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Dell revamps its ceramic-cooled Godzilla gaming desktop with an Nvidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI ATX platform, overclocked quad-core Extreme QX9650 plus ditto Corsair Dominator DDR-3, dual-dual-GPU ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics, and up to four-hard-drive RAID storage. Meanwhile, Alienware goes to town on a 17-inch laptop chassis with up to 1.5TB of hard disk capacity, dual GeForce 8800M GTX graphics, and Intel's excessive Core 2 Extreme X9000.
Tuesday , May 06, 2008 04:30:00 PM
Acer Adds Ten LCD Monitors To Professional Series
Both budget-minded IT managers and ergonomically conscious executives will find something to like in Acer's newest set of flat-panel displays, with standard- and wide-aspect-ratio screens ranging from 17 to 24 inches. Even the value half of the lineup boasts fast response and high contrast, with the business series adding extra ergonomic features.
Tuesday , May 06, 2008 04:10:00 PM
Verbatim Hails Half-Terabyte Portable Storage
Even higher highly portable capacity will join Verbatim's external hard disk lineup as a 500GB unit bolsters the company's 120GB and 320GB portable 2.5-inch drive lineup. PC and Mac users can choose between USB and combo USB/FireWire models.
Tuesday , May 06, 2008 04:05:00 PM
Lenovo's Little IdeaPad Features Face Recognition
Lenovo's consumer notebook line already features 17-inch hardcore gaming and 15.4-inch mainstream models, but the newest IdeaPad undercuts them both, with an 11.1-inch, high-resolution screen helping to keep system weight under 2.5 pounds. Both ultralight and plus-size battery packs are standard, as is a USB DVD burner and 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo power.
Tuesday , April 29, 2008 01:00:00 PM
Faster CPUs, Bus, and Graphics Remake the iMac
Apple revs up its all-in-one desktops with Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs with 6MB of L2 cache and clock speeds up to 3.06GHz, as well as up-to-date AMD and Nvidia graphics. Two 20- and two 24-inch-flat-screen models are available, all with the latest "Leopard" incarnation of that Vista basher's favorite, Mac OS X.
Tuesday , April 29, 2008 10:45:00 AM
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Samsung SCX-4500 Multifunction Printer Review It's one fancy desk accessory: Samsung's 6.5-inch-high black box looks more like a jet-black piece of home theater equipment or modern sculpture than the monochrome laser printer/scanner/copier it is. The $300 all-in-one's speed, quiet operation, and output quality are impressive, too -- but small-office operators will have to decide whether to make a few sacrifices for style. Tuesday , May 06, 2008 02:00:00 PM |
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Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 2.0 Review You won't get more legroom in coach, but you'll get a handful of point-and-click productivity with Microsoft's newest mouse: Like laptop mice, it has a snap-in USB receiver that won't get lost in the bottom of your briefcase, but it's a full-grown, fully comfortable desktop mouse instead of one of the child's-hand-sized miniature models usually offered to notebook users. Is it the one mouse to use with both of your PCs? Friday , April 18, 2008 03:45:00 PM |
HP 2133 Mini-Note ReviewWill kids in your school district get this year's coolest subnotebook before you do? HP says its three-pound, 8.9-inch-screened, adult-sized-keyboarded little laptop is headed for classrooms. But that doesn't mean business travelers -- or shoppers who've been eyeing Asus's hot-selling Eee PC -- can't check out HP models ranging from $499 Linux to $749 Vista Business configurations. Tuesday , April 08, 2008 02:15:00 PM |
Gateway FX7020 and FHD2400 ReviewThe low-priced desktops on superstore shelves are fine word processing and Web-surfing machines, but will disappoint consumers planning to visit the game software section in the adjacent aisle. Gateway tempts retail shoppers who can't afford exotic gaming rigs with an $1,100 powerhouse that packs AMD's quad-core Phenom 9600 and Nvidia's sensational GeForce 8800 GT. Tuesday , March 25, 2008 01:30:00 PM |
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Zonbu Zonbook Review It's easy to find a $600 laptop these days, but a $279 notebook is something else -- definitely something else, in the case of Zonbu's 15.4-inch-screened, VIA C7-powered portable. Using Linux instead of Windows, the self-updating, self-backing-up laptop frees you from PC maintenance for a cell-phone-style subscription fee of $15 a month. Friday , March 07, 2008 02:00:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: AMD Hits a Triple with the Phenom X3 Market-wise, the gap between dual- and quad-core PC processors may not be big enough to drive a truck through. Or a subcompact. Or a shopping cart. But AMD is betting it's got room for a new family of triple-core CPUs. Will the Phenom X3's sales pitch of better multitasking for the price of a dual-core attract buyers? And what happens if tri-core demand exceeds AMD's supply of didn't-quite-pass-inspection quad-cores? Monday , April 28, 2008 12:15:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: The Wild World of Graphics Cards At the rate they're releasing products, Nvidia and AMD/ATI may soon run out of model numbers. Desktop PC graphics cards have never had shorter life spans or quicker price cuts, as last year's performance champions are suddenly mid-market or even destined to be entry-level cards. Will GDDR-5 keep the mad momentum going? Is Asus serious about showing off not a dual- but a triple-GPU one-card solution? Friday , April 11, 2008 04:00:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: X4 Marks the Spot Okay, AMD Phenom, take two, quiet on the set! (Really quiet, in the case of the 65-watt quad-core for home-theater PCs.) Yes, four months after its bumpy introduction, AMD's top processor is getting a do-over -- raising clock speeds; squashing the TLB bug that cast a shadow over the first Phenoms; and adopting easy-to-understand X4 labels for quad- and X3 for tri-core CPUs. Radically undercutting Intel's Core 2 prices shouldn't hurt, either. Monday , March 31, 2008 02:15:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: Intel Deploys Its Troops What's the only thing that can hurt sales of Intel's dominant Core 2 Duo and Quad processors? It's not AMD's Phenom -- it's buyers deciding to wait for the products the chipmaker has in the pipeline. CPU guru Vince Freeman explains why the release of Intel's 45-nanometer-process quad-core "Yorkfield," higher availability of the dual-core "Wolfdale," and a new desktop chipset and quad-core laptop processor should give Intel a Q2 for the record books. Monday , March 17, 2008 11:50:00 AM |
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Platform Trends: Shifts in the Multicore Landscape The state of the art's not just top of the line: After unveiling its 45-nanometer-process engineering with quad-core Xeon and Core 2 Extreme CPUs, Intel has finally added affordable dual-core versions to its Core 2 Duo line. But while these "Wolfdale" processors win raves, AMD is making moves elsewhere -- giving China first dibs on a dual-core Sempron and preparing to add tri-core models to its flagship Phenom series. Friday , February 29, 2008 04:10:00 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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Paint It Piano Black When Intel sponsored a contest for radical new PC design ideas, the winners were ... not radical enough. HardwareCentral editor Eric may be just a bit color-blind (OK, his wife picks his clothes, all right?), but that won't stop him from giving the industry some fashion as well as feature advice. Wednesday, April 25, 2007 07:00:00 PM |
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The Best, the Worst, and the Ugliest: 2006 Pop the champagne and open the Cheetos: It's time for HardwareCentral to embrace the great and kiss off the not-so-great PCs, peripherals, and technologies of 2006. This sixth annual recap from the Labs, Weather, & Sports Desk features Intel über alles, the mixed bag named Vista, why printer manufacturers are like Scrooge McDuck, and our editor's slightly imperfect New Year's predictions record. Sunday , December 31, 2006 02:40:00 PM |
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