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- System builders still waiting for Windows 7 tools
- In early August, some PC makers were complaining they still didn't have access to tools they needed to get Windows 7 preloaded on new systems. A month later, system builders -- smaller, custom PC makers -- still don't have access to tools like the OEM Preinstallation Kit OPK. by Mary...
- Tags: PC Company, Tool, Microsoft Windows 7, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- PC makers make (small) progress closing Apple's customer satisfaction gap
- Let me put on my flame proof suit.....Apple customers as a group are unique in their loyalty to Apple. PC customers are not very loyal at all to any particular PC brand. Apple customers, as a group also seem to put up with abuse by Apple, which in my opinion...
- Tags: Product marketing, PC customer, customer satisfaction number, Apple Inc., PC company, customer satisfaction
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- PC makers make (small) progress closing Apple's customer satisfaction gap
- Apple's customer satisfaction index rating slipped a bit in 2009, but PC makers such as Gateway and HP managed to improve their ratings, according to the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index. Apple is still leader of the pack with a score of 84, down from...
- Tags: Gateway Co., Brand, PC Company, Apple Inc., Customer Satisfaction, ACSI, Product Marketing, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools for PC makers
- Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools for PC makersPirate'sThey're probably "unknown" or backroom OEMs that just want to pirate the official Windows 7 disc!!All "known" OEMs have what they need and they've had it for quite some time - except for the final RTM code. The tools they...
- Tags: Piracy, PRODUCTIVITY, Win 7, tool, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools for PC makers
- Microsoft is denying a DigiTimes report which claims the Redmond company has delayed delivery of key analysis and testing tools that PC makers need to get Windows 7 preloaded on new machines. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: PC Company, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Windows 7, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- PC makers ask China Premier to stop Green Dam
- PC makers ask China Premier to stop Green DamHas Solid Oak filed suit in China yet?I haven't heard if Solid Oak has filed suit against the Chinese developer of "Green Dam" to cease and desist distribution of their product containing stolen code.
- Tags: Green Dam, China Premier, Solid Oak
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- What PC makers are paying for Windows 7
- What PC makers are paying for Windows 7Windows 7 = Vista 2.0Windows 7 is what Vista should have been. I hate being charged twice for what was supposed to work the first time.Quit bleating.First of all, Vista isn't broken. Not with SP1. What exactly "doesn't work"? Second,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-27
- PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort
- PC makers plead with China for release from Youth EscortCoding...Maybe if they didn't develop/code the software horribly then it "may" have passed. But I'm quite happy operation Green Dam was stopped. RE: PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort saying its ?not compulsory?The implication in common...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Youth Escort, China-for, PC company, software
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort
- True to form, having figured out the wind is blowing strongly against Green Dam - Youth Escort the censorware that China had ordered PC makers to install before selling computers in the country, the tech industry has now lent its name to a tepid letter of protest to the Chinese...
- Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking software
- Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking softwareThis applies to Red Flag?Does this apply to Linux PCs?What do you expect?Do you really expect an oppressive country to have the same rules of commerce as a free country?So you can either stand by your ideals and not make...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, content blocking software, Censorship.exe, blocking software, PC company, software
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking software
- China is reportedly requiring all PC makers that sell in that country to ship an application that blocks access to certain Web sites and other content. Simply put, Censorship.exe comes bundled with PCs sold in China July 1.  According to the Wall Street Journal: The government,...
- Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Government, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Apple tops PC makers in customer experience survey
- Apple tops PC makers in customer experience surveyApple beat all i switched to Mac when I had a bad experience with HP and Vista. I will never go back.Hardly surprising, is it? :-)They have absolute control over both hardware and OS and most of the applications in it, Mac...
- Tags: Desktops, Marketing research, Cyberthreats, Apple Inc., PC company, PC, customer experience
- Discussion threads 2009-04-19
- Report: PC makers to provide free Vista-to Win-7 upgrades starting July 1
- Report: PC makers to provide free Vista-to Win-7 upgrades starting July 1Seems like you're setting them up for failureevery time you say it's going to be released 3Q-2009 even though they insist it's 1Q-2010.RE: Report: PC makers to provide free Vista-to Win-7 upgrades starting July 1Well heres one to everyone...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Vista-to Win-7 upgrade, Vista-to Win-7, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC company, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- Windows 7 and netbooks: Separating fact from speculation
- Is Microsoft going to take a revenue hit when it releases Windows 7 because of the changing mix of PCs in the market? That's the expectation of many company watchers, though I have to admit I'm not quite so sure. Here's why. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley, PC, PC Company, OEM, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- IDF and the new Mac notebooks
- IDF and the new Mac notebooksI hope the optical drive rumor isn't true...I hope the optical drive rumor isn't true, I want mine integrated.RE: IDF and the new Mac notebooksHmm...Virtually every PC maker has a quad core laptop.Virtually every PC maker has ram support of at least 8GB in their...
- Tags: Notebooks, Video cards, new Mac notebook, notebook, Mac Notebooks, IDF, optical drive, Apple Macintosh, PC company
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhere
- Ed Bott is the picture of PC bliss. He got a crapware free Sony laptop and you'd think the guy is in heaven. Ed writes: For the past two months, I’ve been using an astonishingly light and agile Sony VAIO notebook and loving every minute of...
- Tags: Revenue, Sony Corp., PC, PC Company, Manufacturer, Ed, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- SugarLabs in talks with low-cost PC makers
- SugarLabs in talks with low-cost PC makersThis is all very positive! Now, ANY vendor can mix and matchthe Sugar and other parts of the OLPC hardware design. This will breath new life into one-to-one computing, and make it so that it does not all depend on one organization. And the...
- Tags: Sugar, One Laptop Per Child project, SugarLabs
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Are multiple global forces conspiring to knock Microsoft's other foot off the cliff's edge?
- Perhaps the feeling isn't as palpable for you as it is for me. But, when I watch all the forces in the global market that are inadvertently conspiring with each other to dethrone Microsoft, I feel like I'm watching a real-life cliffhanger. It may not play out in...
- Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Digg, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, PC Company, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Open Source, Software, Hardware, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- Photos: Dell showcases new enterprise products
- In S.F., the PC maker shows off what it says are its most innovative new products--a cooling unit for high-performance machines and a super-sleek display.
- Tags: display, PC company, high-performance, San Francisco, Dell Computer Corp., photograph
- Image galleries 2007-05-17
- Warning signals tough going for AMD
- Advanced Micro Devices is learning that growing up is sometimes hard. The company said today that it has had difficulty reacting to a slowdown in purchases from its PC maker customers during the early part of the first quarter. Thus it has lowered its revenue expectation for the period. AMD...
- Tags: dual-core processors, processor price cuts, quad-core processors, consumer electronics, Hewlett-Packard, semiconductors, multicore processors, notebooks, Dell, Semiconductor architecture, Desktops, AMD, Servers, Uncategorized, Intel
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
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