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NiveusMedia Media Center Denali Edition - Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz

NiveusMedia Media Center Denali Edition - Pentium D 820 2.8 GHzNot a good pickDont even think about it. Poor performance, refurbished parts, non-responsive tech support, and best of all I had to install fans in my rack to cool off the "fanless chassis" design.

Tags: Pentium D 820, Pentium D, Intel Pentium

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

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

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

Dell's XPS 700 on summer vacation

Dell's XPS 700 on summer vacationThe first casualty in war and product rollouts is the truth?Dell has shot itself in the foot, again. How much better it would have been if they simply came forward and honestly explained the problem. Now they just look like they have something...

Tags: Processors, E-mail, Pentium D, Dell Computers, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-07-12

Alienware Area-51 3550

Alienware plays it safe with the Area-51 3550, its first Viiv-based Media Center. Our build meets all the requirements for an Intel Viiv sticker but adds little else to the configuration--and it carries the high price typical of Alienware. The $1,747 review unit uses the company's all-too-familiar full-tower case in...

Tags: Video cards, Media Center PCs, PCI, Processors, Alienware, Intel Viiv, Pentium D, Intel Pentium

Product reviews 2006-03-16

Without wetware, what?

Dell now sells a dual core Intel workstation -the Precision 380. With the 3.2Ghz, dual Core EE 840 CPU and 4GB of 667Mhz RAM, it starts at about $4,500. Tom's Hardware has a long and careful review of this CPU's performance. Here's the critical bit: An important message is...

Tags: dual-core, CPU, Intel Pentium

Blog posts 2005-05-18

Without wetware, what?

Dell now sells a dual core Intel workstation -the Precision 380. With the 3.2Ghz, dual Core EE 840 CPU and 4GB of 667Mhz RAM, it starts at about $4,500. Tom's Hardware has a long and careful review of this CPU's performance. Here's the critical bit: An important message is...

Tags: Intel Pentium, CPU, dual-core

Blog posts 2005-05-18

Additional Resources

Gateway One ZX4800-02

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 good news about the Gateway One ZX4800-02: it's not a Nettop. Nope, instead this is a full-fledged, $750 all-in-one desktop, complete with a...

Tags: Keyboards, Desktops, Monitors & displays, Processors, Gateway Inc., desktop

Product reviews 2009-11-20

Asus K60IJ-RBLX05

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. Buying a budget laptop often means cutting corners, so let's take a look at the Asus K60IJ-RBLX05. With a 16-inch screen and a...

Tags: Processors, Notebooks, ASUS, processor, laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-11-19

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Toshiba Satellite T135-S1309

Sometimes, it takes a good retail excursion to find a deal that isn't otherwise possible. Case in point: the Toshiba T135. While we have already reviewed two different versions of Toshiba's Windows 7 entry to the thin-and-light laptop landscape, we were pleasantly surprised by this retail-only configuration. This is not...

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Processors, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-06

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H

Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking

Product reviews 2009-10-30

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Toshiba Satellite T135-S1300

Thin-and-light laptops may look similar, but they're not all made the same. It's a deceptive world out there, especially since many thin-and-lights trade performance for a stylishly thin chassis, all while marketing a mainstream look that suggests performance equal to other notebooks.The Toshiba T135 is part of Toshiba's new T100...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Performance management, Processors, Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Corp., laptop computer, T100, processor, performance

Product reviews 2009-10-09

The Windows 7 judge and jury: Your mom

Win 7 and the below average userI have quite a change up ahead with my co workers. We are a small financial institution and run XP currently. I am sure some of my co workers have vista at home however they have no idea what they are doing if a...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, women, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Next-gen operating systems: Facebook on steroids?

Chrome OS is a key building blockThis is why I think the concept of Chrome OS is so powerful.Sure you will be able to use your web apps offline, like desktop apps (thanks to HTML5/Gears), but the core functionality of the apps will live in the cloud. And because the...

Tags: Operating systems, Chrome OS, Facebook, Next-gen operating system, operating system, Next-Gen

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Build a high-performance gaming PC for under $650!

Nice post but ..What about the Intel side of the house? I myself am not much of an AMD fan they run hot. Go $2 over budget...And get a WD Caviar Black 500GB HDD instead of the discontinued Samsung.Mostly good choices..but lately, Foxconn boards tend to have a really bad...

Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Games, PC, DDR2-1066, high-performance, Foxconn, ASUS, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Dell Inspiron 14 Laptop Computer (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 250GB HDD, 3GB)

While many laptop buyers will gravitate toward specialty machines--such as a tiny Netbook for travel or a massive desktop replacement for gaming or video editing--there are still plenty of people who need a traditional midsize laptop. We call these 14-, 15- and 16-inch systems members of the "mainstream" category, and...

Tags: Notebooks, Intel Corp., Intel Pentium, computer, interior, laptop computer, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron

Product reviews 2009-09-23

Intel domination of microprcessor markets reaches a new 4 year high

Many may claim otherwise, but they build the bestCPU for running the x86 command set. They should be gaining share in a market where people buy based on the best bang for the buck. Now if only the EC could grasp that concept.They need competition though.Competition keeps innovation...

Tags: Processors, Current pricing, Key-Word, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU

Discussion threads 2009-09-15