Archive for July, 2008

Dell Releases Details For Studio Hybrid Desktop

Dell produced their top of the line studio laptops only a few short weeks ago. When this happened we knew to expect the Studio Hybrid to emerge not long afterwards and we were not disappointed. Dell has released details concerning the new ‘eco-friendly’ desktop.

Dell has equipped the new computer with Core 2 Duo option - which will still allow it to keep the power draw below 65W. We are assuming that the system will use Intel’s Centrino 2 notebook platform.

Gateway Says They Won’t Sell Anymore PC’s On Web Site

Gateway stated this week that they will cease selling PC’s on its web site. Instead they will be putting all of their attention on selling them through their third party stores and other online retailers that they are affiliated with.

They have been selling their PC computers through partner retail stores since 2004 - but have had to stop this in order to cut down on costs and to align its business model with their parent company Acer.

Apple Sues Psystar

Apple has filed a suit against Psystar Corporation for alleged copyright infringement, trademark and trade infringement, breach of contract, and unfair competition.. In order to take action against the company they are recalling every single one of the Mac clones that have already been sold by Psystar.

Psystar began selling the Open Computer in April. The Open Computer used a modified version of Apple’s OS X, according to Apple’s suit, and provided unauthorized patches that Apple claimed were simply copied from its own Web site. A similar Openserv server sold by Psystar allegedly used the Mac OS X Server edition.