Asus has decided to finally launch its Eee Top desktops. You probably remember them from earlier this year: the 20-inch ET2002 and ET2002T and the 22-inch ET2203T.

The 20-inch Tops come with an Atom 330 processor, an ION chipset with graphics on board, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 320GB of storage, WiFi, a DVD rewriter, stereo speakers and, depending on what model you choose, a touchscreen waiting for Windows 7.

The 22-inch Top will offer you an upgraded hard drive, it will add a Blu-ray option, ATI Radeon HD4570 graphics and a choice of processor between the T4300 or the T6400 Core 2 Duo while keeping everything else similar to the 20-inch version. Unfortunately we have no pricing details and availability so far.

Can we assume that the Eee Keyboard is coming soon now that the Eee Tops have seen the light of day?

via Asus

Tags: ASUS, Desktop PCs, desktops, Eee Keyboard, Eee Top, ET20, ET22, touchscreen

The key for any company’s success is nabbing key personnel from other companies. Normally the immediate goal is to fish for the employees of a rival company and it looks like Shuttle has done just that. Though unconfirmed, rumor has it that Shuttle is planning to invade the netbook market thanks to their newly formed team mostly coming from rival Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS).

Shuttle has been known to deliver small form factor desktops but it looks like they are on the verge of expanding. Shuttle has made various experiments to get into the laptop scene but it looks like they lack the manpower to support the development for such. But now, it looks like all that has changed with the said raid of manpower from ECS. ECS of course denied losing any employees or perhaps they have just lost count.

(Source) Slashgear

Tags: Business, desktops, elitegroup computer systems, fish, invasion, Laptops, manpower, market thanks, rival company, shuttle, verge

Toshiba is not usually a brand you would associate with hard disk drives but it looks like they will have their first crack with the launch of external storage solutions. Toshiba launches new 3.5 HDDs for desktops which will come in 640GB and 1TB of storage. They can be connected with the usual USB interface and eSata.

Both drives will come with a software where users can easily backup their files. The 640GB HDD will cost around $129.99 while the 1TB costs $159.99. They are compatible with Windows and MAC computers.

(Source) Slippery Brick

Tags: 1TB, Accessories, brick, Crack, desktops, external storage devices, external storage solutions, hard disk drives, HDD, hdds, launch, mac computers, Portable Devices, Toshiba, Toshiba, usb interface

Good news PC lovers, Microsoft is ready to send Windows 7 to manufacturers. Windows 7 will be officially announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference this week but apparently the RTM OS is already available. Just look for build 7600 if you happen to know your way around downloading stuff off the Internet. As you can see from the screenshot above, at least someone has gotten their hands on the final RTM build so you could be next. Not that we’re encouraging you to download and use illegal software or anything like that!

All we need to do know is to patiently wait for manufacturers to announce the first Windows 7 laptops and desktops. Anyone excited to buy a new Windows 7 PC?

via TechInvaders

Tags: Desktop PCs, desktops, Laptops, Laptops, Manufacturers, microsoft, microsoft, OS, pc, RTM, Windows 7

By now everyone interested in tech-related issues knows that Google wants to enter an important market. The company is ready to offer a new OS to everyone that owns a computer. Google OS, which we showed you yesterday, will be available to every laptop, desktop or netbook out there. And today we have the first leaked shots of the new OS.

Apparently a very minimal Chrome OS has been offered to a company that supplies parts for Acer and someone took pictures of it. On the other hand, these photos could have easily been photoshopped, and we have to suspect they were forged just as we do with every other leaked pictures. Let’s see if Google will deny anything!

Tags: Acer, Chrome OS, computers, desktops, Google, Google, Laptops, leak, Mobile News, netbooks

A while back ago everyone found out about Psystar’s decision to file for bankruptcy. And everyone assumed that the whole Apple vs Psystar conflict will draw to an end. Well guess what? Psystar is back from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In fact the company has new hardware to sell you.

Psystar is selling a new Open(7) system featuring Intel’s Nehalem Xeon and a new bootloader, the Darwin Universal Boot Loader. Is anyone going to buy it? We can definitely expect Apple to fire back so let’s make some popcorn and watch them fight.

via TUAW

Tags: Apple, Bankruptcy, Chapter 11, Desktop PCs, desktops, Psystar

It was perhaps management decision and getting ready for the worst. When a company seems to be doing well it just doesn’t follow that employees are safe from being laid off. That is the scenario for Apple which had reported positive revenue for the second quarter of the year.

For its fiscal 2009 second quarter ended March 28, 2009 the company posted revenue of $8.16 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.21 billion. These results compare to revenue of $7.51 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion at the end of the same quarter a year ago.

However, just because the books are shining, doesn’t mean all is well within the company. Apple reported that it employed 14,000 full-time equivalents, down from 15,600 at the end of 2008. While most are claiming that the company is cutting 1,600 people, Apple said is counting man-hours as opposed to actual men. This fits in with old reports that the company was planning to reduce the number of hours worked by part-time employees in an effort to save money without making cuts. The company was apparently reducing hours for part-timers and giving more to full-time workers.

While it’s a little bit surprising given the fact that we just heard how well the company is doing, at the end of the day, it makes a lot of sense. It wasn’t sales of computers that gave Apple its recession-beating numbers this quarter. In fact, sales of Mac 2.22 million desktops and notebooks is a 3 percent decline from a year ago. While iPods were up 3 percent, selling an impressive 11.01 million during the quarter. The real growth came from the iPhone, selling 3.79 million, representing 123 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.

If people are buying iPhones from their cell phone provider and iPods from Best Buy or, well, pretty much anywhere, there’s no point employing all those people to just sell computers.

(Source) Toms Guide

Tags: Apple, Business, cell phone provider, desktops, iPhone, iphones, ipods, management decision, recession, time employees

Acer has announced new updates to its K-12 Seed Unit Program. Acer is again offering schools the opportunity to “test drive” an Acer Netbook for use in the classroom through a free, no-obligation 30-day trial.

Running now through August 31, 2009, any K-12 school or school district in the United States is eligible to enter. The only requirement is that they use an Aspire® AOD150-1165 Netbook free for 30 days and participate in two short conference calls with Acer to provide feedback about their experience with the product. Schools can also purchase their trial netbook at a 50 percent discount or return it to Acer without further obligation.

In September, just in time for the new school year, Acer will hold a random drawing, where one participating K-12 school or school district will win a computer lab, while three other schools will receive 30 Acer Netbooks. The computer lab consists of 30 Aspire One Netbooks; 30 Veriton Desktops; and 30 Acer 17” V Series LCDs.

VARs who sign up an approved school or school district will be eligible to win one of five powerful Acer Predator gaming desktops.

(Source) Press

Tags: Business, computer lab, desktops, Laptops, LCDs, Mobile News, netbook

Ready for a new Mac Mini or a new iMac? Rumors say that Apple is going to launch new desktops at a special event on March 24th. We’ve told you before that Apple was going to unveil the new Mini and the new iMac but that didn’t happen yet. Don’t act out all surprised if this turns out to be just another unconfirmed rumor as Apple didn’t send out any invitations yet.

via worldofapple

Tags: Apple, Desktop PCs, desktops, imac, Mac Mini, Mobile News

Remember back when computer gaming was defined by simple games you carried around on various types of storage devices? You don’t? Well in that case you’re either 16 or you lived in a parallel dimension back in the 80’s.

Nowadays designers like iBUYPOWER can set the trends. And as rumor has it they just hooked up with Newegg, creating not some kind of mutant eggs, but three new gaming machines around the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processors and incorporating very nicely NVIDIA 9500GT video cards, a lot of RAM and HDD space. Perfect for your gaming activities.

For more console details check the table below. I say their new creations are cheap bargains for all gamers out there, coming out soon in stores with pricing ranging from $500 to $1,000.

via alliwantthere

Tags: Desktop PCs, desktops, gaming, iBUYPOWER, Laptops, Newegg

The inevitable has happened. Driven by our mobility needs we have managed to purchase more laptops than desktops. The research firm iSuppli has reported that laptop sales in Q3 2008 rose 40% compared to last year for a total of 38.6 million units. Desktop on the other hand dropped 1.3% compared to last year for a total of 38.5 million. The event was predicted to happen sometime in 2011. I guess all those netbooks certainly helped achieve this performance.

HP is the number one seller with 18.8% of the market followed by Dell with 13.9% and Acer 12.2%. Lenovo and Toshiba have 7.5 each while Apple got just a 3.2%.

via Internetnews

Tags: desktops, iSuppli, Laptops, netbooks, Notebooks, Uncategorized

We were left wondering when the new iMacs and Apple Minis were going to be released after Apple unveiled its new line of MacBooks. And it looks like November 10 is the day we were waiting for. That’s when people say the new desktops will be released. That means we have 10 days to release lots of rumors surrounding the features of the new Minis and their prices. Stick around!

via Fudzilla

Tags: Apple, Desktop PCs, desktops, imac, Mini, Portable Devices

MLC technology or multi-level-cell technology has been included in the new Toshiba SSD drives. These come in 8G, 16GB, 32GB and 250GB. What happened with the gap? Nothing in between 32GB and 256GB? Netbooks and desktops/laptops versions right? (more…)

Tags: Desktop PCs, desktops, Laptops, netbooks, Notebooks, Portable Devices, SSD, Toshiba

Dell is thinking outside the box at this time of year and they will be shipping out Dell Systems with Ubuntu as the main OS. How about that? Since Windows XP isn’t available anymore, Dell seems to be taking appropriate measures to avoid loosing customers unhappy with Vista. And offering this Linux OS version is going to take more dollars off the final price of the selected system. Or so you would anyone think. But it appears prices won’t drop significantly, as having Ubuntu installed also costs money.
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Tags: Dell, Desktop PCs, desktops, Laptops, Laptops, Linux

We’ve seen some notebooks from Lenovo so far so it was time they launched a desktop. For those of you still relying on a desktop you can try the new Lenovo IdeaCentre K210.
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Tags: Desktop PCs, desktops, Lenovo

Remember that June 18th deadline for getting a Dell laptop/notebook with that cool, close to perfect, Windows XP? Well if you just missed it and you’re thinking of getting a ripped off version when your new Vista packed Dell PC arrive then just hold that thought for now.
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Tags: Dell, desktops, Laptops, Laptops, microsoft, Portable Devices, Ultra Mobile PCs, vista, xp