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MIDs/UMPCs
Mobile Devices
boom in 2008
Posted on January
4, 2008
The year 2007
has brought tremendous developments in personal
computing technologies. Mobile computing was on the
rise last year with sales figures indicating that
notebooks swiped over desktops, which now tend to be
more compact and stylish compared to the traditional
tower-design casings with bulky displays. The
upsurge of stronger mobile technologies promises to
even create a hotter stage for mobile systems in
2008.
Previous posts
Mac versus Windows versus Linux
Posted on January
3, 2008
Is Windows XP
set to call off in 2008? Are we seeing the
retirement of Windows XP this year? Our observation
shows that new PC systems are now offered with
bundled Windows Vista. This may be Microsoft’s
clever route to tumble down XP and make way for its
latest operating system though it is initially
perceived as too heavy and beefy. Even so, Windows
will continue to enjoy the lion’s share in the PC
operating system market as users largely remain
skeptical of Mac and Linux.
Multi-brain CPUs sprout like wildfire
Posted on January
2, 2008
Last year,
leading chipmakers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices
have introduced powerful dual core processors to
mainstream PCs, which has essentially become the
blueprint for all their multi-brains on single
silicon chips. In 2008, quad-core processors with
low-power consumption will be sprouting like
wildfire.
Home PCs evolve to Servers
Posted on January
1, 2008
Terrabyte content
explosion will continue to expand in 2008. Massive
storage devices will become a hotter category pick
for photos, music, and video files. The home PC will
eventually evolve as “catch-all server” that will
literally connect to TVs and other media devices.
Web-based apps draw users to go online
Posted
on December 31, 2007
The upsurge of
stronger mobile technologies promises to even create
a hotter stage for mobile systems in 2008.
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