Today’s IT managers face tough choices. PCs that run fine today have an uncertain upgrade path, now that Microsoft has chosen to discontinue Windows XP. Upgrade costs associated with Vista, coupled ...

Repairable laptop maker Framework just wrapped up its '2nd Gen' event, where it made three major announcements – the most prominent of which is that it's now dipping its toes into desktop PC waters.

At first blush, desktop virtualization sounds a lot like terminal services, such as those provided by Citrix Systems Inc., where servers run the applications and give users remote access. All the user ...

One of the interesting observations I have is how people lock down on an experience with a vendor and how that perception remains unchanged unless something significant is done to change it. In ...

Windows 11 is an improvement over Windows 10, but by default, you won’t find the desktop good for productivity. So, to improve its efficiency, I use alternatives to default desktop settings, use ...

Putting a Chromebook in developer mode and installing the OS of your choice isn't exactly hard... Single thread linear read/write performance: SSD vs USB. With 1MB blocks, the USB sticks hold up. With ...

It has taken more than a decade, but native VoIP calling is headed to the desktop as well as to the tablet and smartphone. VoIP endpoints started gaining traction in the early 2000s. Both Windows XP ...

Researchers say growing economic uncertainty may have helped desktop PC shipments gain traction among professional users in the U.S. Mobile computers such as laptops have had tremendous momentum in ...