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PC Market Sees Sequential Growth for the First Time in Six Months
Sales of PCs were up in the second quarter of 2009, according to market analytics firm, iSupply. Global shipments were up 1% over the first quarter to 67.2 million units. This is the first increase in...
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Ballmer Downplays Windows 7's Role in Increasing PC Sales
We can't imagine anticipation running any higher for the imminent release of Windows 7 than it already is -- anyone hosting or attending a launch party? -- and rightfully so, given that the OS...
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Netbooks Sell Well but Don't Make Money
Netbooks really help the overall sales figures for PCs, but as it turns out, they aren’t so great for the bottom line. It’s the highly attractive price of netbooks that keeps them in high demand. This...
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Windows 7 Launch Did Not Grow PC Sales as Hoped
PC vendors were hoping that the launch of the much anticipated Windows 7 would result in a sales boost. The first reports from those vendors, however, are not painting a very rosy picture. Most vendors...
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Report: The PC Market Will Continue to Grow
At the recent D8 conference, Steve Jobs said the PC industry would be minimized in favor of touchscreen devices. Well, if it's going to happen, it isn't happening yet. Forrester Research has just...
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Analyst: iPad 2 Cutting into PC Sales
Apple set out to kickstart and then rule the tablet market with it's iPad, and now the iPad 2. Mission accomplished, at least until sexier Android tablets chip away at Apple's mobile market share. But...
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Gartner: Tablet Frenzy Cuts into PC Sales
The sky isn't falling, the world isn't about to end, and PCs aren't dying. Why, then, is market research firm Gartner bugging out? Call it an overreaction or a temporary blip as tablets settle into the...
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IHS iSuppli: iPad Sales Starting to Cut into PC Sales
You can take our decked out desktop PC when you pry it from our cold, dead hands, but until then, we'll continue to play Crysis (yes, our PCs can run Crysis), burn Blu-ray discs, transfer files via...
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China Overtakes US In PC Sales And Shipments
For as long as PCs have been around, Americans have been the ones buying them. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the old Stars n’ Stripes dominated the PC salescape when you remember that the field...
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Acer Chairman: Tablets Overrated, Ultrabooks Are The Future!
Ah, fads. Without those brief, yet intense, bursts of consumer excitement, the majority of us may have never heard awesome tidbits like the Pet Rock, bell-bottom pants, the Macarena, Tickle Me Elmo or...
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Apple To Surpass HP As Top PC Vendor In 2012? Depends On How You Look At Things
HP’s behavior in 2011 has been, well, erratic, to say the least. (The absolute least.) The PR missteps by the world’s top PC supplier has opened a crack just wide enough for other companies to sneak in...
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HP Struggles To Maintain its Hold Over PC Market: CEO Warns Investors 2013...
My favorite CEO adage by far is the tale of three envelopes. It is rumored that a new chief executive is presented with three envelopes by his predecessor. These notes of wisdom are designed to be...
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Windows 8 Selling Far Below Expectations, But Don’t Count It Out Just Yet
Microsoft wanted us all to believe Windows 8 would spark a new wave of consumer upgrades, and finally put to rest all the doom and gloom stories about declining PC sales. Skeptics were skeptical...
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No BS Podcast #207: AMD's 5GHz CPU, the State of the PC Industry, Incoming...
The latest news, our picks, your questions, and Gordon's rant!This time around it was a full podcast room as we tackled the latest industry developments, including the future of our very own magazine....
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No BS Podcast #215: OCZ Sells Out, PC Sales Shrink, and AMD's FX CPUs
OCZ sells its SSD business to Toshiba, PC enthusiasts have stopped upgrading, and is AMD giving up on the FX platform?Welcome to episode #215 of the No BS Podcast where we talk about nothing but gloom...
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