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AMD "Black Edition" Athlon 64 X2 5000 ... what is it?: AMD "Black Edition" Athlon 64 X2 5000 ... what is it?If this were Phenom... This would be interestingAlthough I would want to see the bill of materials on a PC before I bought it after the release of the processor.This is putting lipstick on a pigLet's face it, Athlon...; Tags: Processors, Desktops, Phenom, K8 X2s, AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon 64; Discussion threads 2007-09-27
AMD "Black Edition" Athlon 64 X2 5000+ ... what is it?: I just received this question in today's mailbag: What's the deal with AMD's new "Black Edition" Athlon 64 X2 5000+? Seems to be identical to the standard X2 5000+. Don't tell me it's just a different box! You're almost right. The "Black Edition"...; Tags: AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Athlon 64, Clock Speed, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-09-27
Cyberpower Gamer Ultra 8500 SE (AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 ): As usual, Cyberpower assembled a very attractive system for us to review. For the hardware alone, the Gamer Ultra 8500 SE is a steal at $999. Even if we don't love the case, anyone in the market for a budget gaming PC will be impressed, especially because the deal includes...; Tags: Games, Processors, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon 64, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cyberpower, PC; Product reviews 2007-04-25
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ out - Still can't beat Intel's E6700: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ out - Still can't beat Intel's E6700AMD needs..I was once an AMD user, before switching to Mac's. Ran Linux on AMD processors. There was a time where AMD was winning somewhat the processor battle. That is until Intel decided to kick it...; Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, Adrian, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip; Discussion threads 2007-02-20
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ out - Still can't beat Intel's E6700: Today sees AMD release the Athlon 64 X2 6000+. This is a dual core processor that runs at 3.0GHz and has 1MB of L2 cache per core (2MB in all). Hot Hardware have a review and its performance is lackluster to say the least. Compared to other...; Tags: AMD; Blog posts 2007-02-20

Where are the quads?: The number of quad-core desktops sold to this point is infinitesimal when compared to, say, the overall number of units sold in the fourth quarter of 2006. Intel unveiled its Core Extreme QX6700 quad-core in November. Although most brand-name PC makers offer the quad-core extreme chip in their desktops, I...; Tags: Uncategorized, desktop, dual-core processor, processor; Blog posts 2007-02-12
AMD cuts its prices: AMD lowered the list prices of several of its Athlon 64 X2 and Sempron processors for desktop PCs this morning, according to its processor pricing Web page.Most of the chipmakers price cuts--which involved all of its various processor permutations, including its latest 65 nanometer versions and its energy efficient models--were...; Tags: Uncategorized, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 64, chip; Blog posts 2007-01-22
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+: Along with last week's Athlon 64 FX-62 CPU and Socket AM2 chipset announcements, AMD introduced a more mainstream dual-core chip, the Athlon 64 X2 5000+. At $696 (according to AMD's pricing per 1,000 units), the X2 5000+ has a lot of performance to offer for the price, stacking up well...; Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Socket AM2, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Athlon 64 X2, chip; Product reviews 2006-06-01
Intel to kick off new year with Yonah and Viiv: Intel to kick off new year with Yonah and ViivMove into the livingroom...blah blah blahLike the "paperless" office, this is a pipe dream that has been talked to death. People have enough crap in their livingrooms as it is. Another factor, they understand the equipment they already have. (To some...; Tags: Processors, Network technology, Intel Viiv, Yonah, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 X2, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., 64-bit; Discussion threads 2005-12-13

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Parallels Operating System Virtualization for HP Integrity Line: An announcement when out last week that Parallels and HP have chosen to collaborate and offer Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to HP Integrity server customers. The goal of this partnership is to help HP's customers make the most efficient use of the power of HP's Integrity line all the way up...; Tags: HP Integrity, Parallels Virtuozzo, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, Hardware, OS Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Acer announces $499 home theater-friendly mini PC: If your geek tendencies have ever desired to shoehorn a computer into your home theater, now's the time to give in. Acer introduced the Aspire X1200 this morning, which for $450 includes on-board NVIDIA GeForce 8200 graphics, an AMD Athlon (remember those?) X2 2850e processor and, thankfully,...; Tags: Acer Inc., mini-PC, Serial ATA, Home Entertainment, Digital Video, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-07-08
PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0: PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Flash Player and Pentium 2 CPUs don't play nice together: Flash Player and Pentium 2 CPUs don't play nice togetherNot just flash and not just P2Pentium II cpu's are not the only one's that might still be out there that don't support SSE. The AMD K-6 series which was contemporary with the P2 and the early Athlon's (contemporary with...; Tags: Processors, Pentium II CPU, CPU, Intel Pentium, Pentium 2 CPU, Macromedia Flash Player, Pentium 2, SSE; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager: Having finally gotten my oldest son a nicely-working install of Ubuntu on his laptop, I couldn't resist but wipe out his hard drive (saving his music, of course) and install Vista to get his impressions. He was perfectly content with Ubuntu once I had it all spiffed...; Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista, Compiz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?: Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?If it is object oriented -it would work like OS/2, the versions after Microsoft and IBM stopped working together.The Workplace Shell was the best environment I've ever worked on.Baseless speculation is fun but uselessToward that end I would recommend you look up the meaning of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Corp., operating system, SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
83% music buyers find their music from hearing a song on the radio, on TV, or in a movie: 83% music buyers find out about music from hearing a song on the radio, on TV, or in a movie. 64% of music buyers say they find out about music from friends, family, or coworkers, according to Pew Internet Project. 36% copies of songs from a friend, 35% find out...; Tags: Movie, Radio, TV, Music, NB; Blog posts 2008-07-05
Aspose.Recognition for .NET (zip): With Aspose.Recognition you can add intelligent PDF to word processing documents conversion to your 32-bit and 64-bit .NET applications. Aspose.Recognition reads a PDF file, recognizes editable document structures and allows saving the resulting document as Microsoft Word DOC, Office Open XML OOXML, OpenDocument ODT, Rich Text Format RTF, Wordprocessing ML...; Tags: Adobe PDF, Office Open XML, Aspose, Aspose.Recognition, Xhtml, OpenDocument Format (ODF), .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
HP Pavilion dv6915nr: We've long been fans of HP's Pavilion line of laptops, which combine an attractive design with media-friendly features at a fair price. By those criteria the Pavilion dv6915nr, a configuration available only in retail stores, is a no exception. It features the familiar glossy black case, light-touch media controls, and...; Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, dv6915nr, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Product reviews 2008-07-03
Dell 1525-122B: Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.As middle-of-the-road as a laptop gets, Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent go-to choice for basic computing, especially if you take the time to configure a...; Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer; Product reviews 2008-07-03
Dell 1420-123B: Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.We were very fond of Dell's 14-inch Inspiron 1420 laptop when Dell launched it in the spring of 2007, as we find that 14-inch models offer...; Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, laptop computer; Product reviews 2008-07-03