Apple's lead is slipping even in areas that it has traditionally dominated, like graphic design and desktop publishing.
Ultimately, however, the self-tuning nature of the Transmeta chip design could offer advantages in desktop machines and high-performance servers as well portables.
Built with an unprecedented level of fit and finish, the new iMac delivers an amazing desktop experience in a gorgeous design.
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The general design, usability and stability of the Zune desktop software has indeed come a long way, and we'd have no reservations about using it for all day music browsing and listening.
The Caliber headsets are designed to provide amazing design and sound quality for a premium mobile, desktop or console gaming experience.
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The first of several products iFrogz has planned for gamers this year, the Caliber line of headsets provides amazing design and sound quality for a premium mobile, desktop or console gaming experience.
Windows 8 adopts the mobile-optimized Metro design language and usability shell, places it into a desktop context ... and hopes for the best.
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If content serving is dynamic depending on desktop or mobile requests, use responsive Web design to handle different content serving using the same URL structure.
The resulting open-source hardware platforms bridge desktop and embedded development, allowing developers to design to their specification and collaborate with the open source community on creative new applications.
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Bottom line: If the same content is being served on the desktop and mobile websites, use responsive Web design to maintain the same URL structures and display optimal layouts based on screen size.
We also use desktop sharing tools to demo software products or go over design changes.
So web properties leap to the forefront of modern UI design, making for amazingly productive, fast and fluid applications on the desktop.
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But with higher-than-average pricing, fewer desktop options (Vaio recently switched to an all-in-one design, just like the iMac), lackluster market penetration, and a weak presence at retail, Vaio machines have yet to take off.
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The new ZX4300 Series now includes powerful desktop components, bringing increased performance and no-compromise computing to this elegant design.
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In addition to its innovative design, the XPS 18 hits the much sought after sweet spot between mobile entertainment and desktop-level productivity, and dramatically redefines beliefs of what a PC can do.
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The three new devices include the Latitude 10-inch touch-enabled tablet, the Latitude 6430u Ultrabook that brings leading design to the boardroom, and a touch-enabled OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One desktop helping people interact with technology in more intuitive ways.
Samsung's new external drives for desktop PCs offer up to 2TB capacity in simple and refined cases, which take their design cues from the portable drive family.
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The UI merges some Kindle- and Windows 8-esque features with things that are totally original -- like responsive design which allows the exact same OS and apps to run on a phone, tablet, TV or desktop.
The R310 drivers support the newest GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs, which have redefined gaming for desktop and notebook PCs by combining revolutionary performance and gaming technology features with an incredibly power-efficient design.
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