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- 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
- Flash Player and Pentium 2 CPUs don't play nice together
- Not sure how many of you this will affect, but it's well worth keeping in mind if you run the Flash Player on a PC built around the Pentium 2 processor. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Intel Pentium, Macromedia Flash Player, CPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Vulcan FlipStart drops a whopping US$800 to US$699
- I am on the lookout for a reasonably priced, say under US$800, UMPC type device and just saw the news that the Vulcan FlipStart has been dropped from US$1,499 to US$699. That is a whopping US$800 price drop on an ultra portable PC that runs a full version of Windows...
- Tags: Price Drop, Intel Pentium, Vulcan FlipStart, Microsoft Windows, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Ethernet, Modems, Keyboards, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Components, Peripherals, Semiconductors, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Can you hear me now? (Images: Happy 60th birthday transistor)
- Can you hear me now? (Images: Happy 60th birthday transistor)photo of the Sonotone 1010photo of the Sonotone 1010 http://www.todayinsci.com/Events/Technology/Sonotone1010Thm.jpgPentium 4There is a typo in the caption for the Pentium 4. The caption reads "Initial speed: 1.5 GHz" whereas the picture of the processor itself has a stamp of 1.3 GHz...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Pentium, birthday transistor, chip, caption, PC-on-a-chip
- Discussion threads 2007-12-11
- Well, didja stick it to the man?
- Well, didja stick it to the man?I am soooo glad......to hear someone else say that!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's spread the word. :-)PCLinuxOS! Ubuntu is great as a community but...but it is really a pleasure to install and be done with all the codecs, etc. I do need to take...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Processors, Ubuntu, Pentium 4 3gh, Linux, NVidia Corp., Intel Pentium 4, WinXPPro, ATi, Intel Pentium, PCLinuxOS, Gentoo
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- Pandora's Box Update for Pentium III Computers (exe)
- These self-extracting, self-installing files install 2 modified files, pandora.exe and langenu.dll. This patch fixes a bug specific to computers with new Pentium III processors, which produce the error unable to create DirectDraw surface. Make sure that DirectX is installed, and then try again. Upon startup. If you do not have...
- Tags: Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium III, Computer, Pandora, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2007-08-28
- Windows Users: drop everything and install Safari for Windows now
- Windows Users: drop everything and install Safari for Windows nowDunno 'bout the MSWin version... but I've been using KHTML for years. I like it, up to a point, but find myself using Firefox instead most of the time.On the other hand, [i]de gustibus non disputandum[/i] and all that. ...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Processors, Apple Safari, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Intel Pentium, Microsoft Windows Vista, JavaScript
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- eMachines T5226 - Pentium D 925 3GHz
- The only significant difference between the eMachines T5224 we reviewed earlier in the year and the new T5226 is the CPU. The newer $550 T5226 has a 3.0GHz Intel Pentium D 925 dual-core processor, a slight uptick over the older Intel chip in the T5224. And while we like eMachines'...
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, Semiconductors, Desktops, DVD, eMachines T5226, eMachines T5224, eMachines Inc., Intel Pentium
- Product reviews 2007-04-30
- Intel's Nehalem processor: Biggest leap since the Pentium Pro
- Intel's Nehalem processor: Biggest leap since the Pentium ProMan, Intel just keeps dumping on AMDGlad I don't have any AMD stock...Yet another vaporware 'release'...Intel is yet again trying to freeze the market in anticipation of losing more market share in the 4 socket market. Octal core? They keep...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Pentium, Intel Core Duo, Intel Corp., memory controller, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., integrated memory controller, IMC, Intel Nehalem, processor, Intel Pentium Pro
- Discussion threads 2007-03-28
- Intel's Nehalem processor: Biggest leap since the Pentium Pro
- At a press gathering this morning, Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intels Digital Enterprise Group, revealed details about a next generation processor, Nehalem, which brings an entirely new microarchitecture and motherboards, and will include onboard memory and graphics controllers. Nehalem-based desktop, server and mobile processors and...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Intel Pentium Pro, Intel Pentium, Intel Corp., Pat Gelsinger, Intel Nehalem, processor
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- First Pentium CPUs shipped 14 years ago yesterday
- First Pentium CPUs shipped 14 years ago yesterdayyes. happy belated birthday inhell, oops intel pentium cpu!! ;-)the last 486 I had was a 486dx2 100mhz computer. gave it to a girlfriend's 2 kids to use for their school homework when I upgraded to a p133. not sure what they did...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Pentium, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel 486-DX66
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- First Pentium CPUs shipped 14 years ago yesterday
- Note: For some reason, this post didnt go up yesterday ... so its happy belated birthday! Happy birthday to the Intel Pentium CPU. The first Pentium CPUs were shipped on March 22 1993 These were 60 and 66 MHz CPUs that had a bus speed of 60 and...
- Tags: Processors, CPU, MHz CPU, Intel Pentium
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- Pentium 4, we hardly knew ye
- Pentium 4, we hardly knew yeSo LongI for one am very pleased to see this insult to architectural design go. Netburst was a pathetic.I am very glad AMD was able to produce such strong competition with Intel these last few years. It got Intel off its lazy butt...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Processors, Operating systems, Intel Pentium, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Pentium 4, Phoenix Technologies
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- Pentium 4, we hardly knew ye
- Intel’s Pentium 4 is on borrowed time. The chipmaker, which was first unveiled the Pentium 4 at Comdex in 2000, is preparing a retirement party for the processor.Intel’s Product Change Notification service has, for example, has told its customers they must place their final orders for Pentium 4 600 chips...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Intel Pentium
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- HP Compaq Presario Media Center SR2050NX PC
- Six hundred nine dollars is too much to pay for a PC that uses a first-generation Intel dual-core CPU. Even after you mail in the $50 rebate, you're still paying too much for the HP Compaq Presario Media Center SR2050NX. CompUSA has it for a more reasonable $399 (after a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq Presario, Presario SR2050NX, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Intel Pentium, graphics
- Product reviews 2006-11-07
- Photos: Intel Core 2 Duo launch
- The company puts an end to the Pentium era with the unveiling of its next-generation PC chip.
- Tags: Processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, PC processor, Intel Pentium, Intel Corp.
- Image galleries 2006-07-27
- New Intel CPU pricing
- New Intel CPU pricingPentium D and Extreme pricing is TOO HIGH!The high-end Pentium D and Extreme pricing is crazy. Even the low-end Conroes beat them by a mile. The Pentium D pricing is even worse than AMD price drops. I can't see why anyone would buy any...
- Tags: Pricing, Processors, Intel Pentium, Pentium D, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- Good-bye, Pentium--hello, Core 2 Duo
- Good-bye, Pentium--hello, Core 2 DuoI didn't realize that AMD accomplished such an impossible task.... :-)``[i]SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Intel officially closed the books on the Pentium era on Thursday with the Core 2 Duo, its most important product launch in 13 years.[/i]''Congratulations AMD! If you weren't around with a vision that was...
- Tags: Processors, Microsoft Corp., Think About, Now Let, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Pentium, multi-core, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- Scratching the 25-year PC itch
- Scratching the 25-year PC itchWow! What rose colored glasses.I remember that era as a time when many of my 20-something peers, who had to work on these infernal things, were going prematurely bald!computer eccentric>" getting closer to his concept of human-centric computing. It's been a lot like watching grass grow,...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Pentium, CPU, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
- Unplugged: AMD's Queen of most things commercial Margaret Lewis
- Unplugged: AMD's Queen of most things commercial Margaret LewisConroe benchmarks DO compare with AMD's bestMargaret is spinning.AMD FX-62 running AM2 platform with a 1333 MHz FSB advantage still got KILLED by a low-end Conroe 2.4 E6600 running 1066 MHz DDR2.Here comments on SPECint are ridiculous. All the benchmarks are...
- Tags: Processors, Margaret, Conroe, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX62, AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium
- Discussion threads 2006-07-19
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