19th October 2004 Archive

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• Weak US drags down PC sales growth

  Dell and HP continue to dominate

  Though the global market for personal computers continued to expand in the third quarter, shipment levels were not as strong as expected. In its quarterly update on the PC business, research outfit Gartner said that global PC shipments rose by 9.7 per cent in the three months to September 2004, compared to a year ago, slightly …

  IT Channel 19 Oct 2004, 12:35

• Apple updates iBook laptops

  And re-introduces the single-CPU Power Mac G5

  Apple updated its iBook consumer notebook line today, as expected, and extended its Power Mac G5 family downmarket with a single-processor 1.8GHz model. The latest iBooks essentially feature faster processors and bundle AirPort Extreme 802.11g adaptors, previously offered as an optional extra, but the pricing remains roughly …

  IT Channel 19 Oct 2004, 13:16