Lenovo is moving away from its business origins with the launch of a new consumer oriented PC line, dubbed the "Idea" range, later this month.
Microsoft is pushing Tablet PC as the next evolutionary phase of notebooks. We check out the first Tablet PCs available in Australia, as well as looking at the OS that underpins it all.
HP is likely to continue its growth in the PC market, but new arrival in the top-three Acer will fall back down the rankings, according to an IDC analyst.
The Australian PC market for the second quarter 2003 has increased by 20.9 percent over the same period last year, according to IDC.
Australia's personal computer market improved 7.5 percent in the third quarter from the same quarter a year ago, with 522,000 units sold, according to preliminary estimates from market analyst International Data Corporation.
Apple's share of the Australian personal computer market has jumped sharply in the last year, according to statistics released this week by Australia's two largest technology analyst firms.
Acer needs help getting ahead, and Gateway needs help keeping up. Both hope a merger will do the trick -- and put them ahead of rival Lenovo in the process.
Big Blue's plan to sell its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity.
Lenovo is moving away from its business origins with the launch of a new consumer oriented PC line, dubbed the "Idea" range, later this month.
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