Intel Won't Cut Chip Prices For Xmas PCs
News The move could mean higher than expected Xmas systems and a loophole for CPU rivals like Cyrix and AMD. Intel shocked the PC market today, saying it would not be making its usual quarterly price cuts on key processors in November.
[July 12, 1996, 18:12]
1.2Gb Drives Sweet For Xmas PCs
News "There's a lot of inventory in the market but 850Mb drives will be used up and 1.2Gb will be priced the same as 1Gb within a few months," said Seamus Twohig, product manager at storage distributor Ideal Hardware.
[August 29, 1996, 14:33]
"We'll Have Happy Xmas" Say Direct Vendors
News I have to say that we have been and still are incredibly busy with both the Xmas market and sales to the SME market. We're also selling a high mix of products with 50 per cent of sales currently going to PII-based PCs, and that's exceeding Intel's...
[December 5, 1997, 15:51]
PC Buyers Could Get Cheapest Xmas Ever
News The London-based direct seller's best looking Xmas deal is its Home II Plus, a £1,564 system with 32Mb SDRAM, 3.2Gb hard drive, 15-inch monitor, 56Kb/sec modem, 24-speed CD-ROM drive and huge software bundle.
[December 2, 1997, 15:40]
A Year Ago: PC Buyers Could Get Cheapest Xmas Ever
News The London-based direct seller's best looking Xmas deal is its Home II Plus, a £1,564 system with 32Mb SDRAM, 3.2Gb hard drive, 15-inch monitor, 56Kb/sec modem, 24-speed CD-ROM drive and huge software bundle.
[December 1, 1998, 5:15]
Quotes Of The Week, January 12-16
News John Clare, Dixons chief executive, after admitting to a disappointing Xmas. The PC market will continue to grow.It is underpinned by robust fundamentals such as the use of PCs in education, the development of the Internet, and the increasing trend...
[January 16, 1998, 16:34]
New Year Rings In More Worms
News Here's a nice Christmas screensaver instead :)," and the message carries an attachment called xmas.scr. Users can remove the worm simply by scanning their PCs with antivirus software that has up-to-date virus definitions, from Panda, Symantec...
[January 2, 2004, 12:45]
Dixons Says Xmas Was Slow, New Year Better
News The dominant force in UK electronics retailing said that, year-on-year, Christmas was down 6-7 per cent on 1996, and apportioned a large part of the blame to PCs. It is underpinned by robust fundamentals such as the use of PCs in education, the...
[January 15, 1998, 10:13]
USB Kit Misses Xmas Rush
News Microsoft, Logitech, Mitel and a number of other vendors are working on products that take advantage of USB's fast 12Mbits per second transfer rate and daisy-chaining support, but nobody is committing to delivering product before 1997, despite...
[September 3, 1996, 11:04]
Roundup: Are PCs Losing Their Grip On The Internet?
News Set top boxes poised to dethrone the PC in Xmas rush Getting consumers on the Internet using televisions is fast becoming a preoccupation with high-tech companies. If it's not the TV it'll be a either a 3G or GPRS handset: either way, it looks like...
[November 15, 2000, 15:17]
A Year Ago Today: IBM PCs Push Dual-CPU, USB, MO Hot Buttons
News Exactly what machine will be launched and the exact date, is a secret for the next couple of weeks, but for someone who simply must have the fastest machine around, it looks like a safe bet that you'll be able to buy a dual 200MHz machine before...
[September 2, 1997, 9:45]
IBM PCs Push Dual-CPU, USB, MO Hot Buttons
News Exactly what machine will be launched and the exact date, is a secret for the next couple of weeks, but for someone who simply must have the fastest machine around, it looks like a safe bet that you'll be able to buy a dual 200MHz machine before...
[September 2, 1996, 9:59]
