The last iMac upgrade occurred in May 2011. A new report says that Apple’s plans to upgrade the all-in-one desktop are “imminent.” Feature-wise, we’ll reportedly get a high-resolution display, faster processors, and an even thinner design that nixes the optical drive. Read more »
Microsoft debuted its Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Wednesday at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Although people think “desktop” when they hear Windows, there are several mobile features to be found in Windows 8 that will get Microsoft back in the tablet game. Read more »
The biggest manufacturers of electronic devices spent more in total on wireless chips than on standard computer chips last year, according to a new report. Device makers spent $58.6 billion on chips for wireless devices, compared to $53.7 billion on chips for desktops and notebook PCs. Read more »
French startup AVOB, which launches in the U.S. on Monday, says it can ramp down processor speed and voltage while a computer is working and is testing it with the likes of Intel, Microsoft and Cisco. Read more »
Mobile computing is rapidly gaining adoption, and will soon render desktops obsolete, believes the head of IT for Purdue University in Indiana. When we previously covered the decline of the desktop, our readers weren’t ready to give up on it. What do you think now? Read more »
Nearly half of the money spent in America in the last year on desktop computers went to Macs. According to NPD, and reported this week by BetaNews, Apple’s October desktop PC market share was 47.71 percent, a huge increase on the previous year’s figure of 33.44 […] Read more »
Joe Wilcox at Betanews does some math with NPD’s June numbers and finds that Mac market share for computers costing $1,000 or more is a commanding 91 percent, up from about 66 percent a year ago. While Apple sells only two models of Macs below $1,000, […] Read more »
