Dell to close plant
Dell said it plans to close its desktop PC manufacturing operation on Austin, and reiterated plans to lay off up to 8 800 workers, states PC Magazine.
Dell also said it plans to examine its financial services operation for small businesses, and consider changes in its operational structure. The company said it was looking at "ownership alternatives", but may eventually decide to leave things as they are.
The company, which has played second fiddle to Hewlett-Packard in worldwide PC sales for over a year, is in the midst of an ongoing effort to regain its former lustre.
Everex announces MyMiniPC
Everex is set to introduce the MyMiniPC. The MyMiniPC will directly compete with the Asus EP20 EEE Desktop PC, reports I4U News.
Everex targets the MyMiniPC at MySpace users featuring a 3D desktop, and a media centre dock stacked with MySpace and Web 2.0 folders for news, photos, videos, music, TV and movies, and more.
The MyMiniPC features an Intel Pentium Dual-Core Mobile Processor T2130 (1MB L2 Cache, 1.86GHz, 533MHz), 512MB DDR2 RAM, 120GB HDD, DVD recorder, HD audio and digital video output. It also provides Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA950, Realtek ALC268 High-Definition Audio; one firewire port, four USB 2.0 ports, card reader, DVI and S-Video ports and a gigabit Ethernet adapter.
Cheap PCs benefit Linux
The free Linux operating system handles big tasks like running supercomputers and ATMs. Now Linux has a chance to finally crack Microsoft's hold on computing's most visible domain - mainstream PCs - because of the rise of innovative, inexpensive machines, says The Salt Lake Tribune.
Of course, prognosticators perennially say Linux is on the verge. It gets high marks for security and stability, and is widely used behind the scenes in corporate servers, making it a natural candidate to steal desktop thunder from Microsoft's dominant Windows. And yet Linux PCs still represent less than 2% of the market.
This time, though, there's actually evidence of momentum. While the best features in the latest Windows release, Vista, require top-notch configurations that can quickly ramp up a PC's price, one of the hottest segments of the industry involves inexpensive computers.
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