1. Windows, Mac, Linux or Tablet? The first decision is the platform. As of 2025, a rough estimate of desktop/laptop market share is Windows 78%; Mac 16%; Linux 6%. It has been a Windows versus Mac ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

When Apple unveiled the iPad in 2010, Steve Jobs presented the tablet as a third device that we could carry along with a computer and smartphone. Years later, Microsoft responded with a radically ...

Go tablet shopping and you’ll find everything from $1,000 devices with high-powered processors and gorgeous displays, down to sub-$100 tablets that are best suited for casually browsing the web or ...

In an attempt to draw interest away from Apple's iPad, Microsoft has set up a tablet comparison page that falsely presents the iPad as having a smaller screen than a Windows tablet with less screen ...

NEW DELHI — India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty. The computer, called Aakash, or “sky ...