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- OCZ debuts DIY gaming notebooks
- OCZ debuts DIY gaming notebooksAll comes down to costCost savings vs. the inherent hassle of bolting it together, as I like the idea of DIY customization :: desktop -or- notebook :: whenever possible esp re hardware. The OCZ quality branding is certainly easy on the eyes. Would be interested in...
- Tags: Notebooks, Games, OCZ, DIY, gaming notebook, notebook, game
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- The "money no object" desktop PC
- The other day I took on the challenge of putting together a spec for a budget $500 PC. The result was a 2.0GHz dual core system with 1GB or RAM and a 160GB hard drive. Not a bad system I'm sure you'll agree, and you have the advantage over a...
- Tags: Components, DIY PC, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
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- Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)
- Intel's X-25M solid-state hard drive represents a major leap forward for the solid-state drive category. While we've heard about the benefits of solid-state hard drives for years--faster access and boot times, improved battery life--Intel's drive raises expectations for the category as a whole. You will most definitely have to...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel X-25M, SSD, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99
- Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99Comments are lousyI looked through some of the comments at the Newegg site and they are pretty uniformly negative. Apparently the drive has a lot of problems.hoops?The only hoops I ever run into are the norm: you must have bought it in...
- Tags: UPC, original
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99
- Here's a pretty good deal from Newegg.com ... buy an OCZ Core Series 64GB SATA II solid-state drive for $169 and get a $70 rebate. Final cost of drive - $99. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Newegg.com, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)
- (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)$2000 build-it-yourself PCGreat article would do it if I didn't already have a pretty good PC. How about a build-it-yourself gaming laptop?RE: (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)I have a similar system with only 4Gb of cheaper ram , 2 Tb...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Games, Desktops, PC, video, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- LIVE from the Apple event
- LIVE from the Apple eventiPod NanoI'm glad I just bought my son a 4 GB Nano for $199 from the Apple web site. OUCH!Apple events are better than Sleeping pillsAnother Yawn event from Apple, there will be a day when no one comes to hear Steve Jobs pamper his ego...
- Tags: Games, Apple Events, MP3/MP4 Player, LOL Here, accelerometer, Apple Inc., Apple Event, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- News to know: Google; Web Olympics; Patch Tuesday; iPhone
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Will the Olympics melt the Internet? Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBC More worries for Beijing visitors Phil Wainewright: Hello, Google, is anyone in there? Larry Dignan: Google: Our AOL investment is ‘impaired' ...
- Tags: apple iphone, google inc., web, larry dignan, health care, internet, vertical industries, benefits, e-mail, healthcare, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), enterprise software, software, human resources, online communications, operating systems, microsoft windows
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Vista struggling? OCZ launch 8GB and 16GB upgrade kits
- Vista struggling? OCZ launch 8GB and 16GB upgrade kitsIt isn't the press they got!He was talking about multiple virtual machines running different workloads. That is not the same as browsing the Internet or typing a term paper. Read what he said not what you wanted to hear!Not the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MS Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- Vista struggling? OCZ launch 8GB and 16GB upgrade kits
- Feel like your PC could do with a little more RAM? OCZ, the California-based memory specialist, might have the answer - 8GB and 16GB upgrade kits! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: kit, microsoft windows vista, ram, memory, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), semiconductors, hardware, components, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, adrian kingsley-hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Samsung ships 128GB SSDs with cheaper flash memory
- Samsung announced today that it has begun manufacturing 64GB and 128GB SSDs based on a less-expensive type of NAND flash known as MLC. The company also said it was still on track to deliver a 256GB version by the end of this year. Samsung has been shipping...
- Tags: NAND Flash, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NAND, Laptop Computer, SSD, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- OCZ debuts DIY gaming notebooks
- Here's something that fans of building their own PCs will be interested in - OCZ has launched a build-it-yourself gaming notebook kit. The idea is simple. You buy a kit (currently there's no word on pricing but the wording on the OCZ website suggest that this will...
- Tags: Game, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Microsoft Vista creates problems - Kidaro to the rescue
- Microsoft Vista creates problems - Kidaro to the rescueVista Perfect as is!Please stay away from this 3rd party crap! Vista has 0 problems that we know of!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: Microsoft Vista creates problems - Kidaro to the rescuei RECENTLY PURCHASED VISTA ULTIMATE/64 BIT AND INSTALLED IT ON A NEW BUILD. LEARNED...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Kidaro, Microsoft Corp., rescue
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC
- Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC3 ArgumentsFirst, your timing is horrible. Any gamer with the patience for the kill would tell you that while your system is cheap, you are on the eve of a Videocard/Processor Refresh. Second, I don't like your Motherboard because it lacks quad core...
- Tags: Games, Processors, gaming pc, game, DX 10, PC, processor
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08it's not faster - ??????yr right the clock speed isn't any faster - but when u hit the enter key yr not waiting for the last job to finsh - you can run a virus check while yr doing a word DOC...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Processors, PCI, Games, Hardware 2.0, hardware, CPU, Serial ATA, Digital Equipment Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08
- Overall, I get more email asking me for kit and component recommendations that pretty much anything else, and that volume increases dramatically as the Holiday season comes into full swing. Also, over the Christmas period many people will have received new peripherals, tech toys and games and this will force...
- Tags: ASUS, Video Card, Motherboard, CPU, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Digital Equipment Corp., Graphics, Intel Corp., PSU, Video Cards, Chipsets, Processors, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- On the test bench - AMD 'Spider' Phenom 9600-based system
- On the test bench - AMD 'Spider' Phenom 9600-based systemI am curiousIkay, I have reaqd reviews so far, which make the phenom look quite bad. I would like to see some non-biased opinions. Here's the deal. I have always been an AMD user. Point of prefrence. After experiencing the Core...
- Tags: Taxes, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Phenom 9600, phenom
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- ReadyBoost - Does anyone use it?
- ReadyBoost - Does anyone use it?ReadyBoost should not be a function used dailyIf you do use it daily, or even more than once a month, then get some real memory. ReadyBoost should be used only for those rare times when you need a speedy system while using a high memory...
- Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Real RAM, ReadyBoost, RAM, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Give your PC a Holiday upgrade
- Planning on putting in some time on the PC over the Holidays? Maybe you're going to be spending some time fragging zombies, or creating cards from friends and family, or maybe you're going to be rendering a family DVD to give out as a gift. Chances are that unless your...
- Tags: Performance, PC, Motherboard, RAM, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
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