Dell Appoints Channel Gurus
Dell Australia has announced two senior appointments, which it says will bring it a step closer to launching Dell's new channel program, PartnerDirect, in Australia. Both appointments were made from within Dell's ANZ organisation.

Apple Becomes The Rich Mans Choice
According to the latest research by NPD, on average Apple users pay twice as much in the shops as PC users. The analyst firms data showed that in June the average cost for a Windows laptop was $US700, compared to $US1515 for an Apple equivalent.

Installed Base For PCs Set To Jump To 2 Billion
he installed base for PC's will reach 2 billion by 2014 claims research group Gartner. The estimate is based on an average growth of 12%. Currently the base is 1 billion.

Acer & Synnex Form Alliance
Acer and Synnex have announced a partnership agreement that will see Synnex as the national distributor of Acer PC, server and display products, underlining Acer?s goal to reach the number one position in Australia.

Lenovo Goes On A Shopping Spree
Those worried about a war between China and Taiwan may be surprised that it has already begun, as China?s Lenovo Group is now seeking acquisitions to regain its previous world's third-largest personal- computer seller ranking, the same one it lost to Taiwan?s Acer.

Dell Goes From Clicks To Bricks With Officeworks
Dell this morning announced plans to sell a range of its award-winning products in Officeworks? 104 stores across Australia.

Apple Beefs Up iMac Range
Apple has powered up its iMac notebook line up with the latest Intel processors and faster graphics.

Dell Shows That Size Matters In PC Land
They say that small is beautiful, but Dell is taking that mantra to new levels. Small laptops may have been hogging the limelight lately, but Dell's new micro PC could bring attention back to the desktop real estate.

PC Desktop Makes A Comeback
According to IDCs Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker global desktop PC shipments grew by 10.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2007.

HP Rolls Out Desktop Thin Clients
HP has released two new desktop thin client products, called the Compaq t5730 and the t5735. The HP Compaq t5730 is based on Microsoft Windows XPe and select models include integrated WLAN. Based on Debian Linux, the HP Compaq t5735 supports a variety of open source applications.