John G. Spooner

PC makers are making way for “merom.” Numerous manufacturers will begin selling notebooks based on the mobile version of Intels Core 2 Duo processor, known by its code name Merom, on Aug. 28. The Core 2 Duo for notebooks offers buyers the latest step in the multistaged introduction of Intels highly touted Core 2 Duo […]

As expected, numerous PC makers on Aug. 28 unveiled plans to offer Intels new Core 2 Duo processor inside notebook PC models. The Core 2 Duo for notebooks, otherwise known by the code name Merom, offers buyers extra performance—an increase of about 20 percent over its predecessor, the Core Duo, according to Intel—while holding power […]

PC makers, including Dell, are getting to work on notebook fire prevention. Executives from companies, including Apple Computer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo Group, all members of the electronic products standard group IPCs OEM Critical Components Committee, plan to meet in September 2006 to begin work on a manufacturing standard for lithium-ion battery cells they expect […]

Lenovo has begun equipping one of its ThinkPad notebooks with the BroadbandConnect wireless WAN service from Cingular Wireless. The PC maker, which already offers hardware that allows several of its ThinkPad models sold in the United States to connect to Verizon Wireless EvDO (Evolution Data Optimized) service, on Aug. 22 began offering ThinkPad T60 models […]

Core 2 Duo notebooks will take a bow next week. PC makers are expected to announce the availability of new notebook PCs that contain Intels Core 2 Duo notebook processor on Aug. 28, according to sources familiar with Intels plans, fulfilling a promise made by the chip maker at its July 27 Core 2 Duo […]

Dell is working to ensure its massive notebook battery recall doesnt amount to an equally large logistical headache for senior technology managers, company officials said. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker on Aug. 14 announced the recall of 4.1 million battery packs—the largest recall thus far in computer history—many of which were installed in Latitude […]

Notebook PCs are rapidly moving toward a future filled with more pixels and more screen real estate, thanks to the unexpectedly rapid proliferation of widescreen displays. Once fairly rare beasts, widescreen notebooks—notebooks with screens that have an aspect ratio of 16:9 or 16:10, as opposed to the 4:3 of standard screens, and are thus wider […]

Dell may go all the way with Advanced Micro Devices. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker may announce, as soon as Aug. 17, plans to offer AMD chips in Dell-brand PCs, expanding on Dells previously announced plan to deliver AMD processor-based servers by the end of 2006, analysts say. A broader Dell-AMD product line has […]

The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker on Aug. 17 said it would launch a line of Dimension consumer desktops containing AMDs Athlon processors in September and add two-processor AMD Opteron models to its PowerEdge server line before the end of the year. The moves expand on a previously announced plan to offer multiprocessor Opteron servers, […]

Dell said its working to ensure its massive notebook battery recall doesnt amount to an equally large logistical headache for senior IT managers. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker on Aug. 14 announced the recall of 4.1 million battery packs—the largest recall thus far in computer history—many of which were installed in Latitude business notebooks […]