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Big Blue desktops gain speed
News Delivering on a promise to become more competitive in the PC market, IBM refreshed its NetVista desktop PC line with faster processors and launched new management software on Wednesday. IBM bumped up the speed of its NetVista A30p and NetVista M42...
[November 21, 2002, 8:55]
IBM thinks small with new desktop
News IBM's newest NetVista desktop is brought to you by the letter S -- as in small. IBM on Tuesday released the new NetVista S42, a small desktop that sells for as little as $950 (about £610). The NetVista S42, IBM's first all-new model since the...
[October 2, 2002, 7:42]
IBM phases out all-in-one PC
News IBM plans to retire its all-in-one NetVista X Series PC after only two years on the market. Still, design ideas embodied in the NetVista X will live on in other products. But a customer could combine the $619 T560 display with a faster $799...
[July 1, 2002, 12:03]
Small business is big again for IBM
News IBM has introduced a slew of new NetVista desktop PCs aimed at small and midsized businesses, making it the latest PC maker to renew an effort to gain customers in the so-called SMB market. IBM's new systems, including 10 NetVista A22p models...
[January 28, 2002, 10:43]
IBM unveils PCs for the Net
News NetVista will also target corporations when IBM rolls out a legacy-free PC, codenamed Stardust, later in the second quarter. The company's Personal Systems Group on Monday announced the NetVista product line, designed with the Internet in mind.
[March 14, 2000, 9:00]
Small PCs get big boost
News IBM this week added 10 new petite models to its NetVista S42 line, while HP launched three new tiny Evo D510 machines. A similarly configured NetVista S42 sells for $969, the IBM site says. It weighs 9.9 pounds, versus the ultraslim desktop's 11.2...
[February 10, 2003, 11:11]
IBM to outsource server manufacturing
News Just a year after outsourcing the manufacturing of its NetVista desktop PCs, Big Blue will do the same for its X-Series servers and IntelliStation workstations sold in North America and Europe. The contract will go to Sanmina-SCI, which also took...
[January 7, 2003, 14:57]
IBM scales back direct sales
News It came on the same day that IBM announced its decision to outsource production of its NetVista range of desktop PCs. Instead, the NetVista PCs will be manufactured by Sanmina-SCI under a three-year, $5bn (£3.5bn) agreement.
[January 9, 2002, 15:36]
IBM chooses Linux for Indian desktop
News The IBM NetVista A30, which the report said was the first Linux desktop sold by Big Blue, is aimed at small and home offices and will be available in several cities across the subcontinent. The NetVista A30 is IBM's entry model desktop in the Asia...
[June 3, 2003, 11:21]
IBM adds new angle to flat-panel monitors
News Although flat panels that pivot have been around for some time -- both at IBM and elsewhere -- the T560 uses the crane-like articulating arm that made its debut in IBM's Netvista PC. An articulating arm is also used in Netvista X Series PCs, first...
[October 5, 2001, 13:07]
New iMac: Cool or clunky?
News Kay noted that the new iMac is similar to the IBM NetVista X, but Apple appears to have conquered some of the design issues that hampered the NetVista X. Reactions to Apple Computer's new flat-panel iMac are ranging from "ooh" to "huh?
[January 8, 2002, 8:52]
Fingerprints mark tighter security on IBM PCs
News The company's PC division on March 5 will ship the new security software in new ThinkPad notebooks and NetVista desktop PCs. IBM installs the Security Subsystem on all of its ThinkPads and NetVistas, with the exception of its NetVista A-series.
[February 20, 2002, 9:00]
Flat-panel iMac pictures leaked
News IBM has been selling the all-in-one NetVista X, which comes with an integrated flat panel with an optional crane arm similar to Apple's new PC, for more than a year. IBM cured that problem by making the flat panel removable on its latest Pentium 4...
[January 7, 2002, 8:55]
IBM moving out of desktop manufacturing
News Analysts reacted to IBM's announcement with little fervor, seeing the move as little more than IBM moving the product line to a lower-cost manufacturing scenario, as IBM will continue in-house product development, sales and marketing for NetVista.
[January 9, 2002, 11:31]
IBM merges desktop and laptop divisions
News The change created a new Personal Computing Devices group that combines not only the NetVista desktop and ThinkPad portable product lines, but also their design, development and logistic operations. IBM on Monday consolidated its desktop and...
[April 3, 2001, 14:56]
Opera finds footing in browser war
News The IBM contract to use Opera in its NetVista Internet Appliance and another device, not yet disclosed, "is certainly something that the AOL folks would have liked to have," said David Smith, an analyst with research firm, Gartner.
[May 16, 2001, 9:25]
LinuxWorld to have a Big Blue tinge
News IBM has announced plans to translate all of its application and infrastructure software to Linux and has made Linux one of the operating systems available on most IBM hardware, ranging from its NetVista thin clients to its S/390 mainframes.
[January 31, 2001, 14:43]
HP outsources more manufacturing
News Last week, Sanmina signed a $5bn outsourcing pact with IBM to take over production of the NetVista desktop PC line. In a move to cut PC operations costs even further, Hewlett-Packard said on Thursday it would outsource more manufacturing worldwide.
[January 18, 2002, 6:31]
ID theft: The next IT industry boom?
News IBM believes that even smart cards don't go far enough, and touts the embedded security chip in its NetVista and ThinkPad range as the ultimate in security. As e-business grows, online fraud will evolve from stealing credit card numbers to...
[June 13, 2002, 8:52]
IBM drops AMD in North America
News IBM Canada continues to sell two models of its NetVista A40i consumer desktop on Big Blue's Web site for that country. IBM has quietly discontinued using AMD's chips in PCs sold in North America, as the battle for market share between AMD and Intel...
[August 14, 2001, 8:37]
