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They're not the fastest SSDs on the market, but Super Talent's latest 64GB and 128GB hard drive replacements might be the most affordable: At $179 for the one and $299 for the other, they give 2.5-inch SATA 3Gbps hard disks high anxiety.
Tuesday , October 07, 2008 02:35:00 PM
AMD Focuses on Processors, Abu Dhabi Company Buys Fabs
An Egyptian investment firm has purchased a majority interest in a new company that will take over AMD's existing manufacturing plants and start a new one in Saratoga, N.Y. next year. AMD says hello to $1.14 billion and goodbye to $1.2 billion in debt, turning its attention to designing CPU and GPU products that the new company will produce.
Tuesday , October 07, 2008 12:15:00 PM
Kingston, Lexar, and Buffalo Unleash Hardcore Desktop Memory
Showoffs and case modders can display 1333MHz DDR3 from Crucial with flashy LEDs along the top of each module, while the most insane speedsters can sample Lexington's blazing 2000MHz DDR3. Buffalo Technology chips in (pun intended) with DDR2 and DDR3 kits that balance price and performance.
Tuesday , October 07, 2008 10:10:00 AM
Premium 19- and 24-Inch Monitors from NEC
Desktop decorators can opt for a standard or wide aspect ratio with NEC's newest LCD monitors. The duo's fancy features include ultra-high contrast ratios, four-way adjustable ergonomic stands, on-the-fly switching among video presets for different applications, and an energy-saving mode to keep the CIO from getting in trouble with the CFO.
Tuesday , October 07, 2008 09:35:00 AM
Acer Challenges Gamers With Predator Desktop PC and 50,000:1-Contrast Monitor
The retail PC specialist shows its wild side with a pair of Core 2 Quad-powered desktops with multiple hard disks, multiple PCI Express x16 slots (three), liquid cooling, and a stylin' copper-finish case. And if its 24-inch widescreen display's 1,920 by 1,200 resolution isn't impressive enough for you, how about the highest contrast ratio available today?
Friday , October 03, 2008 04:00:00 PM
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Samsung CLP-315W Color Laser Printer ReviewSmall on your desk (occupying less than 13 by 16 inches) and even smaller in your wallet (a street price as low as $200), Samsung's most compact color laser makes up for modest print speed with easy operation, high-quality output, and standard WiFi and Ethernet for office sharing as well as the usual USB interface for solo operators. Tuesday , October 07, 2008 12:30:00 PM |
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HP TouchSmart IQ506 Review Eat your heart out, iMac: HP's one-piece, 22-inch PC is almost as sleek, with the added sizzle of a touch screen. The latter won't replace a mouse for most applications, but is nearly as much fun as an iPhone as you tap and swipe your way through HP's special multimedia programs and custom desktop interface. Tuesday , September 23, 2008 04:00:00 PM |
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EVGA UV Plus+ UV16 Review Got a shiny new monitor? Don't throw away the old one -- this $80 gadget offers a quick and easy way to add more screen real estate to your system (or even a third display to a notebook with an external monitor), plugging in a USB adapter instead of installing a second graphics card. Sunday , September 07, 2008 06:00:00 PM |
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Acer Aspire One Review When does a netbook become a notebook? Windows XP and a 120GB hard disk give Acer's 2.3-pound productivity partner an edge over Linux lightweights when it comes to adding software (though there's a Linux version too). The Intel Atom-powered ultraportable also boasts a sunny 8.9-inch screen, a not-too-small keyboard, and a price below even the 7-inch Eee PC that started the netbook craze: $349. Tuesday , August 26, 2008 10:00:00 AM |
Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review"Why don't you put a little hot-rod red in there?" -- Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), designing his super-suit in the movie Iron Man. "Why don't we make a red little hot rod?" -- Lenovo engineers, designing an 11.1-inch, 2.5-pound notebook that brings the swanky style of the company's ThinkPad X300 or of Apple's or Sony's high-priced ultralights to a lower-priced consumer laptop. Okay, slightly lower-priced. Friday , August 08, 2008 07:00:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: Nehalem Set to Fly with the X58 After four years of LGA775 processors and motherboards, the socket-shufflers at Intel have struck again. But this time tossing your old platform is worth the cost. The Core i7 "Nehalem" CPU's all-new architecture promises a performance revolution. And the X58 desktop chipset may be even more impressive, combining colossal bandwidth with a three-channel memory controller, the return of Hyper-Threading, and a graphics-card surprise. Sunday , September 28, 2008 06:30:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: AMD's Most Affordable R700s Its ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 are the champs of the mid-priced PC graphics market, and the 4870 X2 wears the single-card crown for high-end systems. Now AMD unveils more bad news for Nvidia by bringing the same R700 graphics processor architecture to the under-$100 segment -- and a mix of price, performance, and power consumption that surpasses anything yet seen. Sunday , September 14, 2008 10:15:00 AM |
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Platform Trends: Budget GPUs Galore We're used to reading about AMD's and Nvidia's fastest, fire-breathing graphics cards, but the rivals are now hunting bargain hunters -- Nvidia putting its GeForce 9 Series technology on a $59 diet, AMD revving up a fast integrated-graphics chipset while preparing new ATI Radeon HD 4400 cards. How do these strategies stack up against each other -- or against simple price cuts on last year's cards? Sunday , August 31, 2008 06:00:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: Intel Gets Up and Atom Suddenly, no small, light, low-priced notebook -- a.k.a. netbook, a.k.a. Asus Eee 901, Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind, or Dell Comingsoon -- is complete without Intel's battery-sipping Atom N270 processor. Actually, that 1.6GHz, Hyper-Threading CPU is just one of seven Atoms, with thermal design power as low as 0.65 watt, and they're destined for more than just netbooks. Here's a look under the hood. Sunday , August 17, 2008 11:15:00 AM |
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Platform Trends: Nvidia Reseeds its Mainstream Line Though its flagship GeForce 200 Series holds the spotlight, Nvidia Corp. has taken the opportunity of a switch to 55-nanometer-process engineering to perk up its formerly-elite-now-everyday GeForce 9 lineup of graphics processing units. You'll see some graphics cards that look awfully familiar, others that will put a grin on the faces of gamers with only $100 to spend, and still others in between. Vince Freeman helps you keep score. Monday , August 04, 2008 11:35:00 AM |
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Mini Mobile PCs: Now Comes the Hard Part It's a myth that lightning never strikes the same place twice, but what are the odds against catching lightning in a bottle twice? The ultralight, ultra-affordable subnotebook PC category that the Asus Eee ignited last winter will soon see a second generation of what are now called netbooks -- but this time around, it might be Eee II: The Laptop Strikes Back. Tuesday , July 01, 2008 02:30:00 PM |
Falling Off the CatwalkThe economy's in a slump and PCs are in danger of becoming interchangeable commodity products anyway. So how can hardware manufacturers perk up sales and prop up profit margins? Chrome trim and pretty colors, of course, as vendors ranging from Dell to Staples introduce limited-edition artistic cases and fashionable decorations. HardwareCentral editor Eric is bemused. Apple is unworried. Friday , May 23, 2008 12:00:00 PM |
The Best, the Worst, and the Ugliest: 2007Asleep by 10:30? Not at the Labs, Weather, & Sports Desk, where New Year's Eve is like any other midnight -- time to start a fresh count of the day's Diet Pepsis, along with a last look over the, uh, vista of the dozen months past. Our seventh annual flashback bounces from nifty notebooks and cool Web tools to HDTV headaches, poorly launched processors, and a surprise pick for Product of the Year. Tuesday , December 18, 2007 10:30:00 AM |
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The Tick-Tock of Doom, or For Whom Intel Tolls Processor upgrades: just say no? HardwareCentral editor Eric won't go that far, but finds reasons not to tie your purchases to Intel's newly announced policy of scheduling new CPU designs and less radical manufacturing and power-saving improvements for alternate years. He also covets a 433MHz notebook and considers the apocalypse: putting a Mac on the Labs, Weather, & Sports Desk. Tuesday , September 25, 2007 10:10:00 AM |
Get Ready To Gain Two PoundsLast week, Palm sounded the trumpets and threw confetti for what it described as a new category of portable technology -- only to get an immediate, unimpressed "Uh, no thanks" in response. But while the Treo manufacturer's new Foleo may falter, Intel, VIA, and other vendors are betting you'll crave a real, live Windows PC that weighs in at the same two pounds for way under $1,000. Friday , June 08, 2007 10:40:00 AM |
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