Mobile PC continue to be the fastest growing PC segment in 2004, posting more than twice the growth of desktop computers. The market share of notebooks increased to a new record of 24% in 2004, according to iSuppli.
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With pressure to get kids ready for the digital world, digital teddy bears, cellphones and Barbies are all the rage for the preschool set.
IDC estimates that of the roughly 514 mln paid-for copies of Windows on desktops and laptops worldwide at the end of 2004, almost 21% were the aging Win 95, 98 and Millennium Edition releases. Among the 19 mln Mac OS desktop and laptop installations IDC surveyed, just about half were running releases predating Mac OS X.
Bloom Energy claims its invention, a little power plant-in-a-box you can literally in your backyard, is a power source that's inexpensive and clean, with no emissions.
Transmeta has won a major foothold in the corporate market, with Fujitsu choosing its chips to power 12,000 laptops that will be used by a Japanese insurance company.All employees of Taiyo Life Insurance's sales force will use the laptops, which will be distributed starting Monday.
The segment of thin and light notebook PCs, that once could not capture more than 5% of the retail channel has experienced unprecedented success. In 2004, thin and light market share has grown from 6% to 20% among the top retail players.
According to NPD Group, notebooks are becoming more popular than TVs. During Black Friday 2004 consumer notebook sales exceeded the sales of all types of TVs.
From Thanksgiving to New Year's, US retail stores sold 24% more laptops than during the same period in 2003, according to Current Analysis. Desktop sales fell 7% in the same period.
Two men were charged over the weekend for the theft of the VA computer that caused so much trouble for VA officials.
