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Cheap Linux PCs Targeted At Home Users
News My sense is that most people who are culturally attuned to the PC market have bought PCs, one way or the other. While Red Hat and SuSE may be strong in Linux used on servers, Sundaram said he believes the competition is open for PCs.
[June 24, 2003, 8:32]
Tablet PCs Won't Come Cheap
News When a new crop of tablet PCs debuts next week, they aren't likely to be cheap. Microsoft has been working on its conception of tablet PCs for more than two years in a bid to create a more functional portable computer that people can operate using...
[November 1, 2002, 7:46]
1GHz PCs: Fast, But Certainly Not Cheap
News However, these new, faster PCs won't be cheap. While Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are sprinting toward the finish line in a mad race to see who can be the first to release a 1GHz -- or 1,000MHz -- processor for desktop PCs, consumers are...
[March 3, 2000, 9:03]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
Talkback Many good reasons to blow XP off your computer, paid for or not, no good reason to put it on if your running Linux. The piracy bit is pure FUD, nope even standards are required for FUD, the piracy bit doesn't make the grade.
[August 26, 2003, 11:46]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
Talkback The Microsoft one price polycy has already fallen. You only have to present a plausable Linux adoptation plan to get big discounts from Microsoft. Just look at Munich. I expect that zero cost windows CDs will accompany every computer magazine sold...
[August 25, 2003, 19:57]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
Talkback "Gartner analysts" are worth quoting? News reporters should do homework about those "Gartner analyst preditions" issued a few years back to see how accurate "Gartner analyst" have been. To me those "Gartner analyst" are probably the same folks who...
[August 23, 2003, 14:05]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
Talkback Will the wonderful Gartner analyst please shut up! How do they know people will be unloading Linux and putting bootleg of windows on their machines. What will actually happen and what the Gartner group is afraid is losing the backing of all the...
[August 28, 2003, 14:02]
PC Expo: It's The Battle Of The (dirt) Cheap PCs
News It's good for people who wouldn't maybe buy a computer or someone who already has a computer, because it's cheap," said Lamar Potts, Be vice president of internet appliances. Microworkz.com, a Seattle-based, PC maker has received some attention...
[June 24, 1999, 9:51]
AOL Offers Cheap PCs, Attacks Dixons
News AOL is to offer UK customers inexpensive PCs, the company announced Thursday. It is quite possible it will use the Freeserve brand to promote special offers on PCs," he said. Under the deal UK CompuServe customers will get 25 percent or £250 off...
[November 26, 1999, 17:03]
PowerGen Provides Staff With Cheap Home PCs
News The Income and Corporation Tax Act 1998, which was amended in the Finance Act 1999, says that if a company loans PCs or software to its employees, the first £500 of the value of the asset is exempt from income tax, providing that the offer is made...
[June 26, 2001, 16:11]
US Buyers Snapping Up Cheap PCs
News It was the first time average selling prices for desktop PCs fell below $1,400 in the four years CI has tracked the number. Retail PC shoppers are apparently becoming more price conscious, with 40 percent of buyers in August paying less than $1,000...
[October 9, 1997, 9:28]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
News Now with the recent appointment of a general manager in Thailand, Microsoft has belatedly realised the potential of one million ICT PCs running Linux and decided to participate in the program," said Wiggins.
[August 22, 2003, 12:20]
Not-so-cheap PCs Fail In Popularity Contest
News Sales of entry-level PCs in Europe were decimated by the weak euro over Christmas, according to new research from Gartner Dataquest. Consumer PC sales actually fell 4.7 percent in the Christmas quarter, largely because the strong dollar made it...
[February 1, 2001, 15:09]
UK PC Vendors Say Cheap PCs Still Aren't Moving Here
News The companies were reacting to US research by Computer Intelligence (CI) which said that PC shoppers are growing more price-conscious and that vendors without a sub-$1,000 PC will be not be able to compete in the retail market.
[October 13, 1997, 13:12]
IDF: Cheap Gadget Wirelessly Joins PCs, TVs
News The companies are planning to bundle the adapters with future PCs. A new device from Intel could speed the dream of the networked home, where PC-stored digital photos would be viewed on a TV, and MP3 music tracks could be beamed to a stereo.
[September 12, 2002, 7:37]
The Day Ahead: PeoplePC Faces Stiff Odds
News Under the pacts, PeoplePC would supply Ford and Delta employees with Net access, PCs and services on the cheap. This time next year PeoplePC, which provides cheap PCs and Internet services to the masses, will be awash in red ink and may be in need...
[August 8, 2000, 12:04]
BT Details Success Of PC Loan Scheme
News BT is also offering cheap desktop software for staff to install on their home PCs as part of its Software Assurance licensing deal with Microsoft, as well as cheap broadband packages. BT has loaned 30,000 PCs to staff for home use as part of its...
[March 15, 2006, 11:25]
2GHz PCs Ready For Launch
News While the new PCs will increase the performance standards for desktop computers, they also will be fairly cheap, the result of a slow market for computers. For the computing maniac who thought he had everything, PCs with 2GHz chips will land on...
[August 24, 2001, 8:48]
Microsoft Picks Five Countries For Cheap Windows
News Windows XP Starter Edition -- an inexpensive version of Microsoft's flagship operating system that does not contain as many features as the standard version -- will begin shipping on PCs in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in October, said Maggie...
[August 11, 2004, 9:00]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback The main reason they sell so many PCs is down to the fact that they virtually give the heaps of crap away to all educational establishments. If DELL had shops, customers would be able to see what a pile of crap DELL PCs are and wouldn't buy them.
[September 7, 2006, 17:18]
