Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

IDC computer market predictions look good for the iMac, Apple portables

Posted by | Mar 8, 2010 | , |

Many of the trends that influenced the worldwide computer market in 2009 will continue to resonate in 2010, but their impact will change as new market forces come into play. The news is good for Apple laptops and the iMac and, well, not bad for the iPad.

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the lower prices brought on by last year’s challenging economy will create new opportunities for emerging sub form factors, such as ultrathin portables and all-in-one desktops.

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QNAP introduces 4-drive TS-459-U-RP, TS-4597-SP rack-mounted NAS servers

QNAP introduces 4-drive TS-459-U-RP, TS-4597-SP rack-mounted NAS servers

Posted by | Mar 8, 2010 | , |

QNAP Systems (http://www.quap.com) has expanded their Business Series Turbo NAS lineup with two new 1U rack-mounted, 4-drive models, the TS-459U-RP and TS-459U-SP.

These new models, with up to 8TB of storage (using 2TB hard drives), have been certified as compatible with VMware’s vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) virtualization platform. VMware’s vSphere is a cloud operating system that offers a way to reduce IT costs and increase responsiveness.

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Blu-Ray still (slowly) gaining ground

Posted by | Mar 8, 2010 | , |

It appears that the pundits who predicted that Blu-ray would never make it are wrong. It’s been an uphill battle—especially once the economy bottomed out—but the next gen optical technology continues to gain ground, if slowly.

Overall, worldwide DVD and Blu-ray player and recorder unit shipments declined to 137 million units in 2008. The In-Stat research group expects a modest increase in 2009, with a more healthy increase in 2010, spurred by high volume shipments of Blu-ray players.

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