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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

Nehalem gets a name - Core i7

Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Intel bugs everywhere. I wouldn't own...an Intel chip.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/11/intel_flaws/RE: Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Quick of you Adrian to see the Apple like now iSee.This looks like the continuation off their successful range,RE: Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Your sequence makes little sense....

Tags: Processors, Core 2, Intel Pentium, Nehalem

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Intel cuts Core 2 and Xeon prices

Intel cuts Core 2 and Xeon pricesNow price for the E7200 (Dual-core, 2.53GHz)????Now price for the E7200 (Dual-core, 2.53GHz????This was in response to AMD good news...This move is a pre-emptive strike toward AMD's financial good news. Any chance to "stick it to 'em", right? :)Q6600 for $193? ...

Tags: Processors, E7200, Core 2, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Has AMD busted itself trying to beat Intel?

Has AMD busted itself trying to beat Intel?Thanks to AMDI hope AMD makes it again. If they do not customers are actually the losers and back to Intel monopoly, high prices and back to Intel processor technology strangulation. Intel advancement in processor technology has been mainly due to AMD technology...

Tags: Research & Development, Processors, Semiconductors, Core 2, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-20

AMD dominates 4 and 8 socket at Linux World

AMD dominates 4 and 8 socket at Linux WorldIntel's fake quadcore is unsuitable for serverWoodcrest is a chip that has no place in the market.For massive clustered environment, people needs floating point performance and AMD's Opteron leads by 38% over Woodcrest in SpecFp_rate2000 (see SUN's press release).For transactional performance, you...

Tags: Processors, Core 2, Linux, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., quad-core, Woodcrest

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

Core 2 shortage eases, prices drop drastically!

Core 2 shortage eases, prices drop drastically!About time..I have four orders at work that I managed to get going now. One I have set to be a 6800 Extreme Edition.Are you really that excited over a new still higher than list price?Come on, putting an exclamation point in your...

Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Core 2

Discussion threads 2006-08-12

AMD/ATI, YouTube, GPL v.3, Dabble and more...

AMD/ATI, YouTube, GPL v.3, Dabble and more...You can't "design" for real world applications and gamesIf you're getting more frame rates for the top 10 games, there is no way around the fact that the Core 2 is a superior CPU. If you're getting lowest times for audio, video, and...

Tags: Games, GPL V.3, AMD/ATi, Core 2, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-28

Inside the Intel Core 2

We have a little more than a week to wait for Intel to release the new Core 2 range of CPUs. These are based on a new processor architecture, which, instead of just pumping up the CPU’s frequency, concentrates on increasing the number of instructions executed per clock cycle.The...

Tags: Intel Pentium, Core 2

Blog posts 2006-07-17

Additional Resources

Will the GPU become the new CPU?

No mention of OpenCL?Oh well...Not right now, but will come soon.Not right now, but maybe will come soon.The current generation of GPUs are fantastically powerful, BUT:-Current GPUs use a technology called "stream processing," which essentially pre-loads the instructions into the processors and starts streaming data.This is unlike CPUs, where both...

Tags: Processors, GPU, CPU, NVidia Corp., OpenCL, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx

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. Any low-end desktop replacement must cut some corners on its way to providing a serviceable multimedia experience at an approachable price. At $729,...

Tags: Desktops, DVD, Hewlett-Packard Co., dv7, HP Pavilion, desktop replacement, desktop

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Gateway DX4300-11

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.Gateway hasn't fared well with its most recent round of DX-series mainstream retail PCs. Neither the DX4300-03 nor the DX4822-01 received positive marks, and...

Tags: Video cards, LANs, DVD, Consumer electronics, Semiconductors, Network technology, NETWORKING, Gateway Inc., graphics

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Maingear Shift

With its new Shift gaming desktop, Maingear joins the ranks of Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Velocity Micro in providing its customers a distinctive-looking case you can't get anywhere else. And despite a misstep with the build and a questionable processor choice both of which should be easily remedied, we found...

Tags: Network technology, Most Unique, Maingear, cable, hard drive

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Sony Vaio FW560F/T (brown)

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. Several months ago, one of our favorite retail laptops was the Sony Vaio FW480J/T. Besides offering no-hassle Blu-ray playback and a large...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, game, Intel Core 2 Duo, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Artizen HDR 2.8.0 (Windows)

The new trial version of Artizen HDR has no demo restrictions when working with 8bit files such as jpg's, making the new trial version of Artizen a completely free 8bit image editor. Artizen HDR supports +14 digital raw files formats 230 digital cameras. Unlike some applications, RAW conversion is completely...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Workflow, Photograph, Supporting Computers, Artizen HDR, Artizen HDR 2.8, Color Matching System, Process Improvement, Productivity, Digital Cameras, Quality, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-25

HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx

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 HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx offers more multitasking muscle than many of the other mainstream budget retail laptops we've recently reviewed. Helped by a 7,200rpm...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Overall IT, lid, Hewlett-Packard Co., AMD Turion II, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., keyboard, HP Pavilion

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Sony VAIO VGN-NW270F/S

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 Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F/S is a stylish, spacious laptop for high-definition fans with low budgets. For a reasonable $699 at Best Buy, the Vaio...

Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-24

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

Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970

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 Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970 is a thin-and-light laptop that is neither thin nor light. It feels solidly built, but this is a 13.3-inch laptop...

Tags: Notebooks, Network technology, laptop computer, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-24

HP Pavilion dv6-1375dx

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. HP had better hope its Pavilion dv6-1375 is not sitting on retail store shelves directly next to the Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F/S. Both are...

Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Large Hadron Collider sees first collisions

its work and we are not dead yet damn it .... not end of the world party Won't go full power until 2012...Abotu the 21st of December. ;-)Give It Time!!It takes awhile for the microscopic Black hole to consume enough matter to destroy the planet. Let's see the mass...

Tags: black hole, magma, Large Hadron Collider

Discussion threads 2009-11-24