A survey of 10,000 US consumers has pointed to Apple and HP taking the top end of the satisfaction ratings for the computing segment in a Temkin Experience study. At the bottom of the rankings were Sony and Lenovo.

The stagnating and eventually declining demand for the traditional PC desktop has had an inevitable knock-on effect in the monitor industry, with the latest report from analyst house IDC lowering its Q4 2012 estimate from 37.9 million to 36.3 million units.

A decline in sales of PCs is affecting multinationals like Dell but that is also putting pressure on Taiwanese manufacturers to cut their costs. Last week a large number of well known Taiwanese ODMs (original design manufacturers) reported poor results for February.  The Taiwanese bourse requires listed companies to file their results monthly.

Dell has debuted a slick all-in-one computer at a $900 price point. The XPS 18 - which is slated to launch on April 16 - features an 18.4-inch capacitive touch display with a native resolution of 1920 x 1080.

Michael Dell has announced plans to buy back his eponymous company after 25 years on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Earlier this month, we discussed how and why Dell was looking beyond the traditional desktop and notebook PC markets.

One of the biggest textbook mistakes IBM ever made was agreeing with Sun that the mainframe was dead - allegedly to be replaced by PCs and client server computing.

It's certainly no secret that the traditional computer market is slumping. PC sales are on the decline, as shipments of tablets and smartphones continue to increase.

I’m at Dell World 2012, Bill Clinton is speaking and the former president is still amazing. 

Dell has introduced an Ubuntu-powered Ultrabook at a $1549 price point.

What would the world be like if PC companies designed and manufactured vehicles?

Slick rotating screen Dell XPS Duo 12 ultrabook convertible is now up for pre-order.

A number of Intel's biggest customers and partners are reportedly "exploring" the use of RISC-based ARM chips that could ultimately find their way into future PCs and servers. 



Ever since the advent of the first Mac, Apple has been arguing that the world wants and needs an all-in-one computer.

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS will be targeted at mobile devices as well as traditional PCs. As such, a number of industry heavyweights are prepping a wide variety of tablets in various form factors, including Dell.

Dell is prepping a dev-centric laptop that runs Ubuntu 12.04 on XPS13 Ultrabook hardware.

The Ultrabook can basically be described as a Mac Book Air for the non-Apple user. However, the form factor does take a bit of getting used to.

A few years ago, a number of PC vendors were insisting they would never sell a system for under $1,000. Today, the average price point for desktop and laptop PCs is below $700.  

For Dell, the fun of Streaking is over. It looks like the company was just not able to sell consumers on the "Streak" tablet brand.