Tags: dell, gartner, shipments

News (38)

• Apple grows Australian market share

  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.

• PC shipments leap past expectations

  PC sales rose again in a quarter that saw Hewlett-Packard regain strength and Dell lose some of its luster.

• PC shipments growing faster than expected

  Notebooks and low-cost computers led to higher-than-expected PC shipments in the second quarter of 2005, and many of these machines appeared to go to first-time buyers.

• Australia buying fewer, more expensive servers

  The number of servers shipped to the Asia Pacific region has increased by 10 percent, but shipments to Australia have taken a 7.9 percent dive.

• Acer merges with Gateway, leapfrogs Lenovo

  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.

Features and Case Studies (9)

• Are PC makers poised for major hit?

  A third of today's top 10 manufacturers could exit the PC business by 2007, according to a new report.

• IBM exit a sign of times

  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 creates Ideas for PC market

  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.

• Drive maker Maxtor to ax hundreds of jobs

  More hard times for a hard-drive maker as Maxtor sends out a second-quarter warning and says it will make job cuts

• The importance of being 64-bit

  IT vendors such as Microsoft and Intel have grand plans for 64-bit computing and the improved processing potential it promises but convincing customers may not be so straightforward.

Reviews (5)

• Handhelds continue steady slide

  Once the toast of the gadget market, personal digital assistants have been losing some of their fizz and in 2002 continued a steady slide.

• Dell customers want XP, not Vista

  After adding it back as an option for small businesses, Dell offers the older OS on consumer machines in response to demand in the US.

• Lenovo creates Ideas for PC market

  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.

• Palm to acquire rival Handspring

  Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.

• DVD formats put to the test

  Panasonic is trying to tackle one of the major obstacles that has slowed mainstream adoption of recordable DVD drives with a new drive that can read multiple formats.

• Just In

• Most Popular

• Most Discussed

Reader Services

Popular Topics

Essentials