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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Founder Nicolas Loeillot describes the experience as being far more rich and "tangible" (despite the lack of touch) than the desktop experience.
Windows 8 Pro starts with a touch-first experience and a desktop experience for legacy apps that require the precision of a mouse and keyboard.
If Windows 8 can deliver both the traditional desktop experience and a tablet experience that builds on WinPhone7, that gets closer to what I want.
Those business users reaching subconsciously for their touch screens will pull touch into the enterprise desktop experience the same way they succeeded in pulling smartphones and tablets into the enterprise.
In Windows 8, you can revert to the Windows desktop experience via a tile, and you can further customize the interface with third-party apps which revive the Start experience and return Windows 8 to a 7-like environment.
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If either Oracle or Sun had truly understood what it was they were trying to provide when they ventured out with the network computer concept, we might already be dealing with a whole different desktop experience -- and a new set of vendors to provide it.
An optional Bluetooth keyboard, docking station and mouse add further convenience and create a desktop PC experience for business users planning to settle in at a desk while traveling.
With 2X the performance and 2X the power efficiency, the ZMS-40 delivers ground-breaking media capabilities to handheld devices such as tablets, including ultra-high-resolution H.264 HP decoding of up to 3840x1080 for true 1080p 3D stereo, a rich and interactive desktop browsing experience, 2560x1600 (WQXGA) display resolution support, higher-quality video encoding and immersive OpenGL ES graphics and future support for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC).
Among them, Mary contended that the previous experience with desktop proved that as user numbers ramp, advertising dollars follow.
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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This is an inexpensive, easy-to-install, and add-on product designed to improve the user experience on desktop and laptop PCs running Windows 8.
The SanDisk Extreme SSD can boot a PC in less than 16 seconds and quickly shut down the system, delivering a significantly improved user experience to desktop and notebook users.
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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.
With the Seagate Desktop SSHD, users can now experience SSD-like performance while enjoying the capacity of a desktop hard drive- all at a fraction of what a similar size SSD costs.
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Iomega offers USB 3.0 adapter cards (sold separately) to insert into USB 2.0 laptop and desktop computers so users can experience native USB 3.0 transfer speeds of up to 5 gigabits per second.
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However retro that may seem to the smartphone and tablet crowd, as we move into this new world of enterprise apps, smartphones and tablets will still have something important in common with their desktop brethren: the touch experience.
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Google CEO Larry Page hinted at all this for much of the past year, saying he aimed to provide a more consistent experience for advertisers across desktop and mobile ads.
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Additionally, the two companies plan to jointly develop cloud-based services for the enterprise that will deliver a media-rich, interactive experience to mobile, desktop and presentation devices - instantly, simply and securely from any location.
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The experience will be available on desktop computers, laptops, and tablets.
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The Desktop SSHD enables a desktop system to boot in seconds not minutes for an "instant on" experience, run favorite applications faster or simply breathe new life into an aging desktop PC.
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Playing music does not require a desktop client, so logging in is a seamless experience and users can enjoy MOG's vast catalog with just one click.
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We set out to offer a complete audio experience, from the main audio system, to desktop audio, to portable.
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The LinkedIn experience, in some ways, gets richer away from the desktop.
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That focus is a part of the mobile computing ethos espoused by CEO Thorsten Heins meant to have BB10 devices be users' personal, portable computing terminal that is simply plugged into a screen -- whether it's a desktop monitor, a car or somewhere else -- that delivers a uniform experience.
This is a robust experience designed for users who appreciate the level of tracking and analysis possible with the desktop version of Quicken, impossible with other mobile applications.
Search has had the same generic experience for over a decade, primarily tied to how the browser is used on the desktop.
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