Read more desktop computers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19755/desktop-computers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:42:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46145/laptop-sales-zip-past-desktops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe demand for Acer Netbooks has pushed laptop sales beyond desktop PC sales for the first time ever, CNET reports. Notebook PC shipments rose almost 40% for the third quarter of 2008 to 38.6 million units, while desktop sales slipped 1.3% to 38.5 million. Hewlett-Packard remains the...http://www.newser.com/story/46145/laptop-sales-zip-past-desktops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 5:43:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32519/10-computers-that-changed-everything.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConvenience is a given when it comes to today's PCs, but the machine you're reading this on has come a long way. Major transformations date as far back as the early 19th century. Live Science gives the back-story on 10 revolutionary computers. The Difference Engine, 1822: Designed by Charles Babbage...http://www.newser.com/story/32519/10-computers-that-changed-everything.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Jul 2008 20:21:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30979/hps-touch-still-a-bit-clumsy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHewlett-Packard’s revamped TouchSmart PC, a one-piece desktop computer with a touch-controlled user interface, improves on its previous, bulky iteration, with a sleek case, big 22-inch screen, and wireless keyboard and mouse, personal-tech guru Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal. But the touch-screen software is still in its nascent...http://www.newser.com/story/30979/hps-touch-still-a-bit-clumsy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Jun 2008 10:32:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27304/dell-gets-behind-alienware-for-gaming-pc-push.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDell is dumping its popular XPS line of gaming PCs so it can focus exclusively on the once-hot Alienware brand it acquired in 2006, the Wall Street Journal reports. The PC giant is in the midst of a full turnaround push, having fallen behind arch-rival HP, so it’s hoping the...http://www.newser.com/story/27304/dell-gets-behind-alienware-for-gaming-pc-push.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 May 2008 11:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/15380/laptops-finally-outsell-desktops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTech buffs have forecast a laptop takeover for years—and now US buying data is finally confirming a coup de desktop. Consumer laptop sales beat out desktop buys for the first time last year, and corporations will likely follow in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reports. New technology, lower prices,...http://www.newser.com/story/15380/laptops-finally-outsell-desktops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Jan 2008 17:15:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/15119/dude-this-new-dell-is-sweet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe iMac’s latest challenger is coming from an unlikely source: Dell. The maker " long associated with boxy, boring machines" brings the buzz with its newest contender, the XPS One, raves the Wall Street Journal ’s Walt Mossberg. The sleek desktop machine, he says, is “elegant, handsome, and cleverly designed," and...http://www.newser.com/story/15119/dude-this-new-dell-is-sweet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Dec 2007 18:38:06 CST