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WinBook PowerSpec T470

By itself, WinBook's new PowerSpec T470 looks like a strong-enough machine for Windows Vista Home Premium. If it came in around $800 or so, we'd be happy with its overall price performance, too. The problem is that at $999, it's too close in price to the faster Dell Dimension E521....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance management, Processors, WinBook, PowerSpec T470, PowerSpec, Dell Dimension E521, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Dimension, Intel Core 2 Duo, performance

Product reviews 2007-02-02

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The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers

The key to Windows success? It's all about the driversTrialware payolaSo I read Item#5 as something of curiosity in terms of who pays and who gets. So if Widget Mfg. installs Widgette software as trialware, Widgette pays Widget Mfg. a fee to get into the installation rotation? Then...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Widgette, Widget Mfg, Microsoft Corp., OEM

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

In just over a month Vista has picked up a bigger install base than both Mac and Linux

In just over a month Vista has picked up a bigger install base than both Mac and LinuxYou are one of Bills favorite customer types...He gets your money and doesnt have to provide support to you.So you are one less person downloading all the fixes and service packs.Do you have...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Sales force management, Desktops, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, sales, Microsoft Corp., PC, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-05-16

Vista: Whatever happened to fast boot?

Vista: Whatever happened to fast boot?A new PC is a super computer. So I don'tthink it is hardware.It's the HardWareI think it's Primarily the hardware. I have a dual-boot set-up on a new bugdet PC and Vista is at least 20% faster.Is the hardware, look no more!I agreed...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), StartUp, new-PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware

Discussion threads 2007-04-10

HP Pavilion SlimLine s3020n PC

Hewlett-Packard's new Pavilion SlimLine s3020n PC comes bearing HP's new glossy black vision for all of its PCs and laptops. We've long complained that HP gray was only a few boring steps removed from old-school desktop beige, and we're glad to see HP took some steps to make its PCs...

Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Slimline, Hewlett-Packard Co., memory, PC

Product reviews 2007-04-03

HP Pavilion a1740n

You'll find HP's Pavilion a1740n on stores shelves at Best Buy, Circuit City, and other large PC retailers. We suggest you leave it there. The street price of this PC is roughly $850, depending on in-store rebates and other discount offers. Dell offers a much more compelling Dimension E521 for...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, IBuyPower, Dell Computer Corp., PC

Product reviews 2007-03-14

Polywell Poly 690G-5200

Polywell's low to midrange Poly 690G-5200 sounds like a decent desktop for the money. It's got a better-than-average dual core AMD processor, AMD's brand new 690G chipset, and it only costs $899. Its unassuming case neither offends nor impresses, and even though its performance lags a bit considering its specs,...

Tags: Video cards, Network technology, Processors, Semiconductors, Desktops, Polywell, graphics, Adobe PhotoShop

Product reviews 2007-03-10

eMachines T5224

The eMachines T5224 is the first true budget-class PC we've seen with Windows Vista on it. We mostly like what we've seen so far, but we can't help but wonder what would happen if Gateway/eMachines took better advantage of AMD's aggressive chip pricing. This $580 PC (before $50 rebate) comes...

Tags: chip, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5224, PC

Product reviews 2007-02-05

WinBook PowerSpec 7501

Like many $999 and under PCs this year, WinBook's PowerSpec 7150 aims for a bare-essentials sweet spot, combining an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a discrete graphics card into an affordable Windows Vista-ready desktop. At its core, its configuration is almost identical to the Velocity Micro Vector GX Campus...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PCI, Processors, WinBook, Velocity Micro, Velocity, Intel Core 2 Duo, Microsoft Windows Vista

Product reviews 2006-12-21

ABS Ultimate X9 III

ABS is one of the few smaller PC vendors that sells PCs with any sort of brand consistency. Its Ultimate line of gaming desktops its only line is subdivided by a logical number scheme. The Ultimate 9 III that ABS sent us for review is the top end of its...

Tags: asset based security

Product reviews 2006-10-19

Polywell Poly i570SLI

Polywell's Poly i570SLI Core 2 Duo system skirts the edge of the elite gaming PC segment by virtue of its high-end specs and $2,999 price. Highlights include an overclocked Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 chip, a brand-new GeForce 7950 GT graphics card, and the usual assortment of performance-quality parts. The...

Tags: Games, Processors, Polywell, game

Product reviews 2006-09-25

Systemax Sabre

Systemax is by no means alone as a vendor of affordable, spare PCs. iBuyPower, Cyberpower, Polywell, and others all reduce costs by building and selling desktops with off-the-shelf parts. This type of PC doesn't have as much of an identity as a model from a high-end, boutique vendor such as...

Tags: Performance management, Sabre Holdings, Systemax, performance, PC

Product reviews 2006-09-06

WinBook PowerSpec 9800

Before we found out that Dell was giving its customers the brush-off, we would have said that the $4,500 WinBook PowerSpec 9800, despite its great benchmark scores, wasn't nearly as attractive a system or a deal as the Dell XPS 700. Since Dell isn't shipping a comparable XPS 700 until...

Tags: Processors, WinBook, WinBook PowerSpec 9800, WinBook PowerSpec, Dell Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2006-08-08