Topic: The notebook PC is king
While businesses continue to purchase desktop PCs in bulk, at least ensuring the existence of cheap case manufacturers, the world's leading PC manufacturers are shifting most of their consumer focus away from the desktop and toward notebooks, where standardized platforms are coupled with brand-name innovations.
And you thought breaking the $400 netbook price barrier was a milestone? Okay, maybe it was, but what would you want for...say, $89?
Posted January 10, 2009, 6:01 PM ET
Intel has given its low-cost Classmate PC laptop a makeover at CES 2009, adding a touch screen and making the 8.9-inch display swivel 180 degrees and morph into a tablet PC. Sorry, Netbook fans -- this one's for students.
Posted January 9, 2009, 4:23 PM ET
They're still made of plastic, but Dell's new Studio XPS laptops -- unveiled today at CES 2009 -- are quite the lookers, featuring aluminum and leather accents atop their glossy piano black finishes.
Posted January 8, 2009, 7:36 PM ET
Gateway is announcing two new lines of notebooks: the MD Series, intended for entertainment and multimedia, and the UC Series, intended for "all-around mobility."
Posted January 8, 2009, 7:22 PM ET
With the exception of the high-end, business-oriented ThinkPad W700ds, all of Lenovo's product rollouts at this week's CES 2009 will be aimed at consumers, company officials told BetaNews.
Posted January 6, 2009, 3:16 PM ET
UPDATED HP has had a reputation for delivering sturdy, competent, but unexciting hardware without a lot of pizzazz in the marketing department. As folks used to say, if HP was selling sushi, they'd market it as "cold, dead fish."
Posted January 6, 2009, 2:12 PM ET
UPDATED Is there anyone you know whose holiday wish list includes a computer weighted down, by design, to his desk? Lack of portability may be becoming a real liability for the desktop PC.
Posted December 22, 2008, 6:25 PM ET
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