At the Sandy Bridge press conference, the words "Microsoft" and "Windows" were scarcely heard
can't remember the last time anyone from Intel had to be prompted to endorse its partner in Wintel crimes.
Microsoft, of course, chose CES as the venue to introduce the first version of Windows to run on a processor based not on the Intel architecture but rather on ARM-based system-on-a-chips manufactured by TI, Qualcomm, and Nvidia. Yes, Intel was also mentioned, but it clearly got second billing. That's also new.
This semi-split has been brewing for some time. I recall a meeting back in the last century arranged by two Intel engineers with no media relations person in tow. That in itself was exceedingly odd, but it got stranger. Their apparent purpose: to demonstrate the lengths to which algorithms built into Intel's Pentium chips had compensated for the completely cockeyed way Windows loaded itself each time at startup. The implicit message: See what we have to put up with?
The once mighty Wintel cartel has been good in many ways for the PC industry. Like industrious worker bees on amphetamines, Intel's engineers pushed Moore's law to the max, cranking out generation after generation of processors, each smaller and more powerful than the last. Microsoft obliged by churning out new operating systems, each more bloated and resource intensive than the last
-- if rumors hold true -- HP will introduce a Palm OS-based tablet later this month, a little more than a year after Ballmer demonstrated a Windows-powered HP slate at, yes, CES
Anyone who's handled an iPod has probably noticed that one of the things that makes the industrial design of the iPod so special is that there are so many smooth lines and surfaces, no door, slots, or openings other than the bare necessities needed for syncing and headphones.
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Analyst house Gartner's Errol Rasit takes a walk through 5 US server players. In terms of market share, HP had significantly high revenue than any other vendor at $3.2bn in the second quarter of 2014, with 25.1% of the market, up 3.2% from 2013.
Verizon's Palm Pre 2 has been rumored to be landing for months leading some to question its existence. Well, some possible evidence popped up today on eBay of all places.
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