August 6, 2010 4:13 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

Dell has published a back-to-school chart comparing its Studio laptops with Apple MacBooks–all very favorable to Dell, mind you. So, what’s accurate, and what’s missing?
First, the chart in all of its stark Dell-Apple price gap glory, which Dell shows as $1,249 per model: [...]

July 25, 2010 12:33 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

PC makers are beginning to bear an uncanny resemblance to Apple.

Media pads will erode laptop sales, according to analysts.
(Credit:
Hewlett-Packard)

So, what does Apple look like these days? Apple is not as much about the
Mac anymore (in case anyone didn’t notice). And it’s not just [...]

July 22, 2010 10:26 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

The Securities and Exchange Commission is revisiting allegations of a long, symbiotic relationship between Dell and Intel.
A complaint filed Thursday alleges Dell was a recipient of massive, multibillion-dollar, multi-year Intel payments in order to keep Dell from adopting processors from Advanced Micro Devices, [...]

July 6, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

Summer pricing for consumer laptops demonstrates why Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer, and Toshiba continue to beat Apple in shipment numbers–ergo, popularity.

Toshiba Portege packs a lot into a slim 13.3-inch form factor for $799.
(Credit:
Best Buy)

Apple has stuck to its pricing guns, refusing to go lower [...]

June 29, 2010 10:51 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

Luxury ultrathin laptops from Apple and Dell were once ultra-hip. Now they quietly age at Apple and Dell online stores.
Both the aluminum-clad Apple MacBook Air and Dell Adamo were introduced with the kind of fanfare rarely seen for laptops. Apple CEO Steve Jobs [...]