The battle has long waged between different gamer types. Which is better, console or PC gaming? That’s a question that likely won’t be answered in this generation, but we can all keep trying. Since 2009, PC game revenues have increased while console game revenues have decreased. 2010 marked the first recent shift in trends where… Continue reading Consoles vs PC gaming
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Is the PC really dying?
When Mark Dean, CTO of IBM Middle East and Africa, declared this morning that we are in the “Post-PC Era”, a tinge of frustration and anger popped up in me. Items that are used daily in millions of households across the world don’t simply die. I was annoyed when IBM CEO Lou Gerstner declared that… Continue reading Is the PC really dying?
And you were never without internets again
In the market for a new computer? How does 25 bucks fetch ya? Cooked up by game developer David Braben, ‘Raspberry Pi‘ is a PC he’s hoping to market to teaching children the joys (or horrors, depending on which camp you’re in) of programming. So, what do you get for $25? Well, howsabout a 700MHz… Continue reading And you were never without internets again
Mac people vs PC people
There is little doubt that the self-perception of “Mac people” and “PC people” are often completely different, just as the way they look at their counterparts differ. Still, it’s surprising to see just how much difference there is in these perceptions. This graphic by our friends at Hunch breaks down the debate that has been… Continue reading Mac people vs PC people
PC World Inadvertently Suggests You Get a Mac
Depending on which side you take in the conflict eternal between PC and Mac, this is either an enormous fail or win. Seems some PC-critical convenience store worker must’ve taken his vehement fanboy-ism to work when he decided to place these magazines. Yeah, it’s an old photo (a sneak peek at Leopard, lolol), but it’s… Continue reading PC World Inadvertently Suggests You Get a Mac
It Could’ve Been Worse: Intel’s Billion-dollar Blunder
You don’t make it to a billion-dollar blunder without making a few mistakes along the way, or so should be the motto of the day for Intel. The world’s largest chip maker has distributed roughly 8 million faulty Cougar Point chips, and the cost to fix this mess: one billion dollars. The problem is that… Continue reading It Could’ve Been Worse: Intel’s Billion-dollar Blunder
This Is The Future of the Desktop PC
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VNTPwVvLzE[/youtube] It’s not every day you get to re-imagine what the desktop computer will look like, especially in an age where mobility is taking over. However, courtesy of some brilliant thinkers at the Media Computing Group at Aachen University in Germany, the desktop computer is looking brand-spanking new and totally awesome. It even has a… Continue reading This Is The Future of the Desktop PC
Windows XP Still The Most Widespread Windows OS
After the reasonable success of Windows 7, and long after the train wreck that was Windows Vista, PC users are keeping it old school, sticking with Windows XP as their operating system of choice. If you use a computer for anything other than gaming or to see how many hertz you can eek out of… Continue reading Windows XP Still The Most Widespread Windows OS
Civilization 5 and StarCraft 2 Save PC Gaming From Extinction
Cloudy days have befallen the PC as a gaming platform. Yet it wasn’t so long ago when things were different; A-list games were released for the PC on what seemed to be a monthly basis — consoles were second class. But now the world has their Xbox 360s, PS3s, PSPs, Wiis, and DSs. Subsequently, the PC… Continue reading Civilization 5 and StarCraft 2 Save PC Gaming From Extinction
Acer Founder: Apple is a ‘Mutant Virus’
Stan Shih sure knows how to get a party started. In an interview with Digitimes yesterday, the Acer founder went on record to say that Apple’s products are a ‘mutant virus’ for which PC makers will eventually find a ‘cure’ in the long term. Ouch. That isn’t as bad as it sounds, I swear. Shih… Continue reading Acer Founder: Apple is a ‘Mutant Virus’