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- The KB940510 update detects activation bypass (KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations)
- The KB940510 update detects activation bypass (KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations)Finally got it rightThis is what SP1 was supposedly mostly about, I'm glad they finally did it right. Well, glad is not so much the right word for it, I mean I have no desire to steal and install...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, KB940510, Microsoft Windows Vista, activation, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Cheap(er) hi-def TiVo coming in August
- Thanks to some over-anxious retailers who posted, then took down the product descriptions, the TiVo community forum is buzzing today with news of a cheaper high-definition DVR coming out Real Soon Now. There's even a picture:Unconfirmed Series3 "Lite" Specifications (TCD652160): BCM740x DVR CPU w/ integrated MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoders 1x dual...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- HP Pavilion Media Center m7780n TV PC
- Like other systems we've reviewed lately, the only feature that distinguishes HP's new $1,599 Pavilion Media Center m7780n TV PC from its older model is that this newer PC comes with Windows Vista. That's fine, as few developments in PC hardware since we reviewed the last model warrant any dramatic...
- Tags: HD DVD, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Media Center PCs, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Vista, TV-PC, HD-DVD, Media Center PC
- Product reviews 2007-02-24
- Apple iMac Core 2 Duo (17-inch, 1.83GHz)
- The 17-inch iMac may seem inadequate next to Apple's new 24-inch behemoth, but Apple's smallest all-in-one desktop still has a lot going for it. Priced at $999, it's the first iMac to break the $1,000 barrier. Along with the 24-inch iMac, it receives a processor from Intel's new mobile Core...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, Apple iMac, Intel Core 2 Duo, Apple Computer Inc.
- Product reviews 2006-09-14
- Now, about that G5
- Last week's discussion of Apple's deteriorating competitive position with respect to the high end desktop got misunderstood by a lot of readers who thought I was comparing the G5 to the new "woodcrest" Xeons. I wasn't, but that kind of thing is always fun, so lets start by looking at...
- Tags: Processors, XBench CPU, Intel Xeon, CPU
- Blog posts 2006-08-29
- iBuyPower Value Ultra
- With smaller vendors such as iBuyPower, model names usually don't mean much because the company's online configuration options are so abundant that one model can be customized to look just like another. Still, the company's budget-minded Value Ultra model is a logical place to start for students looking for a...
- Tags: Video cards, Processors, Monitors & displays, Games, iBuyPower Value Ultra
- Product reviews 2006-07-13
- Abit AT7 BIOS (exe)
- Available in this download is the latest BIOS update for Abit AT7 motherboard. The update features support for AMD Athlon XP2400+ and XP2600+. Version ed has changed the default year after clear CMOS to 2003. Added AMD Duron 1400(133)/1600(133)/1800(133) support. Changed the wording DDR SDRAM at DIMM to DDR at...
- Tags: ABIT, BIOS, Memory, Processors, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors
- Software downloads 2006-07-13
- Polywell Poly 430AM2
- Polywell, a company whose high-end gaming and Media Center systems we're accustomed to seeing, has put together a basic box suitable for back-to-school shoppers, with the Polywell Poly 430AM2. This PC won't win any awards for design or performance, and at $1,350 (including a 19-inch LCD monitor and 5.1 speakers),...
- Tags: Video cards, Games, Processors, Polywell Poly 430AM2, Poly 430AM2, Geforce 7600 GS, GeForce 7600, Nvidia GeForce, video card, Cyberpower
- Product reviews 2006-06-30
- Maingear X-Cube
- We don't usually get to make sweeping declarative statements, but Maingear has given us the opportunity. Its small-form-factor SFF X-Cube gaming desktop is the most advanced PC in its class. No other vendor of a pseudo-portable gaming computer offers a more up-to-date system. This $3,300 PC is by no means...
- Tags: Chipsets, Desktops, Semiconductors, Processors, Network technology, Maingear X-Cube, Maingear, PC
- Product reviews 2006-06-20
- Enpower Media Center Xpress Special Edition
- Good things come in small packages, according to popular lore, and PC Club's pint-size Enpower Media Center Xpress Special Edition certainly tries to live up to that axiom, cramming lots of hardware into a small-form-factor SFF case. Putting the special in Special Edition are the twin SLI graphics cards, something...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, TV & Home Theater, Processors, SFF PC, Enpower Media Center Xpress Special Edition, SFF case
- Product reviews 2006-06-16
- Panasonic ToughBook W4
- Since CNET gave an Editors' Choice award to the ultraportable Panasonic ToughBook W2 in 2003, Panasonic has renamed the system the W4 and made a few modest enhancements to the laptop. The few case modifications involve adding a handy Wi-Fi on/off switch and a connector for Panasonic's optional port...
- Tags: Performance management, Notebooks, Processors, Panasonic, performance, Gateway NX100X
- Product reviews 2006-06-13
- Polywell Poly 590SLI2-FX62
- If you're looking for blazingly fast performance but care not a whit about aesthetics, then Polywell may have the perfect PC for you. Systems from smaller vendors are often hit or miss, and Polywell is no exception. But when the company nails a concept as with the Poly 590SLI2, you...
- Tags: Processors, Games, Polywell Poly 590SLI2, Poly 590SLI2, AMD Athlon, CPU
- Product reviews 2006-06-05
- Gateway DX310X
- Gateway's midrange DX310X covers a lot of ground, combining a TV tuner and Windows Media Center with a half-decent video card and room for expansion down the road. If you're looking for a dedicated living-room PC or a future-proof gaming machine, keep looking, but for an undistinguished jack-of-all-trades, the $1,268...
- Tags: Video cards, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Gateway DX310X, Gateway Inc., TV Tuner, video card, RAM, TV
- Product reviews 2006-05-26
- AOpen MiniPC Duo MP945-V
- Innovations such as water cooling and quad-SLI have turned gaming PCs into space-hogging giants. But some Media Center PCs have taken the opposite route, shrinking to sublaptop proportions. The positively petite Mac Mini Core Duo has won the affections of many and inspired copycat systems such as the Blueado m5e...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Desktops, Keyboards, Processors, AOpen, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, AOpen MiniPC Duo, AOpen MiniPC
- Product reviews 2006-05-25
- Gateway E-1500D
- Gateway's new E-1500D is aimed squarely at the small-business audience, offering platform stability along with bundled management apps. With a base price of only $399, the E-1500D offers small-business features at a low price but has some bottom-of-the-barrel components, such as a Celeron processor. Adding useful extras, such as a...
- Tags: Processors, Monitors & displays, PCI, Mice, Gateway E-1500D, Gateway Inc.
- Product reviews 2006-05-18
- Gateway E-2600S
- Gateway's new E-2600S is aimed squarely at the small-business audience, offering platform stability along with bundled management apps. With a base price of only $579, the E-2600S offers small business features at a low price, without making businesses settle for bottom-of-the-barrel components. But adding useful extras, like a dual-core CPU,...
- Tags: Processors, Mice, Gateway E-2600S, Gateway Inc.
- Product reviews 2006-05-18
- iBuyPower Value Ultra
- Whether you're looking for a computer for your kid to take to college or a second PC to convert his or her now-vacant bedroom into a home office, iBuyPower's sub-$1,000 Value Ultra system lives up to its name by delivering an ultralevel value. And better still are the myriad ways...
- Tags: PCI, Processors, iBuyPower Value Ultra, Value Ultra, eMachines T6532
- Product reviews 2006-05-15
- eMachines T6532
- As the NFL draft draws near, general managers measure and debate the agility of 300-pound linemen, the speed of wide receivers, and the arm strength and Wonderlic scores of quarterbacks. Much like those searching for a franchise running back, you face a similar situation when shopping for a new PC;...
- Tags: Video cards, DVD, eMachines T6532, eMachines Inc.
- Product reviews 2006-04-26
- HP Pavilion s7320n Slimline
- Until recently, small-form-factor SFF desktop computers targeted niche buyers, such as gamers on the LAN-party circuit and city dwellers short on desk space. But with Apple's unveiling of the Mac Mini last year, the SFF computer began to migrate into the mainstream, thanks to the Mini's aggressive price point and...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, s7320n, Slimline, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Celeron M
- Product reviews 2006-04-17
- Blueado Mini m5e
- Boutique computer manufacturer Blueado focuses on Media Centers, producing several models aimed at high-end home-theater customers. Most of its systems are large, rack-style boxes, but the $1,500 Blueado Mini m5e is a small-form-factor SFF PC that's roughly the size of two Mac Minis stacked end to end. If you're looking...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Processors, Desktops, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, Blueado Mini, Intel Pentium M, Intel Pentium, video
- Product reviews 2006-04-17
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