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  MSI launches its first business laptop range with Tiger Lake processors

  MSI has launched the Summit series, its first range of business laptops, all of which have Intel’s new 11th-gen Tiger Lake processors on board.

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  Dell refresh commercial PC portfolio

  Dell have refreshed their range of commercially-orientated Latitude, OptiPlex and Precision series of portable PCs.

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  PC prices will continue to go up due to shortage of components

  PC prices are going up due to a shortage of a number of components, and the situation isn't expected to change in the coming quarters.

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  Consumer PCs: Ailing, but not dead yet

  PC shipments again contracted in the third quarter, as consumers continued to refuse to buy replacements for their aging machines.

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  How Intel plans to change servers as it breaks away from PCs

  From PCs to servers, Intel is trying to redesign the way computers operate. We've already seen how PCs are changing, with 2-in-1 hybrids and tiny Compute Sticks, but some of the chip maker's groundbreaking technologies will initially appear in server...

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  Laptops, tablets could pack more DDR4 memory with Samsung breakthrough

  Samsung wants to cram faster and more power-efficient DDR4 DRAM in laptops and hybrids with new memory chips it introduced on Monday.

• After PCs and mobile, a chip battle for VR devices is brewing

  Millions of people will buy VR headsets in the coming years to play games and view 3D content, and those sales could spark a real-world war among chip-makers.

• Michael Dell: Dell will ship Windows 10 PCs on July 29

  Michael Dell said Monday that Dell Inc. would begin shipping Windows 10 PCs to customers on July 29, even though Microsoft seems to be saying otherwise.

• Lenovo vows to stop shipping PCs with third-party bloatware after Superfish fiasco

  It only took an embarrassing adware scandal that put millions of PCs at risk, but Lenovo has had a revelation: People just want clean Windows.

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  In Pictures: 12 tips and tools for Chromebook power users

  The Chromebook can be a powerful workhorse -- here's how to replace your standard laptop for work

• Windows 8 grows slow, XP just won't go

  Microsoft was hit with a double whammy last month as it made scant progress in either boosting the usage share of Windows 8 or depressing the share of Windows XP, new data published showed.

• Don't blame Windows 8 for PC slowdown; Apple hit, too

  Don't blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, a retail analyst at NPD Group said today.

• Windows 8 brings zero 'pop' to consumer PC sales

  Windows 8 has delivered no bump to flagging consumer PC sales in the US, a retail research analyst said.

• HP tweaks Windows 8 downgrade policy

  Hewlett-Packard has twice revised its message to customers about downgrading new PCs equipped with Windows 8 to the older Windows 7 in an attempt to clarify its position.

• Windows 8 not likely to restart ailing PC market

  Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 amid great fanfare yesterday left many users wondering whether the new operating system can prove a big boost to the ailing PC market.