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- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting ToolsVery InformativeThanks Ed.1 question: My machine performs fineit is fast and reliable, I have had no major or even minor issues, 0 BSOD since it arrived last October. Do I still download the latest drivers. There is a bios update available. I always...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), acer, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- acer: 11-12 percent of market after Gateway deal
- Acer: 11-12 percent of market after Gateway dealAcer/Gateway10 to 11% marketshare is of no consequence when Acer cannot provide parts for a one year old laptop. The LCD on my Acer Aspire notebook failed one month after the one year factory warranty expired. Fortunately, I purchased an extended warranty from...
- Tags: Notebooks, Acer Inc., Gateway Inc., acer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
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- All USB ports aren't created equal
- All USB ports aren't created equalPretty much convincedGood grief. What has happened to journalism today? Never mind. I already know.Point is, you don't need to be pretty much convinced. There's this radical concept that's been floating around for about 400 years called the scientific method. It's key element is experiment....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), USB port, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-05-10
- US PC market in Q1 2008, Apple has 6% share
- Rank Vendor 1Q08 Shipments Market Share 1Q07 Shipments Market Share QTQ Growth 1 Dell 4,938 30.9% 4,271 27.7% 15.6% 2 HP 3,881 24.3% 3,869 25.1% 0.3% 3 Acer 1,389 8.7% 720 4.7% 92.9% 4 Apple 950 6.0% 759 4.9%...
- Tags: PC, Shipment, Apple Inc., Acer Inc., Desktops, Hardware, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Global PC market in Q1 2008
- Rank Vendor 1Q08 Shipments Market Share 1Q07 Shipments Market Share QTQ Growth 1 HP 13,251 19.1% 11,291 18.6% 17.4% 2 Dell 10,913 15.7% 8,971 14.8% 21.6% 3 Acer 6,914 9.9% 4,164 6.9% 66.0% 4 Lenovo 4,814 6.9% 3,980 6.6%...
- Tags: PC, Shipment, Acer Inc., Desktops, Hardware, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Psystar Open Computer
- Editor's note: Shortly after this review posted we tried out VMware to see if the Open Computer will support running Windows Vista on top of OS X. We can confirm that it does.Psystar says its goal in selling its Open Computer, a non-Apple-made computer with the Leopard operating system as...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Open Computer, Psystar, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X
- Product reviews 2008-05-01
- EMEA PC market in Q1 2008
- Vendor 1Q07 1Q08 Share 1Q07 Share 1Q08 QTQ Growth Hewlett-Packard 3,777 4,853 19.1% 20.7% 28.5% Acer 2,335 3,622 11.8% 15.4% 55.1% Dell 2,317 2,813 11.7% 12.0% 21.4% Fujitsu Siemens 1,420 1,550 7.2% 6.6% 9.2% Toshiba 984 1,350...
- Tags: NB
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- eMachines T5254
- The eMachines T5254 is a little less powerful than its last system in this price range, but it's also a bit less expensive. For $400, we're willing to accept a slightly slower CPU and a slightly smaller hard drive, especially when the alternatives from Dell and HP can't come close...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Processors, Desktops, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5254
- Product reviews 2008-04-21
- Dell Inspiron 530
- Since Dell has stopped selling its AMD-based Inspirons, that leaves the Intel-powered Inspiron 530 and 530s leading its budget desktop charge. The Inspiron 530 is a modest $539 configuration that offers some surprising features for the price. Hewlett-Packard competes very well in this price range too, but Dell's one...
- Tags: Notebooks, Bluetooth Module, Dell Inspiron, Inspiron 530, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-04-18
- Psystar: I smell a rat
- Psystar: I smell a ratPsyStar : Only the front-endI think that the tree doesn´t let you see the forest. Who cares about PsyStar itself? For all that matters they might just be a guy with a notebook at a Coffee table, close by the window. The real problem (the BIG...
- Tags: Psystar, rat
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
- Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit City
- Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit CityI don't understand it either.I just don't see how merging these two will make them both successfull either. This is like merging Sear's and KMART. I just do not get it. Movie rentals are a dying breed and until a formal way...
- Tags: Investment, Movie Rentals, Blockbuster Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., media convergence
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- HP Pavilion a6400z
- The HP Pavilion a6400z desktop is a versatile machine aimed at meeting your basic home, school, or work computing needs. Our review configuration of the a6400z came in at $340, but with a few key upgrades on HP's Web site you can turn this into a much better system for...
- Tags: Desktops, DVD, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Consumer electronics, a6400z, eMachines Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion
- Product reviews 2008-04-10
- Dell is latest to plan a $400 laptop
- It was only a matter of time before Dell jumped on the low-cost laptop bandwagon. The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Compal, a major contract manufacturer, will build a low-cost laptop for Dell that will go on sale in the second quarter. Like others in this category, the...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Tablets, Emerging Technologies, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- More competition for low-cost laptops
- More competition for low-cost laptopsGreat to see all of the competition brought on by OLPC. This is exciting.NTRE: More competition for low-cost laptopsThis is good. More companies will drive the prices down in order to look for demand. We may have a new market. These laptops could be the answer...
- Tags: Notebooks, MORE COMPETITION, low-cost laptop, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- More competition for low-cost laptops
- The Asus Eee PC is about to get a lot more competition in the emerging category of low-cost laptops. This morning HP made its Mini-Note official. Acer is reportedly working on its own 8.9-inch subnotebook. And Intel has big plans for its Classmate PC. The 2.6-pound HP...
- Tags: Memory, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Asus Eee PC, CNET Labs, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Samsung 2232GW
- The Samsung 2232GW looks like an entertainment-minded LCD upon first glance, with its piano-black bezel and stand, its glossy screen coating that results in rich colors and smooth edges in movies and games, and its fast 2-millisecond pixel response time. The 22-inch wide-screen LCD performed well in testing, too, delivering...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung 2232GW, Dell SP2208WFP, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-04-04
- Dell's grand plan a dud with analysts; Where's the detail?
- Dell's grand plan a dud with analysts; Where's the detail?Dell has...kind of backed themselves into a corner. They rose to power off their low to mid end machines for consumers, and making a good line of machines for the corporate sector. Whenever big competition came along, they would just drop...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Dell SP2208WFP
- The Dell SP2208WFP offers a winning combination of high performance and low price. This 22-inch wide-screen LCD excelled in labs testing, while also delivering outstanding results with DVDs and games. It supplies a useful feature set, serving up standard VGA and DVI video connections as well as HDMI. There's also...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Dell SP2208WFP, display, Dell Computer Corp., DVI, VGA, video
- Product reviews 2008-04-01
- Laptops are bringing the Blu-ray
- With HD-DVD dead and buried, computer makers are moving to Blu-ray. Dell is now offering 15.4-inch laptop with a Blu-ray drive for less than $900--impressive since some standalone Blu-ray players still cost nearly as much. HP, Acer and Asus are also offering laptops with Blu-ray drives. The...
- Tags: Intel Core 2 Duo, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Blu-ray Drive, Inspiron 1525, Blu-Ray, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- acer Aspire M5100
- And the trickle-down continues. At the end of last year, we saw quad-core desktops coming in under $1,000. Fast-forward three months and quad-core has become even less expensive. The $700 Acer Aspire M5100 is an excellent representative of this new breed of affordable quad-core desktops. The question is, considering that...
- Tags: Processors, DVD, Consumer electronics, Video cards, Acer Inc., Aspire M5100, quad-core, eMachines Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-03-25
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