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- No, Vista DOESN'T scream past XP in gaming tests
- When I came across Ed Bott's post this morning called "Vista screams past XP in gaming tests!" I was intrigued. Yes, my testing over the past few months had shown that gaming under Vista had now evolved to the point where it is no worse than under XP, but as...
- Tags: Game, SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, Extremetech, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Fit PC part of new breed of low-power PCs for schools
- I've had really outstanding luck with thin clients in my school. Easy management, extremely low power consumption, and quiet operation have been paired with vastly increased access to Web and productivity applications at reasonable cost. I've hit networking snags, no doubt, and have had to learn the ins...
- Tags: Web, PC, Thin Client, Extremetech, Computer, fit-PC, Productivity, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Desktops, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-10-14
- Which is best: Firefox 2, IE7 or Opera 9?
- ExtremeTech has an excellent review of the three new models of browsers this year from Mozilla, Microsoft and Opera:"Right at this moment, big changes have or are about to occur in three well-known browsers: Internet Explorer is finally being updated, with version 7 in its third beta and...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software
- Blog posts 2006-07-19
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- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled intoI agree "One OS to unite them all""One price to keep all happy" In the end it's just a marketing ploy different versions each with their own "missing" pieces. In many ways it looks like double dipping...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, marketing, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Review roundup: AMD's Radeon 4870 X2 delivers
- AMD has been on a roll lately with its Radeon 4800 series GPUs, and with the official introduction of the Radeon 4870 X2, it can now claim the world's fastest 3D gaming card. The Radeon 4870 X2 combines two of AMD's fastest GPU, the RV770, each clocked...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, GPU, Radeon 4870 X2, Games, Video Cards, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Microsoft: The iPhone envy is starting to show (already)
- Microsoft: The iPhone envy is starting to show alreadyWhy should they not discloseI'm actually shocked by you guys meaning that they Microsoft disclosing licenses sold means they envy the iphone. They might envy it in a way but they disclosing those figures doesn't tell that.Companies disclose the amount of products...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., phone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- No, Vista DOESN'T scream past XP in gaming tests
- No, Vista DOESN'T scream past XP in gaming testsok vista doesn't scream past xp but..vista has a lot more to offer with its 64bit OS unlike XP, and when it comes to gaming it doesn't matter how good your computer is if you can run the game on the lowest...
- Tags: Games, Microsoft Windows XP, vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, game, console, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Vista screams past XP in gaming tests!
- Vista screams past XP in gaming tests!I'm not sure EdWhen reading a performance comparison review like that, the initial few pages of commentary are useless. It is nothing but subjective opinion and at the end of the day, the only real information is contained in the actual benchmarks and sometimes...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, Microsoft Windows Vista, gaming test, Microsoft Windows XP, game
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Vista screams past XP in gaming tests!
- Sorry for the exclamation point in the headline, but my inner media critic, who is taking over for the second half of this post, insisted on it. It's there for a reason, which I'll get to shortly, I promise. [Update: My inner media critic is laughing out loud at the people who completely missed this...
- Tags: Game, Page, Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Intel releases 2.5 GHz, 45nm 'Yorkfield' Core 2 Quad processor
- In today's news, Intel has released a new sibling of the 45nm family of Core 2 Quad processors: the Q9300 "Yorkfield" processor, which comes in at 2.5 GHz with a 1333 MHz front side bus. The new chip breaks down like this: You get a faster front...
- Tags: Quad Processor, Overclocking, Intel Corp., Q9300, Blogging, Processors, Internet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Windows Vista (In)capable
- What went wrong? I'll tell you what went wrong: Microsoft execs - starting with Steve Ballmer - don't care enough about their customers. Which is too bad for the thousands of smart, hard working 'softies who do. I went through the Vista Capable lawsuit Exhibit A emails....
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, News, Intel Corp., Development Team, Features, Allchin, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- AMD's Phenom - For suckers only
- I was quite interested in AMD's Phenom quad-core CPU, that is, until I read some early reviews of the processor. Now I've come to the conclusion that you'd have to be a sucker to be an early adopter of AMD's new quad-core line. First off, four cores...
- Tags: Processor, AMD Phenom, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Tom, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- No more Vista whining, please
- [See my follow-up post: We need less whining, more complaining about Vista]Over the weekend I received three e-mails and one online request for comment on outgoing PC Magazine editor Jim Louderback's farewell column, in which he trashes Vista on the way out the door:The upshot is that even after nine...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Could Windows Home Server be Microsoft's iPhone?
- Could Windows Home Server be Microsoft's iPhone?Linux is running many housesjust check:http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,838249,00.aspAlready in my houseI'm running a home network of two Windows and two GNU/Linux computers under Fedora 7. Fedora 7 recognized and set up every connection during installation, including printers and scanners — it was so stupid-simple even I...
- Tags: Servers, Microsoft Corp., server, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows, Windows Home, Microsoft Windows Home Server
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- AMD's loss is your gain
- AMDs recent pricelist for processors shows some great deals to be had on their midrange and upper end processors. This has already translated into cheaper laptops and desktops carrying AMD processors. Dell laptops configured with AMDs Turion X2 can run as much as $300 less than comparably equipped...
- Tags: Hardware, Funding, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Google using Intel servers again
- Google using Intel servers againGoogle isn't religious about processor companiesGoogle isn't religious about processor companies. Google will buy whatever gives them the most bang for the buck and that presently happens to be Intel. The jury is still out for AMD Barcelona since that's a reduced clock speed...
- Tags: Processors, Servers, Network technology, reduced clock speed processor, clock speed processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., point capability, Intel Corp., Google Inc., server application, clock speed, Intel server
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- The coolest servers and chips: AMD or Intel?
- The battle over performance per watt continues to be waged by the x86ers AMD and Intel, as well as the systems providers such as Dell, IBM, HP and Sun. Dell just launched new servers based on 2.33 gigahertz low-voltage Intel Xeon chips. Dell also talks about energy saving tweaks to...
- Tags: chip, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Datacenter, Hardware Infrastructure, Software Infrastructure, General, IT Management
- Blog posts 2006-12-05
- IBM announces full AMD Opteron server line
- IBM announces full AMD Opteron server lineIBM+Novell+AMD forms allianceSee videohttp://enterpriseevent.amd.com/amd_06e6/?cid=theinquirer&lang=enHad AMD NOT been around doing its OWN THINGusers would still be using NETBURB at 10GZh with their machines in the freezer for cooling ..."What you see today leverages AMD Opteron technology and marries it with IBM's Enterprise X Architecture," Whitney...
- Tags: Processors, server, bank, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Opteron, Woodcrest, IBM Corp., Intel Itanium 2
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- AMD fires another antitrust salvo at Intel
- AMD fires another antitrust salvo at IntelAbout time the criminals are held accountableIntel has used illegal business practices for close to 15 years based on reports from hardware manufacturers so it's time they pay for their crimes.Same road as others.It looks like AMD has taken the road so many others...
- Tags: Corporate law, Processors, Somethings, antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-17
- Zoho adds real-time collaborative editing
- Zoho Writer, an online word processor, now features real time collaborative editing. This means multiple users can work on a Zoho Writer document at the same time. While this may sound like a feature that web-based word processing products should have by default, in reality most of them don't. According...
- Tags: Zoho Writer
- Blog posts 2006-07-11
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