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Lenovo 20-inch C225 All-in-One Is Based on an AMD APU

One would think that 6 GB of RAM and 1 TB HDDs aren't exactly entry-level market material, but Lenovo seems to disagree and showed it through the C225 all-in-one. Two versions of this All-in-One personal computer are available for customers to choose from. One has 4 GB of DDR3 RAM (random access memory), a c...

4 November 2011
06:51 GMT

Giada i51 Nettop Ready to Go Basic

The new computer that Giada has prepared is not exactly the strongest beats out there, not by a long shot in fact but, then again, it is not supposed to be, not at a price of 421 Euro. The Giada i51 is the latest small form factor desktop personal computer that Chinese company JEHE has created. It isn't even...

3 November 2011
09:40 GMT

Commodore C64x Extreme Has Intel Core i7 CPU and 8GB RAM

Continuing the tradition established by the original Commodore keyboard computer, Commodore C64x is now entering its third form, or at least is getting its third set of internal components. Back in June, we mentioned how the Commodore C64x computer was ready to start building on what was essentially a cult status. ...

3 November 2011
09:02 GMT

MSI Wind Top AP2011 All-in-One Desktop Announced

Micro-Star International (MSI) just made the official introduction of its newest business-oriented all-in-one computer, one that can actually change the position of the screen.The Wind Top AP2011, as MSI's newest all-in-one business computer is called, is one of those uncommon AiOs that can change from landscap...

2 November 2011
12:10 GMT

Apple Considering to Kill the Mac Pro - Report

Apple is reportedly questioning whether or not to keep the Mac Pro line on board after learning that both consumer sales and enterprise adoption have dropped off considerably.People familiar with the matter cited by AppleInsider say that the Mac Pro’s days are numbered. At least in its current form, according t...

1 November 2011
04:01 GMT

Lenovo ThinkCentre M77 Desktop Debuts

Knowing that all professionals will want some sort of desktop to carry out their office work on, Lenovo set up the ThinkCentre series a fairly long time ago, a collection that just got updated in fact. The new ThinkCentre M77 (which we talked about a while ago as well), as the desktop is called, is powered by the A...

28 October 2011
10:59 GMT

Gigabyte GZ-P5 Plus Mid-Tower Case Incoming

Gigabyte is no stranger to the case market, so it was not too surprising to learn of a new model being completed, even if the company is more or less busy with motherboards. The new case that Gigabyte created bears the name of GZ-P5 Plus and, quite obviously, is a revision of the GZ-P5. Oddly enough, even though i...

27 October 2011
04:57 GMT

In Win Dragon Rider PC Case Goes White in Europe

The Dragon Rider seems to have had enough success for In Win to decide it could do with a refresh, so it put together a new version, colored white. The Dragon Rider that In Win launched in Europe not long ago is a recolored version of the one that appeared last year. Released in December, 2010, the Dragon Rider wa...

26 October 2011
18:01 GMT

iBuyPower Claims a World's First Title with 32 GB RAM-Equipped Systems

It was already known that the standard RAM capacity had doubled over the past year, but iBuyPower took things not a step, but a whole leap further with some of its gaming systems. The company actually issued a press release dedicated to claiming the title of “'first system builder to offer 32GB memory on...

26 October 2011
03:48 GMT

Lenovo All-in-One PC C325 Runs on AMD Brazos

Lenovo is not showing signs of slowing down in its product releases, not after becoming the second greatest PC supplier in the world, having developed the C325 all-in-one. The new all-in-one computer that Lenovo created already has its own product page on Lenovo's webstore (find it here). For one, it is powe...

25 October 2011
04:08 GMT

Abee Intros ATX-Ready AS Enclosure DX3

Japanese company Abee may not be the best known of PC makers, but it definitely hasn't been keeping a low profile recently, its latest announcement dealing with, among other things, a model called AS Enclosure DX3. AS Enclosure DX3 is not the most visually-embellished of PC enclosures, nor the largest or most ...

24 October 2011
18:01 GMT

Aerocool Strike-X GT and Strike-X ST Cases Debut

People wondering if they had any fresh case to put their new rigs in can rest assured that Aerocool, at least, is ready to oblige, with two additions to the Strike-X collection. The two chassis that Aerocool is revealed to have completed are meant for heavyweight gamers, so to speak. They are large, solid, fe...

10 October 2011
03:26 GMT

Thermaltake V3 BlacX Edition Mid-Tower Case Docks In

The desktop PC case market can safely say it has increased its population now that Thermaltake has officially launched a new version of a certain enclosure that it originally unveiled about two years ago. Desktop PCs are more easily assembled from parts than notebooks, which can't actually allow for more tha...

6 October 2011
07:26 GMT

Dell 23-Inch Inspiron One 2320 All-in-One Formally Launched

All-in-one desktop PCs often show up, since any PC player will want to stay in the action of space-efficient systems, and Dell is the one that now made its move, showing off the Inspiron One 2320. Dell just added its latest all-in-one personal computer to its official website. Then again, perhaps it would be ...

5 October 2011
10:07 GMT

Samsung Series 7 AiO Officially Released at Last

We already spoke about a certain all-in-one PC that Samsung had created, but only now has the company actually made the official introduction of the Series 7. Last week, some may have run into this particular piece of news, which details the newest all-in-one PC to leave Samsung's labs. The 23-inch machin...

3 October 2011
10:32 GMT

ThinkCentre M77 Is Lenovo's Newest Business PC

Lenovo decided to update its business-oriented product line, so it went ahead and expanded the more or less well-known ThinkCentre series of PCs, using AMD CPUs. Lenovo is making good on its status as one of, if not the fastest-growing PC company in the world. For those that aren't aware, it was back at t...

1 October 2011
04:57 GMT

Gigabyte's Newest PSUs Are Superb

Gigabyte's Super line of computer power supplies may not be exactly new, but the five members covered in its latest and succinct press release definitely are, even if they haven't reached stores yet. The new Superb Gigabyte PSUs are complaint with the ATX 12V v2.3 standard, have 80Plus certification, whi...

30 September 2011
09:23 GMT

Samsung All-in-One Series 7 Features SAW

Most all-in-one PCs look like monitors that happen to have every necessary PC component behind the display panel, but Samsung chose something less ordinary when it designed the new member of the Series 7. Samsung is known for a great many sorts of IT products, from PCs to consumer electronics and even more or les...

30 September 2011
03:39 GMT

Toshiba Plans 23-Inch All-in-One for October 2

Toshiba is making good on its status as supplier of various PCs and consumer electronics by announcing a whole bunch of items, one of which is the DX735 all-in-one PC. The market for all-in-one computers is one that, though not overly extensive, is, nonetheless, a fairly healthy one. The fact that general pric...

27 September 2011
09:21 GMT

ASUS Also Unveils Three New All-in-One PCs

ASUS seems to have gone for an all-rounder tactic this once, having offered something on both the mobile and non-mobile PC markets, namely a netbook series and a line of all-in-one computers. The all-in-one system market may not be the largest segment of the PC industry, but it does have a faithful following. ...

26 September 2011
03:59 GMT

Raidmax Viper Mid-Tower Desktop Case Debuts

With all the new hardware coming out, users who are thinking of buying a new PC will invariably check out the PC case field, a place where Raidmax decided to show its stuff through the Viper. When the DIY (do it yourself) computer market established itself as an intrinsic part of the IT field, many companies chos...

16 September 2011
05:58 GMT

Ultimate Portable LAN Computer Made by Ben Heck

Those who are familiar with the Ben Heck show may have become aware of the latest PC that a certain modders' competition ended up creating, completely encased inside one full ATX case. The Ben Heck Show is a television series that is aired twice a week and is focused exclusively on system and hardware modding....

12 September 2011
06:05 GMT

HP Releases Many All-in-One PCs for Homes

Gigabyte may have done something for people seeking all-in-one PCs, but HP is the one that really smashed into and through expectations with its massive new range of such items. All-in-One systems may not be as cheap as similarly-powered regular desktops, but they do have a higher space efficiency and, sometimes,...

7 September 2011
09:33 GMT

The Windows 8 Desktop Is Like an App, It Can Be Used, or Not

Microsoft has already said that because of the Metro evolution, the desktop code won’t even be loaded in Windows 8, unless users actually want it. Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows and Windows Live Division, compares the desktop in Windows 8 with an application. When the new Start Screen is center...

5 September 2011
12:11 GMT

Dell Happy at HP's Decision to Break Off from PC Market

The fact that HP decided to break off from the PC market was bound to make at least some factions happy, and it looks like Dell is very much among those that feel this development will benefit them.For those that do not remember, HP not so long ago said that it plans to either spin off or sell its entire PC business...

26 August 2011
02:55 GMT

New Acer Aspire All-in-One PCs Ready and Waiting

Acer cannot be said to have held back in terms of product releases and preparations lately, so the new all-in-one systems that have emerged are just the latest in its string of new launches, troubled finances or no.Users that like to keep track of the finances of their favorite companies might have learned about the...

25 August 2011
10:57 GMT

IBM PC Turns Thirty, Company Already Sees Its Death

Thirty years have passed since the invention of the first personal computer, but celebrations may have been cut short by a not-so-optimistic statement on the part of an IBM executive.Some may not remember, but it was IBM that created the very first personal computer to ever grace the world with its presence.Dubbed I...

13 August 2011
04:26 GMT

Lenovo Intros ThinkCentre Edge 71 Business Desktop

The already large collection of business computers that the worldwide market has to choose form has grown, now that Lenovo has presented its most recent ThinkCentre Edge line of both small and large systems.Lenovo's ThinkCentre line of computer systems already has a certain reputation among businesses around th...

3 August 2011
07:51 GMT

Gartner Confirms that PC Sales Rose in Q2, 2011

If the words of on IT market analyst firm aren't enough, users can rest assured that the PC industry really is on the rise again, now that Gartner has published a press release with similar findings.Users may or may not have learned, about a day ago or so, that market analysts had finished checking what had hap...

15 July 2011
09:24 GMT

AVADirect Also Provides Silent Custom Computer Configurations

AVADirect has already started shipping systems powered by AMD Llano APUs, but that is not all it has to offer, as the company also issued a press release in which it promotes the Silent Custom Computer configurations.AVADirect seems to be acting like one of those companies that doesn't do things half way and wa...

8 July 2011
07:59 GMT

AVADirect Uses AMD Llano APUs Inside New Desktops

Since AMD released its mainstream APUs, system builders have, understandably enough, been adopting them for their various projects, a trend that AVADirect now adheres to.Back when Advanced Micro Devices released its first Fusion APUs (accelerated processing units), there were only a couple of chips for the entry-lev...

8 July 2011
07:28 GMT

Shuttle H3 6700P Workstation is a Compact Professional Desktop

Shuttle has made the news for a variety of things already, and it looks ready to do so once more, having unveiled its latest, small form factor workstation, one based on Intel CPUs and equipped with NVIDIA or AMD graphics.Coming to offer some sort of variety to an IT industry that has been seeing much of the tablet ...

4 July 2011
10:51 GMT

Thermaltake's PC Case Portfolio Expands

As if to offer consumers something else to look at besides tablets, Thermaltake stepped forward, in a sense, and presented its latest PC enclosure for the entry-level market that is, nonetheless, fairly spacious.Whenever gamers and enthusiasts want to build a new PC, they make a point of not just getting the best ha...

1 July 2011
07:33 GMT

Sapphire Mini PC Offer Updated and Upgraded

Sapphrie may be best known for its collection of desktop video and motherboards, but it has other business outlets as well, such as the market for mini personal computers, which it has just supplied with a new product.Sapphire has long been a provider of low-end, mainstream and high-end video cards and motherboards ...

29 June 2011
08:44 GMT

New Lenovo ThinkServer and ThinkCentre Systems Official

It seems that Lenovo figured this was a good time for its collection of servers to expand and for its line of business desktops to also grow, leading to new product announcements of the ThinkCentre and ThinkServer varieties.As end-users may or may not know, Advanced Micro Devices, not long ago, officially introduced...

14 June 2011
10:48 GMT

New and Improved Acer Aspire M and X to Sell Soon

It would appear that a certain new series of processors from Advanced Micro Devices is not all that Acer is using to update its PC line, two of its desktops having received more of a cosmetic update than anything else.Nowadays, computers can be divided into three groups, depending on the target consumer segment, tho...

14 June 2011
03:57 GMT

ASUS ROG CG8565 Gaming System Debuts

When it unveiled its new line of Republic of Gamers products, ASUS made sure to include a complete desktop PC, one that has both high-end hardware and a button that can instantly boost performance in real time, among other things.Apparently, ASUS let nothing slide when it developed the newest batch of ROG-branded ga...

31 May 2011
07:03 GMT

Origin PC Chronos Desktop Has Four Forms

It appears that, although it made it available in multiple form factors, Origin PC tried to set a new compactness standard when it designed the Chronos desktop, although the hardware on the inside still allows the system to reach quite the performance standard. When hearing of a computer capable of handling today...

28 May 2011
06:35 GMT

Scythe Kama Panel 3 Is a Complex Addition to Any Desktop

Those 5.25-inch drive bays may usually be used for holding optical disk drives, but there are some other things that can be placed inside them, like a certain device that Scythe just unleashed. When buying any desktop case, one might start to wonder what all those 5.25-inch ODD bays are really for if most everyo...

28 May 2011
04:53 GMT

Global Netbook Shipments Will Grow Only Slightly This Year

It appears that netbooks haven't started actually declining in sales, but they definitely aren't going to skyrocket as much as some expected early last year, at least according to reports.The entire point of the netbook is to provide prospective buyers with an easy to carry means of accessing the Internet ...

27 May 2011
09:39 GMT

Chrome OS Desktop PC Coming in Early July

Some netbooks running Google's Chrome OS have already been formally or unofficially announced, but it looks like the software will land on desktops soon enough, although the first model will have a modular architecture instead of a standard one.That Chrome OS-loaded laptops would eventually appear is something ...

23 May 2011
04:17 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Lands in Maingear Machines

Since NVIDIA released a new graphics card, makers of custom PCs were bound to add it as an option and, sure enough, Maingear did just that, now shipping updated X-Cube, Vybe, F131 and SHIFT desktops.When it comes to the consumer desktop market, the degree of computer knowledge one has can vary from not knowing betwe...

18 May 2011
08:40 GMT

New Desktop Cases from Lian Li Are Tool-Free, High-End Inventions

One would think that, after all this time, makers of PC cases wouldn't have such an easy time of creating new enclosures or the like, but it looks like there is still much combination of old and new that can be done, Lian Li's newest models being just the latest examples.Computer cases definitely don'...

17 May 2011
06:46 GMT

HP Launches New Pavilion Series Desktops

HP, being the world's greatest supplier of personal computers, makes it a point to cover the entirety of this consumer market, so it is no surprise to learn that its newest product refresh includes more than one type of system.HP's Pavilion series of computers is definitely not a new one, but it does have ...

16 May 2011
05:13 GMT

Acer Veriton Desktops Are Compact and Efficient

Acer might be better known for all of its consumer products, but it definitely maintains a presence on the professional IT market, as proven by its newest desktops featuring the USFF and SFF form factor.The desktop systems on the professional market put emphasis on different things that the ones for consumers.While ...

4 May 2011
09:30 GMT

Acer Aspire G3100 Predator Is a Powerful AMD-Based Gaming System

Even though Intel still dominates the worldwide market of processors, Acer decided to offer a new desktop PC equipped with primary hardware from Advanced Micro Devices.Acer is definitely in no way done with the global PC market, even though its overall business direction has changed.For those that do not remember, t...

29 April 2011
07:44 GMT

NVIDIA Optimus Lands on Desktops

It looks like the need for switchable graphics technologies was high enough on the desktop market that NVIDIA decided to adapt its Optimus technology to work on motherboards based on the latest Intel chipsets.As end-users know, pretty much every processor belonging to Intel's and even AMD's most recent ser...

26 April 2011
03:28 GMT

Hitachi Touro Pro Desktop and Mobile External HDDs Announced

Hitachi may have been bought off by Western Digital, but its brand has by no means disappeared, as the company is still very much alive and kicking, as made obvious by the new lines of external hard disk drives.New hard drives, both internal and external, are getting released regularly, even though platter-based sol...

19 April 2011
10:26 GMT

Mini PC from Stealth.Com Packs Desktop Performance

Mini PCs aren't exactly a new occurrence on the IT market, but they aren't a common one either, especially powerful ones like the model Stealth.Com unveiled just a short time ago.Mini PCs aren't really the sort of product that consumers end up buying, most of the time, since those users usually go for...

8 April 2011
03:17 GMT

Acer Aspire M3920 Is a New Sandy Bridge Desktop

Acer may be more of a notebook and netbook supplier, but it definitely isn't ignoring the desktop segment, something made clear by its collection of Aspire systems, collection that just increased by one. The first quarter of 2011 may have been plagued by abysmally low sales of notebooks and motherboards (and...

8 April 2011
02:42 GMT


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