Acer snaps up Gateway
News Gateway's basically been up on eBay for the last couple of years," said Samir Bhavnani, analyst at Current Analysis West. In reality, it seemed like eMachines was taking over Gateway, with its management structure, the way they marketed themselves...
[August 28, 2007, 8:07]
Licence nearly up on Apple's Boot Camp beta
News The ability to create and manage partitions is important," said Current Analysis research director Samir Bhavnani. For example, Bhavnani said early users of the software might create a small Windows partition to try out the operating system, but...
[April 11, 2007, 8:49]
Dell brings back XP amid user demand
News Current Analysis research director Samir Bhavnani said most of the demand for XP he sees is from small businesses, rather than consumers. They know that XP works," Bhavnani said. Bhavnani blamed some of the lacklustre results on a lack of marketing...
[April 20, 2007, 17:22]
Palm's Foleo gets cool reception
News Ultraportable laptop sales only accounted for 1.5 percent of the US retail PC market in the fourth quarter of last year — the busiest PC shopping season — said Samir Bhavnani, an analyst with Current Analysis West.
[May 31, 2007, 10:16]
Apple holds back Leopard's release
News But Apple will be missing the back-to-school season, which is the second-most important period of the PC buying year, said Samir Bhavnani, an analyst with Current Analysis. It seems that Apple was forced to make a choice between shipping the iPhone...
[April 13, 2007, 8:56]
AMD, Intel fortunes diverge over past year
News Intel currently has a much broader set of chips than AMD, said Samir Bhavnani, an analyst with CurrentAnalysisWest, which tracks the US retail PC market. As a result, Intel has retaken market share, Bhavnani said.
[July 17, 2007, 10:31]
Vista sales gaining momentum
News Vista has picked up momentum in recent months, said Samir Bhavnani, an analyst at Current Analysis West. It got off to kind of a rocky start," Bhavnani said. While Apple has gained on Windows over the past year, Bhavnani said the company may find...
[October 29, 2007, 14:59]
Vista launch sees PC retail sales boost
News Vista Basic is for the entry-level computer user, and you don't get a lot of the visual experiences that you do with Vista Premium," said Samir Bhavnani, research director for Current Analysis. I felt the first-week numbers were pretty impressive...
[February 9, 2007, 8:56]
Gateway plans to snap up Packard Bell
News From Acer's perspective, they know Lenovo's strong in Asia, and they know Lenovo wants to grow in the US and Europe," said Samir Bhavnani, an analyst with Current Analysis. Gateway announced on Monday that it has agreed to take over the controlling...
[October 9, 2007, 16:19]
Researcher: Macs not as expensive as thought
News If you look at sales by price band, very few desktops are sold in that $1,500-and-above category," said Samir Bhavnani, a researcher at Current Analysis. Although Apple's PCs are more expensive than those running Windows, one Wall Street researcher...
[May 17, 2006, 9:35]
AMD chips win broader Dell approval
News In using AMD, Dell's really playing catch-up to HP," said Samir Bhavnani, an analyst with Current Analysis. Dell's announcement of a broader relationship with AMD could not overshadow poor second-quarter results and news of a federal investigation...
[August 18, 2006, 8:45]
Apple rings the changes with the iPhone
News But Apple's iPhone isn't cheap, and some people who aren't on Cingular's network might be unable to switch without hefty penalties, said Samir Bhavnani, an analyst with Current Analysis. In one of the most anticipated gadget announcements in recent...
[January 10, 2007, 7:46]
