Parallels is making Windows applications on the Mac an even more seamless experience with the release of Desktop 5 for Mac, which adds support for Windows 7 and a new Crystal view mode that gives Windows applications a more Mac-like appearance.

New version boasts seamless running of Windows applications.

Quad core considered too much for the average user.

Spiffy KDE 4.1, plus LXDE for netbooks

Desktop Linux version pushed backed to September.

Parallels is targeting PC users switching to the Mac platform with a special edition of its Desktop for Mac that adds migration tools and tutorials to help Windows users get up to speed with the Mac OS X user interface.

Virtualisation will prove magic ingredient for Linux to conquer the corporatedesktop.

U-turn on licensing changes intended to slow down competition, says Gartner.

SuSE targeted at power users.

IBM has launched the ThinkCentre S50 ultra small, a PC which it claims is the smallest in the world.

Will PC users pay for style, or is the appeal of fashionable computer design purely a Mac-only thing? Dell is hoping the Mac-approach can win over the PC crowd with this stylish mini desktop.

Win4Lin Pro Desktop runs Windows apps on Linux at 'near-native' speeds.

Linux hackers working on the next version of the Linux kernel claim that some new improvements will speed up the OS on the desktop.

It looks the Asus Eee Box isn’t the only interesting mini-desktop around. Amid the swathes of Centrino 2 and small form factor notebooks at IDF this week, we spotted this – a mini Centrino 2 desktop.

Move in response to partner demands for customisation.

New Java FX technology joins rich internet application frenzy.

Can you imagine a time when computers didn't have GPUs? Here are graphics technologies that helped take computing out of the lab and into the hands of consumers and professionals

Saving space on your desk will be easier under Dell’s plan for a desktop more than three-quarters smaller than today’s boxes. Anyone heard of Shuttle?

Is the Igel Universal Desktop Converter the answer for small businesses wanting to breathe new life into old PCs?.