The desktop PC is dead
Data from international market research firm GfK backs up Toshiba Information Systems Division GM Mark Whittard's comments earlier last week that the desktop PC is dead, says Current.com.au.
Since June last year, notebook PC unit sales volume increased by 38% while desktop PC unit sales went backwards by 4%.
Over the same period, the retail dollar sales value of notebook PCs increased 17% while desktop sales value recorded a zero increase.
HP wins air force deal
The US Air Force has selected HP desktop and notebook PCs as part of its semi-annual IT purchase process, under the Air Force DLS (desktop, laptop and services) contract, says Fox Business.
The purchase, part of the Air Force Quarterly Enterprise Buy (QEB), includes more than 110 000 desktops and 31 000 notebooks that will be distributed to Air Force bases around the world.
Through its QEBs, the Air Force has procured more PCs and workstations from HP than from any other vendor or manufacturer.
Company claims 'cheapest notebook'
A company is now selling what it calls the "world's cheapest notebook," at $130, reports PCWorld.
The Impulse NPX-9000 laptop has a seven-inch screen and comes with the Linux OS. It has a 400MHz processor, 128M bytes of RAM, 1G byte of flash storage and an optional wireless networking dongle.
It includes office productivity software, a Web browser and multimedia software. However, it has to be bought in bulk.
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