Archive for the ‘Personal Computers’ Category
AMD’s “Trinity” APU Delivers Impressive Multimedia
AMD officially launched its “Trinity” line of second-generation AMD A-Series APUs for notebooks two weeks ago and systems will be hitting the store shelves in a few weeks; desktops are expected later this summer. Reviews are showing …
Why Apple is Wrong About Convertibles
On Apple’s last earnings call, CEO Tim Cook responded to a question on Windows 8 convertibles by saying, “You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those aren’t going to be pleasing to the user.” At first glance, this …
Immersive Social Games Bringing Families Together
The big discussion on social games recently is centered around games like Farmville and companies like Zynga, whose recent IPO generated a lot of attention. I see a much more interesting phenomenon taking place where new, cross-generational …
Two Sides of the Consumer Coin to Windows RT
Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled via a blog the different Windows 8 editions and comparing the different features and functionalities. There are three versions, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows RT. One of the biggest changes in Windows 8 versus previous editions …
NVIDIA Solved the Ultrabook Discrete Graphics Problem with Kepler
When Intel released their first Ultrabook specification, one of the first component implications I thought of were the impact to discrete graphics. My thought process was simple; based on the Intel specifications for battery life, weight and thickness, designing-in discrete …
Windows 8 CP Tablet Experience: Distinctive yet Risky for Holiday 2012
A little less than a week ago, Microsoft launched to the public the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (CP). This is a follow-on to the Developer Preview (DP) that I’ve been using on a tablet and all-in-one desktop since it was …
Why the PC Industry Cannot Ignore Smartphones
When HP abandoned their smartphone and tablet business and webOS last August, many in the industry were disappointed in the speed of the Palm acquisition and the quick dismantling of it. Some who consider themselves "business-savvy" said it was the …
The Dell XPS 13: An Ultrabook that Could Steal Customers From Apple
If you are in the high-tech industry and haven’t heard of the term “Ultrabook”, you’ve probably been on sabbatical or have been living under a rock. Intel introduced an industry-wide initiative to re-think the Windows notebook PC, which they have …
The Potential Losers if Ultrabooks Win
(Originally published on Forbes)
Ultrabooks were one of the most discussed form factors at this year’s CES 2012. This was due not only to Intel’s CES marketing push, but by all of Intel’s ecosystem demonstrating their prowess by showing their latest and greatest designs. …
How Intel Could Achieve the 40% Consumer Ultrabook Target in 2012
There has been a lot of industry skepticism since Intel predicted at Computex Taipei 2011 that Ultrabooks would account for 40% of consumer portable sales by the end of 2012. That included skepticism from me as well, and I …
Apple iCloud Shortcomings Provide a Competitive Opportunity
Apple iCloud launched two months ago to huge fanfare and punditry. It’s no surprise given the huge future opportunity with the cloud. Also, it was a big deal for Apple given their past online endeavors had been so unsuccessful that …
Windows 8 Desktop on ARM Decision Driven by Phones and Consoles
There has been a lot written about the possibility of Microsoft not supporting the Windows 8 Desktop environment on the ARM architecture. If true, this could impact Microsoft, ARM and ARM’s licensees and Texas Instruments, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm are in …
Gaming AMD’s 2012 Strategy
AMD intends to pursue “growth opportunities” in low-powered devices, emerging markets and Internet-based businesses.
There’s an awful lot of mis-guided analysis wafting about regarding AMD’s new strategic direction, which the company says it will make public in February. This piece is …
A Scenario Where Smartphones Take Down the PC
If you’ve done any long term strategic planning you know there are few absolutes but, very many scenarios. Tech history shows that even disruptive innovations take time to rollout and many scenarios existed that could have gone both ways. BlockBuster …
iOS Morphing Into a Desktop OS?
During the Apple WWDC, I was really struck at just how many features were added into iOS 5 and just how few new features had been added to Lion. Don’t get me wrong here, I like Lion a lot but …
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