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Dell Studio Hybrid, new Inspirons reviewed

Dell announced today three new PCs. One of them, the Studio Hybrid, is a small form-factor desktop with a novel design that competes with the Apple Mac mini and HP Slimline series. The other two, the Dell Inspiron 13 laptop and Dell Inspiron 518 desktop, are more practical back-to-school boxes....

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Laptop Computer, Dell Inspiron, Studio Hybrid, PCMag.com, Inspiron 13, Inspiron 518, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Dell Studio Hybrid

It's hard for us to recommend the Dell Studio Hybrid desktop for any practical purpose. As a desktop for productivity, you can get more bang-for-your-buck from a typical budget-priced midtower PC. And if your goal is either space-saving or using this system as a media PC, we'd instead point you...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., Studio Hybrid

Product reviews 2008-07-29

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Dell Inspiron 537s

This retail version of Dell's Inspiron 537s is the most inexpensive PC in our back-to-school desktop round, but that doesn't let Dell off the hook for offering such underwhelming features. We don't expect the world for $480, but when your specs look outdated next to not only your current competition,...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-06

TIBCO takes PaaS plus integration capabilities to global enterprises via their choice of clouds

Combining platform as a service PaaS with a built-in ability to integrate and manage hybrid cloud deployments, TIBCO Software today threw its hat in the cloud computing ring by taking its middleware and Java development and deployment platforms to new heights. Coinciding with the JavaOne conference and...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., PaaS, TIBCO Silver, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Service Level Management, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, It service Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Dell SX13-163B

Editors' note: This review is part of our Retail Roundup: Q1 2009, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. The 13-inch laptop owes much if its success to Apple's embrace of the form factor for its popular MacBook systems. But besides that,...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., Adamo, laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-03-20

News to know: AOL's new CEO; Windows 7; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Is Windows 7 reliable enough to release now? Brian Sommer: A U.S. Version of the Satyam Scandal? Washington D.C. IT Fraud? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Operational Planning, Social Networking, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Business Operations, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Apple Mac Mini (2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 320GB, Winter 2009)

Editor's note: While we evaluated each new Mac Mini separately, the chassis and many of the core features of each model are the same, so many of the descriptions are copied over from the entry-level Mac Mini. Apple breathed fresh air into its line of Mac Minis, whose specs haven't...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Apple Mac Mini, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Intel Core 2 Duo, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-03-06

Dell S17-162B

Editors' note: This review is part of our Winter 2009 Retail Roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.Dell's Studio line of laptops sits between the inexpensive Inspiron line and the high-end XPS line, incorporating some of the design cues of the XPS systems,...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Studio, laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-02-02

Adamo is a near no-show, but Dell ships Studio XPS laptops

The scraps of news Dell parceled out on its mysterious Adamo laptop at CES left reviewers disappointed, but the company did announce several new laptops and one desktop, the XPS 625, at the show. The new laptops meld together two Dell brands, the mid-range Studio and the...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Adamo, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Laptop picks by the inch

There has never been more choice in notebooks. The standard 12-inch ultraportables, 14-inch thin-and-lights, 15-inch mainstream laptops and 17-inch desktop replacements are still commonplace. But there are new shapes and sizes filling in the gaps ranging from 11 inches all the way up to 18 inches....

Tags: Sony Corp., Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Hewlett-Packard Co., Gateway Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd., Battery, Memory, Configuration, Intel Core 2 Duo, Series, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., LED-backlit, IdeaPad, U110, ThinkPad X200, X200s, Dv3510nr, Sony VAIO FW, Gateway P-Series FX Edition, 8930G, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-12-09

ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget

Desktops get little love these days as more and more users opt for notebook PCs. Laptops have closed the gap in recent years in terms of features and performance. But the fact remains that desktops deliver a lot more bang for buck. In fact, you can...

Tags: Game, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., PC, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Quad-core System, Studio, Flash Memory, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Should the Mac Mini die?

Should the Mac Mini die?Most everyone who owns one appears to really like it.Performance wise you're the first person I've seen who had anything less than favorable to say about it.RE: Should the Mac Mini die?I have a spare 19" LCD at home that is just waiting for the new...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Consumer electronics, current MacBook, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Micro-Mac, motherboard

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

HP Compaq Presario SR5610f

The low cost Presario SR5610f is in Compaq's budget "SR" line of prebuilt PCs. The no frills chassis echoes our excitement about the internal components; the system features a 2.5GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800 CPU, 3GB of RAM, an integrated Nvidia graphics chip, a single 320GB hard drive, and...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Semiconductors, Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq Presario, Presario SR5610f

Product reviews 2008-10-24

eMachines ET1161-03

The eMachines ET1161-03 is a low-maintenance desktop PC for light users with a budget on the brain. The $400 price tag will net you get a dual-core AMD Athlon processor with integrated audio and video, 3GB of RAM, a single 320GB hard drive, and 32-bit Windows Vista Home Premium. Unfortunately,...

Tags: Processors, Desktops, Semiconductors, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), exterior, eMachines ET1161-03, eMachines Inc., AMD Athlon

Product reviews 2008-10-22

Dell Inspiron 530-115B

Dell's Inspiron 530 may be the best PC deal on store shelves. Thanks to an aggressive CPU and hard-drive selection, this $599 desktop outclasses its competition, delivering the best performance we've seen in a desktop for less $600. It also provides an instructive lesson regarding processor speed versus processing cores...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Inspiron, Inspiron 530, hard drive, Dell Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2008-10-22

Dell Inspiron I530S-114B

We first reviewed a Dell Inspiron with the S-model chassis over a year ago, back when Dell used AMD chips in its lower-end PCs. Since that time, the Inspiron has become Dell's budget sub-brand, and it's moved back to an Intel-only shop, at least for now. Based on this recent...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2008-10-16

Another gold and counting for Dell's green tech effort

Speaking of gold medals, Dell is trumpeting the fact today that its Studio Hybrid has just been granted Gold status within the EPEAT program, the first consumer desktop to snag this distinction. EPEAT stands for Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, and the program provides a terrific ranking of where desktops,...

Tags: Desktop, Dell Computer Corp., Green Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-22

News to know: Cyber attacks; Google; Windows security; Gmail outage

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught Dancho Danchev: Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress ZDNet UK: Georgia accuses Russia of co-ordinated cyberattack Video: Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows News.com: Defcon ends...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Russia, Windows Security, Cyberattack, Outage, Georgia, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoidDell HellHey, Dennis. I really like the folks who are behind the social media effort at Dell, but I can't agree with you more here. I blogged about this precise issue last fall. http://tinyurl.com/DellHellRE: Social media and 'green': two...

Tags: social media, Dennis

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Dell Inspiron 518

The Inspiron 518 is a welcome update to Dell's traditional, mainstream desktop line. Basic configurations start at $399, although our $784 review unit is a competitive showcase of some of Dell's more advanced configuration options. We wish Dell sold this system with 64-bit Windows Vista, as competing mainstream PCs from...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Inspiron 518

Product reviews 2008-07-31