Wind available in July
According to Network World, a business version of Micro-Star International's (MSI's) Wind mini-desktop PC should be available in Asia and Europe in July, as products are already in mass production.
The small desktops are designed with laptop PCs in mind and even carry the same 1.6GHz Intel Atom microprocessors as many of the mini-laptops coming out these days. MSI hopes businesses like the Wind desktops for their small size, low power consumption and quiet running since they require no fan for cooling.
They also use the same 65-watt AC adapters made for laptops. The desktop runs full speed at only 35 watts, compared to 250 watts for a traditional PC.
Researchers develop refrigeration
Researchers at Purdue University last week said they have developed a tiny refrigeration system that could be used to cool laptop and desktop computers within two years, says Computerworld.
The technology should enable PC manufacturers to improve the cooling systems in traditional laptops and build much smaller computers, said Suresh Garimella, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue.
"Traditionally, you use a fan to blow air on a chip - room temperature air," said Garimella. "If I could push chilled air onto the chip, then I get a lot more cooling." The devices are designed to dramatically increase the amount of heat that can be removed from a computer, he added.
HP remains first
Apple, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo all significantly out-paced the year-on-year market growth, while Acer, with the inclusion of Gateway and Packard Bell numbers from a year ago, very slightly trailed the market's annual growth rate, says evertiq.
HP remained first in the notebook PC market for the seventh consecutive quarter, maintaining an almost 2 million unit lead over second, Dell.
In the seasonally slow first quarter of the year, HP also managed to increase its market share quarter on quarter in five of six regions. Dell was less successful in Q1/08, increasing share quarter on quarter in two regions.
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