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Topic: Desktop PC

Related:
  PC    Desktop  
  Mac and PC    Desktop Computer  
  PC Card    Pocket PC  
  IBM PC    PC game  
  Desktop Icons    PC hardware  
  Desktop Systems    PC Magazine  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite website(s):Slashdot
Most admires:Steve Jobs,  Bill Gates
Favorite possession(s):Apple Computer,  Windows computer,  PDA
Currently has on their coffee table:Mac Today,  PC World
Favorite TV show(s):Buffy the Vamipre Slayer
Favorite book(s):"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams
Interest(s):Computers
Favorite computer game(s):Hacking,  Age of Empires,  Solitaire
Favorite online activity(s):Finding ringtones for their phone,  Chatting on ICQ
Membership(s):Free Software Foundation
Favorite quote(s):"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
 
 
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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

PCS can design special PC desktop interface screens that are connected to the backend database.
However, the windowing systems on desktop PCs simply require too much in the way of system resources to be practical in an embedded system where memory and cost are limited.
Until recently, desktop PCs weren't powerful enough to handle typical data sets and commercial software wasn't available.
Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Evaluate requirements for transferring data and documents from White House enterprise systems and desktop PCs to the Presidential Library via the National Archives and Records Administration.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

PCS develops the conduit / HotSync / Active X controls to allow for the seamless transfer of data back and forth from the handheld to the desktop/ database/server.
Entropia's grid computing solutions harness and manage the untapped processing power of desktop PCs within an enterprise network to process computationally intensive jobs for business and scientific applications.
Entropia’s grid computing solutions harness and manage the untapped processing power of desktop PCs within an enterprise network to process computationally intensive jobs for business and scientific applications.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

Belkin Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter The Belkin Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter implements wireless networking into desktop PCs with a quick installation.
Desktop and mobile PCs built on the AMD Athlon 64 processor will be able to run 64-bit applications at full performance and simultaneously run 32-bit software applications with no performance penalty.
Most desktop PC's come with built-in support for IDE disks, though a SCSI disk controller can be used as a replacement or to provide supplemental storage.
 
 
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