Laptops by nature are a compromise. A desktop computer doesn’t have to worry about its weight, power consumption, size, or even its appearance (most go under desks after all). But a laptop has to be light, small, it can’t consume […]
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Storage vendors have endured tough times lately. Why so? First, because of commoditization pressures affecting storage components and hardware margins. Second, due to the success public cloud players like AWS, Google and Microsoft are enjoying with bargain basement consumers and
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This last week AMD announced the brand of its new processor family, Ryzen. The acknowledgement came mostly because when AMD registered the name—along with a bunch of other fake names—folks started to realize that it was the only choice that
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There was a pretty big announcement this month. Microsoft and Qualcomm just announced they are developing Snapdragon based laptops running Windows. What makes this interesting is that Windows hasn’t supported a platform other than x86 in its complete form since
Intel and Qualcomm Play Game of Thrones for the Desktop and Forget the Queen of Dragons Read More »
You PC is just about to become obsolete. Back in 2014, I wrote about a no-longer secret project at Dell to rethink the desktop and based on a recent post on Dell’s site that quietly went live it looks like
Dell vs. Microsoft vs. Apple In The Battle Royal for the Creative Desktop Future Read More »
I’m looking forward to the Microsoft media event in New York on Wednesday. It will be interesting to see what new gadgets or technologies Microsoft unveils. There is some speculation that Microsoft might offer a desktop, all-in-one PC version of
Will Microsoft Unveil an All-in-One Surface PC? Read More »
There is a lesson that seems to be hard learned in the technology market and that is that a technology company needs to be led by an experienced executive who also is a subject matter expert. Nowhere is this more
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Last month I took a tour of Dell’s hardened laptops operation in Austin and its global command centers for both commercial and government business. It is interesting to note that just to see the government center required special approvals and
Dell’s Hardened Laptops: The Magic Is in the Support Read More »
If you’re looking to upgrade a number of hard drives for your business then it’s worth doing in-depth research, because it’s not just as simple as plugging in the drive and going. There’s a huge range of size, shape and
SSD, SSHD & HDD: What’s Best For You? Read More »
Apple may have started this battle by trying to pitch the iPad Pro as a computer, but Microsoft is raising the bar. First, Microsoft pointed out all of the ways that the iPad Pro isn’t really a computer, and now
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