Tag: Desktop computer
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Do desktop computers have a future?
The market for desktop computers is in desperate trouble (and that for laptops not much healthier) – the latest sign being the decision to take Dell private. The issue is not that we don’t need desktops and laptops anymore, but rather that we do not need new ones: while Moore’s Law continues to increase the […]
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The year of Linux on the desktop?
For many who work or research in the industry, desktop computers have an “end of history” feel about them. The improvements in technology that allow chip makers to double the number of transistors in a given area of silicon every 18 – 24 months are still there but “Moore’s Law” as we understand it – […]
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2012: the year of the death of the desktop?
The BBC has an interesting article about the decline of sales of PCs (by which I think they mean “IBM compatibles” as opposed to personal computers in general), including the decline of enthusiast computer building. Two reasons are given – the slow down in production of games for PCs – that seems to be a […]
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