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ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget

ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budgetConsider buildingMy opinion: Consider building. There are many shops that will build custom systems for you. That's the way to go if you want the best components in the cheapest systems. In addition, it allows you to build it to your needs...

Tags: Desktops, Flash memory, memory, RAID, desktop, card, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Core 2, Apple Macintosh, Core 2 Quad

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Intel cuts Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad prices

Intel cuts Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad pricesCompetition is good for the consumerI hope AMD can give Intel competition for years to come.

Tags: Core 2 Quad, Intel Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo

Discussion threads 2007-04-23

Gateway, the quad-core pioneer

Gateway, the quad-core pioneerBut it's still a Gateway. [NT].Intel naming conventions.Good grief, can't Intel just call the ****** thing a Quad Core and be done with it so average users know what it is?sony anounced theirs Jan 10.. release Feb 10.. in japan though.......Gateway FX530Actually, Gateway has been offering the...

Tags: Processors, Now Let, Gateway Inc., quad-core, Core 2 Quad

Discussion threads 2007-02-16

Gateway, the quad-core pioneer

Earlier this week, I asked, “Where are the quads?” I’ve been wondering when Intel’s Core 2 Quad, released in January, would show up in a brand-name consumer desktop PC. I expected to see the chip first from a company like Alienware. But the first Core 2 Quad system that I...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-02-15

For Intel 2007 is the year of the quad

Intel’s mainstream quad-core chip, the 2.4GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600, arrived yesterday with slightly less fanfare than I had expected. I guessed last Friday that the chipmaker would offer the Q6600 chip along with one or two additional quad-core processors for use in mainstream desktops. Intel often delivers new chips...

Tags: Uncategorized, Intel Corp., chip, quad-core

Blog posts 2007-01-09

The quads are coming

Judging from a torrent of press reports over the past few days, it seems pretty certain that Intel will unveil its Core 2 Quad processor during the Consumer Electronics Show, which starts on January 8.Intel said last September that it would offer a 2.4GHz Core 2 Quad chip in the...

Tags: Uncategorized, chip, Core 2 Quad

Blog posts 2007-01-05

AMD - 4x4 motherboard and patent infringements

AMD - 4x4 motherboard and patent infringementsNonsense numbersAMD reps didn't try to tell me it's 10% faster. They were so embarrassed about the 4x4 in our briefing they decided stop talking about it and change the subject to the poor performance of Intel embedded graphics.No doubt AMD will close...

Tags: Processors, Serial ATA, video card, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Core 2 Quad, Intel Corp., motherboard

Discussion threads 2006-11-28

Additional Resources

Asus Essentio CG5270-BP004

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. The Asus Essentio CG5270-BP004 bears a striking resemblance to a young teenager trying too hard. With its oversized, canted case, it's easy to...

Tags: ASUS

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Is it time to go quad-core?

Quad core, Chris?You have told us over and over that all you need is Google. You don't need a real OS, real apps, or any processing power to speak of. All you need is a browser, preferably Chrome. Why on Earth would you need a quad core...

Tags: Processors, cloud computing, quad-core, laptop computer, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Is it time to go quad-core?

I need a new laptop. My oldest son's laptop finally bit the dust, and he's pretty well attached to it, both for personal and school purposes. As a likely film major, my Mac would serve him well (at least through the first year of college, at which point he'll...

Tags: Quad-core, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-23

HP Pavilion P6230y

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The $680 Pavilion P6230y is another midrange HP desktop PC that looks good on paper, but can't keep up with the competition in...

Tags: Desktops, LANs, Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, DVD, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., ASUS, graphics, chip

Product reviews 2009-11-23

Gateway DX4822-01

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Although we weren't fans of Gateway's midrange Gateway DX4300-03, the $520 DX4822-01 makes a more convincing argument with budget-minded features like a spacious hard...

Tags: Video cards, DVD, Consumer electronics, Semiconductors, Processors, Gateway Inc., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-20

Asus Essentio CM5570-AP003

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The $480 Asus Essentio CM5570-AP003 is a stripped-down version of the CM5570-AP006 we reviewed in July. It uses the same basic tower but replaces...

Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, Network technology, DVD, Processors, Consumer electronics, 64-bit, Intel Corp., ASUS, Intel Pentium Dual-Core, graphics, chip

Product reviews 2009-11-20

ASUS G51J 3D truly a gaming laptop; starts at $1,700

1GB of memory?I hope that's for the video and not total system memory because you won't be doing too much "gaming" with that.Specs hereSpecs are here:http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=IZcXRDuKvulUEyhaMeh. It can't really be a gaming laptop if it tops out at 4GB of RAM.RE: ASUS G51J 3D truly a gaming laptop; starts...

Tags: Games, ASUS, gaming laptop, ASUS G51J 3D, Asus G51J, game, 3D, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Apple iMac (21.5-inch, 3.06Hz Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce 9400M, Fall 2009)

We awarded Apple an Editors' Choice for its new $1,699 iMac, largely because its 27-inch screen dwarfs its competition in that price range. So what to make of Apple's new lower-end iMac? At $1,199, its 21.5-inch screen is hardly the size leader for its price, and without a touch screen...

Tags: Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, Acer Aspire Z5610, Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Apple iMac, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-17

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Sony Vaio L117FX (Core 2 Quad Q8400s 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Had Apple not introduced a 27-inch iMac for $1,699, we'd have fewer reservations about Sony asking $1,999 for its new 24-inch Vaio L117FX. Yes, HP's TouchSmart 600 expanded on some of Sony's innovations from its previous generation all-in-ones. Sony also doesn't even attempt to match HP's creative multitouch software. But...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, RAM, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., HDMI

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?

Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Gallery: Droid vs. iPhone - battle of the screens

when people do photos like that it's kind of useless.....aren't they? you don't see it at a one to one size and you don't get a good sense of if the more pixels actually makes sense at that small size or if the iPhone resolution is enough or if...

Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Screen, Apple iPhone, Droid, pixel

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Dell Inspiron i545s-1476N

The $480 Inspiron 545s-1476 is the third Dell desktop we've reviewed with the company's current slim tower chassis, and we can't say our opinion has changed since the last time we saw it. We're still satisfied with its design, but we remain disappointed with the features Dell seems to have...

Tags: Notebooks, DVD, Consumer electronics, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., dual-layer DVD burner, DVD burner, Gateway Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-06