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Why all that crapware will kill the PC

Turn on a brand new PC - like I did for my mother-in-law last weekend - and the first thing I do is close a popup from a... Read more

13 August, 2010

AOL offers cheap PCs, attacks Dixons

Deal extended to CompuServe customers, is part of deal to increase Intel penetration in Europe Read more

26 November, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

UK PC vendors say cheap PCs still aren't moving here

UK PC vendors laughed off suggestions today that the UK PC consumer market was becoming more price-conscious and less concerned with state-of-the-art technology. Read more

13 October, 1997 by Marc Ambasna Jones

US buyers snapping up cheap PCs

More and more computer buyers are snapping up sub-$1,000 PCs, and manufacturers that don't ave inexpensive models ready for Christmas will be at a severe competitive disadvantage, according to market researcher Computer Intelligence. Read more

9 October, 1997 by Margaret Kane

Microsoft talks up 'entry-level' Windows

Update: The company is to compete in poor countries with a cut-price, reduced-functionality version of Windows XP - and Thailand is already using the software Read more

9 February, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

IBM slashes business-PC prices

IBM is entering the bottom end of the business market with a new range of cut-price PCs Read more

25 June, 2003 by John G.Spooner

Cheap Linux PCs targeted at home users

A US start-up is selling PCs running the Linux operating system to consumers at bargain-basement prices Read more

24 June, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

ATI gives graphics boost to budget PCs

New integrated chipsets from ATI mean budget-PC owners will no longer miss out on the latest games Read more

23 June, 2003 by David Becker

Via brings hi-fi to the low end

Its latest motherboard will allow low-cost PCs to offer high-quality audio and DVD playback, according to Via Read more

6 January, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Thailand's cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's hand

A Gartner analyst is predicting Microsoft's prices in developing countries will be cut in half within a year Read more

22 August, 2003 by John Lui

Eric Raymond: Microsoft doomed by cheap PCs

Microsoft's software monopoly can't survive economically once PC prices drop below a certain level, predicts open-source guru Eric Raymond Read more

27 February, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Not-so-cheap PCs fail in popularity contest

Entry-level computers weren't popular in Europe this year, but pricey corporate models could save the PC market Read more

1 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

PC Expo: It's the battle of the (dirt) cheap PCs

How much cheaper can PCs get? Two companies at PC Expo in New York this week are trying to answer that question, and they are coming up with decidedly different answers. Read more

24 June, 1999 by Joel Deane

Intel's portable Timna to debut at 700MHz, (Part I)

...little if any money from their low-cost PC lines. "There are cheap PCs out there ... and right now nobody is making any money on... Read more

8 September, 2000 by John Spooner

eMachines: Expect appliances from us

eMachines of Irvine, California company best known for making cheap PCs, is eyeing appliances. No, not refrigerators or washers. Instead, its top... Read more

19 November, 1999 by John G.Spooner

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