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Apple set to bring iPad-style retina displays to MacBooks

...iPods, and more recently on the iPad. Computers have been the one holdout, but that's changing.NPD DisplaySearch Senior Analyst Richard Shim says that... Read more

17 May, 2012 by Brooke Crothers and Josh Lowensohn

Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC

IDC has published a white paper that explains "Why Sticking with Windows XP is a Bad Idea". It claims that upgrading... Read more

28 May, 2012

Apple gives away Snow Leopard to ease path to iCloud

...Store for £20.99. MacGasm reports that Apple has begun notifying MobileMe holdouts that they can receive a free Snow Leopard DVD, but they have... Read more

19 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

Microsoft wins Android patent call against Motorola

...functionality of their devices. Motorola has, like Barnes & Noble, been a notable holdout, refusing to pay Microsoft a levy on each Android handset it sells... Read more

21 December, 2011 by David Meyer

XP on the way out as businesses adopt Windows 7 at record speed

...good bet that the late adopters will soon realise that the XP holdouts represent an unsustainable minority. Microsoft's Rich Reynolds, general manager of Windows... Read more

8 November, 2010

The future?s bright, the future?s ? UltraViolet?

...Pictures, Philips, Samsung, Sony, Tesco, Thomson, Toshiba, VeriSign and Warner Brothers. The holdouts include Apple, which uses its own proprietary DRM system, and Disney, where... Read more

20 July, 2010

Judge to weigh Microsoft's wish for delay

Microsoft and states will appear at a hearing next week to determine the antitrust trial's next phase Read more

3 January, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

What did Einstein ever do for us?

...atoms called molecules. Though most scientists accepted the concept, there were significant holdouts. "At that time, there were people who doubted the existence of molecules... Read more

3 June, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

The coming Java-Linux duopoly

...and the Cloudscape and InstantDB databases are just some examples. The only holdout is Microsoft, a dinosaur blinded by its past successes and rapidly fading... Read more

6 June, 2000 by Ganesh Prasad

The Future of Microsoft Windows Vista

...And if yes why? Let’s break out this next generation of holdouts as follows: * Home users who do not have the technical skill sets... Read more

27 February, 2010

Bizarre Windows 7 Downgrade/Upgrade Policies Coming

...it is this. Besides their obvious determination to stamp out the XP holdouts, this new policy might actually coax some corporate installations to change to... Read more

18 June, 2009
Sun: Java to be 100 percent open by year's end

Sun: Java to be 100 percent open by year's end

...the GPL, and that was last summer. There were a couple of holdouts there. One was the area to do with raster graphics and 2D... Read more

23 June, 2008 by Lana Kovacevic

Linux server market sagging?

...much all done now. There's only a few SCO and UnixWare holdouts, while everyone else has made the sensible move. But there's an... Read more

29 October, 2007

HP plans to upgrade Integrity server line

...rest of the system with HP's new zx2 chipset. The only holdouts will be the bottom-end rx1620 — which won't be upgraded with... Read more

7 September, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

IBM and AMD plot Opteron tie-up

...and Sun have given Opteron first-class-citizen status, and even longtime holdout Dell has announced Opteron server plans, IBM's Opteron servers were geared... Read more

21 July, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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