Tablets beat out PCs on holiday shopping lists
Respondents largely opted for tablets over PCs in a survey asking which computer they had on their holiday wish list.
Respondents largely opted for tablets over PCs in a survey asking which computer they had on their holiday wish list.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has advised consumer customers not to downgrade new PCs equipped with Windows 8 to the earlier Windows 7.
Driven by millions of upgrades, Windows 8's global usage share climbed by a third last month, but the new OS's adoption pace remained lethargic compared to that of its predecessor three years ago.
Microsoft's Metro environment in Windows 8 and Windows RT takes the iPad approach to apps, but is it better?
Fewer than half of U.S. consumers have heard of Windows 8, hinting that Microsoft faces a tough task convincing buyers that they need to jump on the bandwagon.
Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 amid great fanfare yesterday left many users wondering whether the new operating system can prove a big boost to the ailing PC market.
Along with the long-rumored iPad Mini, Apple yesterday also refreshed its two best-selling Macs, the 13-in. MacBook Pro and the iMac.
The Windows division's share of Microsoft's revenue last quarter dropped to a four-year low as Windows 7 sales stalled before the launch of Windows 8, financial data released by Microsoft yesterday showed.
The price of the most popular hard disk drives are beginning to drop as inventories climb out of a deep hole that began in October after massive flooding <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221717/PC_makers_should_brace_for_drive_shortages">shut down major production sites in Thailand</a> .
Although Apple will sell an increasing number of MacBook Airs over the next two years, its share of the light-and-thin notebook market will fall as computer makers crank out Windows-powered competitors, an analyst said last week.
Shipments of solid-state drives (SSDs) jumped more than 66% in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period last year.
The monsoonal flooding in Thailand that closed down a dozen or more hard drive manufacturing and supply plants will mean millions of fewer PC shipments in the first quarter of 2012.
Rush orders for solid-state drives (SSDs) increased last month in the wake of massive flooding in Thailand that caused a <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/359824/Thailand_Flood_Consumers_Face_Hard_Drive_Price_Hikes">serious drop in hard disk drive supplies</a> .
Hewlett-Packard's decision to retain its vast PC division likely offers some insight into the type of company new CEO Meg Whitman and her team want to lead.
Windows XP's decline has accelerated and the decade-old operating system shed its largest ever chunk of market share in October, according to data from a Web measurement company.