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Apple`s Lack of a Netbook Slowing Sales, Reports Indicate

July 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Apple competitors HP, Dell and Acer pull away from Apple as a down economy makes netbooks, smaller, less expensive notebooks more attractive to consumers. Apple has repeatedly stated it has no interest in the netbook market.
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Reports from research firms Gartner, Inc. and IDC show
Apple, Inc., the company whose products are synonymous with style and
substance at a price lagging behind its less sophisticated, but far less expensive,
competitors Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Toshiba. This weeks report fr…

Apple`s Lack of a Netbook Slowing Sales, Reports Indicate

July 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Apple competitors HP, Dell and Acer pull away from Apple as a down economy makes netbooks smaller, less expensive notebooks more attractive to consumers. Apple has repeatedly stated it has no interest in the netbook market.
–

Reports from research firms Gartner and IDC show
Apple, the company whose products are synonymous with style and
substance at a price lagging behind its less sophisticated, but far less expensive,
competitors Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Toshiba. This weeks report from IDC
projected…

HP Number One Worldwide, Dell on Top in the U.S.

July 16th, 2009 | No Comments

HP beat Dell in worldwide PC shipments for the second quarter of 2009, but in the U.S. market, aggressive pricing enabled Dell to take the lead. Acer followed in third position in the U.S., with a neck-and-neck Apple and Toshiba vying for the next two spots.
– Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, Garter is reporting. The number represents a 5 percent decline from the second quarter of 2008.

IDC, in a separate July 15 report, estimates second quarter 2009 numbers including desktops and portable PCs but ex…

HP Number One Worldwide, Dell on Top in the U.S.

July 16th, 2009 | No Comments

IDC, in a separate July 15 report, estimates second quarter 2009 numbers including desktops and portable PCs but ex…

Dell Vostro All-In-One Desktop Expands Small Business PC Lineup

July 16th, 2009 | No Comments

The latest addition to the Dell Vostro line is the All-In-One desktop. It offers a range of Intel processors and focuses on the unique needs of small businesses, including saving space, saving dollars and minimizing the need for IT support.
– Dell has extended its Vostro line, designed for small businesses, with the introduction of the All-In-One, the lines first all-in-one desktop computer.

The desktop offers a range of Intel processors, including Celeron, Pentium, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad chips. Additionally, it can be paired wi…

Strong Intel Numbers Signal Hope for IT Industry

July 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Intel’s strong second quarter fuels hope that the global recession that has hammered the IT industry may be easing. Excluding a massive fine from the European Union, Intel reports a $1 billion profit on $8 billion in revenue. Intel CEO Paul Otellini echoes his counterparts from Dell and Microsoft by saying he expects enterprise purchases of servers and consumer purchases of PCs to pick up after the recession forced spending cuts. However, purchases of business PCs are expected remain stagnant.
– Three months after CEO Paul Otellini
announced that the PC
market had bottomed out, Intel’s latest quarterly numbers indicate that the
industry may be stabilizing.
Intel July 14 posted strong numbers in the second quarter, including $8
billion in revenue and a $1 billion profit. However, when t…

Dell Plans to Move Deeper into Data Center

July 14th, 2009 | No Comments

At the annual Dell analyst day, Dell executives say the company is looking to change its product mix, moving more upstream into the data center with a solutions-based approach and away from its heavy reliance on PC sales. The executives, including CEO Michael Dell, say this will be accomplished through a combination of targeted acquisitions, partnerships and organic growth. However, while they say the move away from reliance on PCs is key, it is unclear how easy such a move will be, given that PCs still account for about half of Dell’s revenues. Dell also says the company won’t offer an all-in-one data center solution, as Cisco and HP have.
– Dell is going to continue moving away from its PC roots and deeper into
bigger and higher-margin areas, particularly services and the data centers of
large enterprises.
At Dell’s annual analyst day in Austin, Texas,
on July 14, CEO Michael Dell and other
executives talked about their desire to …