two days shy of a year since Intel launched Penryn, its first 45nm chip, AMD is finally ready to counter with a few 45nm CPUs of its own - Phenom II has finally arrived.

  • 29 December 2008

  • Opinion: Six simple New Year upgrades for your PC

    Whatever your motivation, a few simple upgrades can make your PC more productive. And these upgrades make more sense than an all-new PC, especially with CES and other tradeshows coming up.

  • 02 December 2008

  • Opinion: 40 horrible sounds of dying hard drives

    Not that I lie awake at night thinking of this, but do hard drives make different sounds as they begin to fail - and take your precious data with them? Apparently, they do.

  • 13 November 2008

  • Opinion: Teaching women about computers

    If you thought that netbooks, Apple iPhones and spreadsheets were just for the boys, watch out for the laptop ladies, web women and gadget girls. They've got a new guidebooks that shows them how to chitter chatter on IM and choose a computer that fits in with their chintz curtains.

  • 09 October 2008

  • Opinion: Go buy a Mac, moaners - Vista is better than XP

    Despite what the obituaries might say, Vista is faring well - and it still soundly beats XP.

  • 16 September 2008

  • Opinion: Keeping up with consumer trends

    Intel wants us to call them ‘nettops'. But this is the company that also thinks a low-cost mini laptop should be called a ‘netbook' - and we do wonder whether that will catch on...

  • 14 August 2008

  • Opinion: Touching the future of compact computing

    A few months ago, HP announced its revised consumer desktop PC concept: the TouchSmart PC.

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