http://www.baselinemag.com Desktops and Notebooks - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:56:41 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:56:41 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:24:13 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Apple-Cuts-Notebook-Price-Below-1000/?kc=rss - CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday cut the price on its entry-level notebook computer to $999 in a move expected to attract budget-minded buyers at a time when recession fears loom over the global economy. Apple also showed off a new line of aluminum MacBook notebooks startin...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Apple-Cuts-Notebook-Price-Below-1000/?kc=rss Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:57:46 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Apple-to-Unveil-New-or-Updated-Laptops-on-Oct-14/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc will unveil its updated laptops on October 14 and they may cost less, but analysts say the company's drooping stock has already taken any change into account. quot;I think it's already factored into the stock. People have been expecting this announcement for...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Apple-to-Unveil-New-or-Updated-Laptops-on-Oct-14/?kc=rss Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:40:19 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Favorite-Peripherals-of-All-Time/?kc=rss - We all need key peripherals to get the most productivity out of our desktop and laptop PCs. So Im sharing a few of my favorites with you products Ive used with success over the years. One of the most useful peripherals is an inexpensive Plantronics USB headset/microphone combination. The device m...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Favorite-Peripherals-of-All-Time/?kc=rss Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:03:41 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Dell-Ingram-Micro-Fuel-Worries-About-Tech-Spending/?kc=rss - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two of the biggest computer vendors, Dell Inc (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Ingram Micro Inc (IM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), warned on Tuesday that demand was weakening, adding to worries that the crisis on Wall Street would hurt corporate an...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Dell-Ingram-Micro-Fuel-Worries-About-Tech-Spending/?kc=rss Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:50:57 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Intels-Barrett-Sees-No-Slowdown-in-World-PC-Market/?kc=rss - LISBON (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world's biggest microchip producer, expects no slowdown in global demand for personal computers despite economic problems in the United States and in other countries, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett said on Wednesday....]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Intels-Barrett-Sees-No-Slowdown-in-World-PC-Market/?kc=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:30:07 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/AMD-Posts-Quarterly-Loss-Names-New-CEO/?kc=rss - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and named a new chief executive on Thursday, as the chipmaker struggled to regain market share from Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)....]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/AMD-Posts-Quarterly-Loss-Names-New-CEO/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:23:13 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Microsoft-HP-Strike-Search-Deal-for-New-PCs/?kc=rss - SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) struck a deal with the world's largest personal computer maker, Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research), to place a toolbar on new PCs that leads to its Live Search engine, the companies said on Monday. The deal is M...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Microsoft-HP-Strike-Search-Deal-for-New-PCs/?kc=rss Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:46:16 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/IBM-Sells-836-mln-Stake-in-Chinas-Lenovo/?kc=rss - HONG KONG, April 21 (Reuters) - U.S. computer giant IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shed more of its stake in top Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd (0992.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday, offloading $83.6 million worth of stock at a 6 percent discount to its last trading price, a s...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/IBM-Sells-836-mln-Stake-in-Chinas-Lenovo/?kc=rss Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:48:24 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Blockbuster-Offers-over-1-billion-for-Circuit-City/?kc=rss - NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc (BBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it has offered up to $1.3 billion for electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc (CC.N: Quote, Profile, Research), in the movie rental chain's most aggressive step yet to recast itself as an entertain...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Blockbuster-Offers-over-1-billion-for-Circuit-City/?kc=rss Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:43 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Disruptive-Forces-Intel/?kc=rss - Intel Location: Santa Clara, Calif. CEO: Paul Otelini Revenues: $38.3 billion What they do: Microprocessors, plain and simple Disruptive qualities: Think small, as in 32 nanometers. Intel is pushing the absolute boundaries of chip production by threatening to stuff 4 million transisto...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Disruptive-Forces-Intel/?kc=rss Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:19:38 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Disruptive-Forces-Apple/?kc=rss - Apple Location: Cupertino, Calif. CEO: Steve Jobs Revenues: $26.5 billion What they do: For a company that garners just 7 percent of the market share for personal computers, Apple has a knack for generating buzz around products with a cultish following of users. The company has fingers int...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Disruptive-Forces-Apple/?kc=rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:47:44 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Gartner-Cuts-Worldwide-PC-Sales-Forecast/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 (Reuters) - Market researcher Gartner Inc on Tuesday cut its forecast for worldwide personal-computer sales growth, citing the weakening economy, and cautioned that growth could fall into the single digits. The industry is expected to ship 10.9 percent more computers t...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Gartner-Cuts-Worldwide-PC-Sales-Forecast/?kc=rss Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:20:28 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Computers-Come-to-Havana/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Computers-Come-to-Havana/?kc=rss Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:49:02 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/ITs-Green-Secret-Where-Have-All-the-PCs-Gone/?kc=rss - With CIOs focused on achieving the “green” data center by reducing energy consumed for cooling and shifting to server virtualization to cut power consumption, there remains a dirty little secret many IT organizations would just as soon ignore: where their old PCs end up. “We estimate that...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/ITs-Green-Secret-Where-Have-All-the-PCs-Gone/?kc=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:49:35 -0500 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/An-Inexpensive-Truth-About-Laptops/?kc=rss - If youre like most corporate it managers, youre tired of continually seeing those $1,200 laptops you buy for your users become obsolete before they even arrive on your loading dock. Even when you invest in $1,600 models, it takes only a month or so for Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo to “refresh” (...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/An-Inexpensive-Truth-About-Laptops/?kc=rss