PC CPU market rebounds into ‘meh’ territory
The PC CPU market set no new records for the second quarter of 2023, a researcher reports — and that’s all for the best. Mercury Research reported that in the first quarter […]
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Alienware jumps into the custom keyboard market at CES
Alienware has always been a notable name for PC gamers, even before Dell bought the company to turn it into its high-end gaming brand almost 20 years ago. But in all that […]
Windows 11 just torpedoed the webcam market with a new feature
Microsoft is working to allow you to use your Android smartphone (or a spare) in place of a webcam, presumably allowing consumers access to high-quality webcams for free. That capability isn’t quite […]
What’s going on with the chiplet market?
Chiplets are a complicated new wrinkle to the CPU market, and they’re hard for us normies to wrap our heads around. So who better to explain chip tech than a potato expert? […]
Qualcomm wants 50% of the PC market by 2029
The biggest news at Computex is how Snapdragon chips are storming the beaches of the Windows-based PC market, spearheading Microsoft’s huge Copilot+ laptop push. We’ve seen Arm-based PC hardware before, but the […]
Linux OS market share climbs towards 5%
The Year of the Linux Desktop has become something of a sad meme in recent years, but the truth is that Linux as an alternative to Windows and macOS has never been […]
Windows 11 market share grows, but Windows 10 still twice as popular
According to Neowin, Statcounter’s latest Windows usage figures show that Windows 11’s market share has finally started closing in on Windows 10, but its predecessor still has a huge lead. The overall […]
The PC market grew only 1.3% in 2024
According to one analyst firm, the combined shipment of desktop and laptop computers in 2024 was 245.3 million units. That’s a big number — a new computer for one out of every […]
Snapdragon claims 10 percent of the PC market
Qualcomm said Wednesday that it has made strong progress against its goals for Snapdragon PCs, and that its ongoing litigation with Arm had wrapped up. Specifically, according to Circana — which owns […]
