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• Dell to launch 10-inch Windows 7 tablet this year

  In a move away from the Android juggernaut, computer giant Dell has announced its new 10-inch business tablet, due in Australia later this year, will run the Windows 7 operating system.

• Lenovo offers VPro with new touchscreen all-in-one PC

  Lenovo on Thursday announced the ThinkCentre M90Z all-in-one touchscreen PC, which will be offered with Intel's VPro technology for easier management and maintenance.

• HP builds collaboration tool into workstations

  Hewlett-Packard is building collaboration software with video, application-sharing and 3-D graphics support into several of its workstation models, giving the high-definition conferencing market an option well below the cost and scale of telepresence.

• HP hoses workstation fan noise with liquid cooling

  Vendors have been moving to liquid cooling on servers to reduce heat in data centers, but Hewlett-Packard Co. said today that it is expanding use of liquid cooling on its workstations to tackle another problem: whiney and irritating fans.

• HP puts six-core chips in workstation

  Hewlett-Packard is offering six-core processors in a new workstation series, the company said Wednesday.

Whitepapers about workstations

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  How to Justify Replacing Desktop PCs with True Workstations

  One of the most surprising facts about CAD and other design activities is how many relatively well-paid design professionals are actually using business desktop PCs for their CAD applications. The generic desktop PC may work for running basic 2D CAD applications; the reality is that using desktop PCs for CAD results in poor productivity. Even worse, this situation results in prolonged design timelines, some functionality not available, and lower overall quality. <b>Intel Inside®. Powerful Productivity Outside.</b>

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  The Case For A Three-Year Workstation Refresh Cycle

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  Driving Strategic Value from CAD/CAM Technology: An IT Executive’s Guide

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  10 Reasons to Adopt Mobile Workstations for Engineers and Designers