Dell

Walmart has some computer bargains for the people who get up at the crack of dawn this Black Friday, November 27, 2009. Some of the bargains are:
eMachines 15.6″ eME627-5279 Laptop PC with AMD Athlon 64 Processor for $198.00 click here
HP 15.6″ Pavilion G60-519WM Laptop PC with Intel Celeron Processor 900 & Windows 7 Home Premium [...]

Once upon a time Dell was the darling of the computer industry. It was #1 in sales and its technical support was rated #1 as well. But times changed and slowly the company lost market share to HP and others. When its technical support went to India, consumer complaints were loud and clear. So several [...]

Dell is slowly closing down their North Carolina facility, which at one time employed 1400 people. By January, 2010 the plant will be vacant and the locals are looking for a new tenant to fill the void. The plant which was opened 4 years ago, promised prosperity for the local township, has left residents angry.
According [...]

Reliability for notebook computers according to a publication by Square Trade rates Asus as the most reliable and HP the least reliable. So who is Square Trade? It is a company that offers warranties on computer systems and its results were based on 30,000 notebooks that required repairs. The chart below shows which computers it [...]

It seems like it was only yesterday when Dell was the number one PC company. But times have changed and it could be that Dell may end up as the number four PC maker if Asus has their way. It seems that Asus is courting Toshiba which could potentially push Asus to the number three [...]

Just a quick note. Dell is offering the Nintendo Wii for $179.99 plus free shipping.
Check the link below:
Dell Nintendo Wii Sale

As the world wide recession lingers on and more people struggle to make ends meet, more people are hanging on to their older computer systems. We are all aware that businesses failed to embrace Windows Vista and continue to use the reliable, though aging, Windows XP. But no matter how many consumers or businesses try [...]

Reader Brandon has a question for us that I thought I would post. He asks the following questions:
I am looking to buy a new desktop. I have known very little about computers, hardware and such but I have done a lot of searching online to better inform myself of the components inside of computers so [...]

The CEO of Acer has recently stated that they will over take Dell and become the #2 computer seller in the world. He must know what he is talking about since recent sales in the U.S. now show that Acer is in the number 2 spot. According to a recent article it also states the [...]

Michael Dell made a convincing argument when he stated that most users of Netbooks will want to dump the devices after 36 hours of use. He stated that the screens are too small, the processing power is weak, though a Netbook is OK as a second computer. He went on to state that users of [...]

Blogger Rosemary Port has been identified as the person who had made some rather unflattering comments about model Liskula Cohen. Calling the model a ‘ho’ and a ’skank’, the blogger was outed by Google after a court order forced Google to identify the blogger. But now Rosemary Port is going to sue Google saying that [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/16/09
Avast: 08/13/09
Norton anti-virus: 08/12/09
McAfee anti-virus: 08/12/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/14/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/12/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/12/09
Nod32: 08/14/09

Updates as of August 16, 2009 6:00am CDT.

For those of you who are Dell fans, be advised that the company is retiring the Mini 12. However they are making available the Mini 9 once again. Over at the Direct2Dell a blog posts explains what is happening and where users can buy these mini’s. The Mini 12 is still available through the Dell [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/02/09
Avast: 08/01/09
Norton anti-virus: 07/29/09
McAfee anti-virus: 07/29/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/31/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/29/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/29/09
Nod32: 07/31/09

Updates as of August 02, 2009 6:00am CDT.

When Google posted their list of partners on their FAQ site for their new OS, I wasn’t very surprised that the list didn’t include Dell. In fact I don’t believe that the list should of been a surprise to anyone. Here is what Google posted on their blog:
What companies is Google working with to support [...]

Back in 2007 when Acer bought Gateway, rumor was that Acer was shooting for the #2 position in PC sales. Since Dell had fallen off of their perch as #1, replaced by HP, Acer has been steadily climbing the PC sales ladder. With Gianfranco Lanci behind the Acer helm, the Taiwan based company is quickly [...]

Dell has announced that the bucks are flowing and cites their involvement with Twitter for making some $3 million in sales attributed to the social networking site. In fact Dell says on their blog that:
We’ve surpassed $2 million in revenue in terms of Dell Outlet sales, but we’re also seeing that it’s driving interest in [...]

Over at the Direct2Dell Blog they have announced the retirement of the Dell Mini 9 Netbook. The Mini 9 was Dell’s first stab at the pint sixed Netbook market. According to the blog entry they claim that the Mini 9 was a success and that it was being replaced by the new model.
The blog entry [...]

Just a quick note about a very good deal for a Dell 19″ flat panel for only $89 and free shipping. Dell describes their product as:

Affordable Widescreen Technology

1440 x 900 Resolution
16:10 aspect ratio on a 19-inch widescreen

Lightning-fast 5 milisecond response time (typical)

The low-priced DellTM S1909WX monitor delivers excellent widescreen performance and offers a large work [...]

windows 7, microsoftRumor has it that Dell is reporting that the pricing for Windows 7 could be higher than previous versions such as Vista and XP. If true this could cause a buyers backlash for the new operating system. In a time where the economy is in the crapper, when unemployment is approaching an all [...]