Lenovo Expects to Beat Dell in PC Sales by Year's End

Lenovo's director accepts the outfit will overwhelm Dell to end up being the globe's second-greatest PC specialist by the finish of for the present year.

Lenovo director Liu Chuanzhi made the comments on Thursday while speaking to the Chinese media. A Lenovo spokeswoman affirmed he made the remarks.

In the past quarter, the Chinese PC producer defeated adversary Acer to bring the third spot for worldwide PC bargains, as per exploration firm IDC. Lenovo's piece of the overall industry was at 12.2 percent, putting the association right behind Dell, which had a 12.9 percent offer. Beat-ranked HP had a 18.1 percent offer.

Lenovo's executive made the case as the team has perceived the snappiest development right far and wide's beat five PC specialists. In the final quarter, the association's PC bargains built by 22.9 percent year-over-year. In observation, Dell's PC bargains just developed by 2.8 percent.

Examiners have declared PC shipments have declined due to lazy spending receivable to broader monetary conditions, and resulting from the fact that the notoriety of tablets has consumed into PC bargains. Lenovo, on the other hand, has put its snappy development down to stretching into advancing businesses in Latin America, Africa and India, while additionally ensuring its home turf in China, where it has a 31.7 percent offer.

Final quarter, China in addition overwhelmed the U.S. in PC deals and shipments, as per IDC. While the U.S. is looked for to recover the top spot later for the present year, China will end up the greatest PC business sector throughout 2012.

Dell Announces $2,499 Latitude XT Tablet PC

(Source: Dell)

(Source: Dell)

Dell's first entry into the Tablet PC market will command big bucks

Nearly seven months after the Latitude XT was first shown to the world, Dell is finally making its first Tablet PC available to consumers. Dell says that its new 3.53-pound Latitude XT is a ground-breaking device and is among the thinnest and lightest in its class.

The 12.1" Latitude XT has both pen and capacitive touch technology. Capacitive touch allows users to manipulate items on the screen without the need to apply pressure directly to the display.

"Until now, customers have been forced to make tradeoffs in tablet functionality to have usable systems," said Dell Product Group Director Margaret Franco. "With Capacitive touch technology, the Latitude XT will revolutionize the way customers interact with their systems, allow customers to take full advantage of tablet technology and enables customers to get more done with greater speed and precision."

Dell is taking direct aim at the leaders in the Tablet PC arena and claims that touch response times for its new Latitude are better than the competing Lenovo X61T. The Latitude XT also features advanced digital palm rejection technology for those that regularly write on the screen and uses a digitizer that is ten times more durable than competing solutions.

The Latitude XT is built around Intel's Core 2 Solo and Core 2 Duo ULV processor and comes equipped with a Radeon X1250 graphics core. The Tablet PC also incorporates a full-size keyboard with dual pointers and can accommodate a 64GB solid-state drive or up to a 120GB hard drive.

As previously reported, the display will be available with a traditional CCFL or LED-backlit WXGA display. As is the case with most high-end notebooks and Tablet PCs, the Energy Star 4.0-compliant Latitude XT comes equipped with 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, HSDPA or EVDO Rev A WAN options, biometric fingerprint reader and three USB 2.0 ports. Dell also gives users the option of a 4-cell, 6-cell or 9-cell battery back (the batteries feature a touch-sensitive power meter to report battery life at any given time).

All of the Latitude XT's Tablet PC goodness comes at a price -- the system features a base price of $2,499. Dell will take orders for the system and begin shipments before year's end.

DailyTech first brought you news of the device in late May when Dell announced to the world that it would enter the Tablet PC market. In October, LesDeLLiens.com leaked the specs of the device along with detailed pictures of the device from multiple angles.

Best Buy to Distribute Dell PCs

Agam Shah, IDG News Service Thu Dec 6, 4:46 PM ET

In an effort to put more of its PCs on retail shelves, Best Buy to sell its desktops and laptops.

Best Buy will sell Dell's XPS and Inspiron desktops, notebooks and all-in-one PCs in more than 900 U.S. locations, Dell said in a statement.

Best Buy will stock the Dell XPS M1330, Inspiron 1521 and Inspiron 1420 notebooks, the XPS One all-in-one and Inspiron 530, 531, and 531s desktops.

The systems will reach Best Buy stores in a few weeks, though the company couldn't be reached for comment on exact availability dates.

Dell is the top PC vendor in the U.S. according to surveys by Gartner and IDC, with a slim lead over Hewlett-Packard. In a recent earnings call, Dell said it is adding more retailers to its distribution channel to generate better PC sales. Dell already sells PCs via Staples and Wal-Mart in the U.S.

Dell also distributes PCs through vendors worldwide including Carrefour in Europe and Bic Camera in Japan.