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My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i

My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3iI dove deep dude ...... and in Table 11 came to 'iSCSI with Broadcom GB NIC'. Might give that a try before buying a RAID card.How about an expo from you/Robin H. on iSCSI? Some free offerings out there for iSCSI targets these...

Tags: IP storage, Storage area networks (SAN), Network technology, SATA Chipset, VMware Inc., iSCSI, Serial ATA, RAID, VMWare ESX, ESX, storage

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

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Maingear Shift

With its new Shift gaming desktop, Maingear joins the ranks of Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Velocity Micro in providing its customers a distinctive-looking case you can't get anywhere else. And despite a misstep with the build and a questionable processor choice both of which should be easily remedied, we found...

Tags: Network technology, Most Unique, Maingear, cable, hard drive

Product reviews 2009-11-25

HP's new 13" ProBook 4310s offers Core 2 Duo, discrete GPU; starts $799

In addition to its diminutive mini netbook, HP on Wednesday also announced the 4.34-lb., 13.3-in. ProBook 4310s laptop for small and midsize businesses and mobile professionals. Given its professional audience, the ProBook 4310s has features to match: a full-size keyboard; glossy "noir" or...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., GPU, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Advertising & Promotion, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Is SATA capped at 1.5Gbps on the 13" MacBook Pro

For some, the pride of owning a brand new 13" MacBook Pro was shortlived as they discovered that the speed of their SATA hard drives are capped at 1.5Gbps, well below the expected 3.0Gbps. The difference between 1.5Gbps and 3.0Gbps makes little difference when you're dealing with...

Tags: Hard Drive, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Storage, Semiconductors, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-06-15

VIA HyperionPro 5.24A (06/09/2009) (Windows)

VIA HyperionPro drivers are suitable for any VIA chipset. There are two main differences between a VIA Hyperion 4in1 driver package and a VIA HyperionPro package: The HyperionPro package includes SATA/RAID drivers and supports 64-bit Microsoft Windows XP and 64-bit Windows Server 2003.The latest release now supports 64-bit Windows Vista....

Tags: VIA Technologies Inc., 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Network Technology, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Operating Systems, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Networking, Storage

Software downloads 2009-06-09

Sager NP9280 has Core i7, triple SSDs; world's most powerful laptop

Good grief, how much tech can you pack into a laptop? The superlative-laden Sager NP9280 is the world's first Core i7 laptop to ship and the world's most powerful laptop, apparently. Engadget details the sleeper system, which looks like a...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Maingear introduces 'world's greenest gaming PC' for $799

Claiming a title not unlike the "world's most fuel-efficient sports car," high-performance computer manufacturer Maingear has introduced its Pulse, a small form factor gaming PC based on NVIDIA ION graphics. Maingear says the Pulse is the world's first "ION-based" PC that can be...

Tags: Game, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Gaming PC, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Maingear, Pulse, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Acer Aspire Timeline: A thin-and-light notebook with 8 hour battery, gestures for $598

The world's second-largest laptop manufacturer, Acer, today introduced the U.S. availability of its Aspire Timeline series of business notebooks that average more than 8 hours of battery life, the company says. The Aspire Timeline is a thin and light mainstream notebook that combines...

Tags: Battery, Acer Inc., Intel Corp., Aspire Timeline, AS3810, AS4810, AS5810, W, Serial ATA, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Engineering, Notebooks, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Performance Report PRIMERGY RX300 S5

The PRIMERGY RX300 S5 is a space-saving dual socket rack server which takes up just 2 height units and replaces the PRIMERGY RX300 S4. It has an Intel 5520 chipset, two Intel Dual-Core or Quad-Core Xeon processors, up to 144 GB PC3-10600 or PC3-8500 registered ECC DDR3-SDRAM, a bus with...

Tags: Performance, Fujitsu Siemens Primergy, SAS Institute, PRIMERGY RX300 S5, RAID, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-06-01

Performance Report PRIMERGY TX300 S5

The PRIMERGY TX300 S5 is a dual socket tower server with an Intel 5520 chipset, two Intel Dual-Core or Quad-Core Xeon processors, up to 144 GB PC3-10600 or PC3-8500 registered ECC DDR3-SDRAM, a bus with 800, 1067 or 1333 MHz timing - depending on the processor used, a SAS controller...

Tags: Performance, Fujitsu Siemens Primergy, SAS Institute, PRIMERGY TX300 S5, RAID, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-06-01

Next-gen 11.6-in. Acer Aspire One netbook available now; has 16:9 display, full-size keyboard

Acer has officially released its next generation of Aspire One netbooks, most notably a new, bigger 11.6-in. model, the Aspire One AO751h, and a revamped 10.1-in. machine, the Aspire One AOD250. Both of the latest generation of netbooks are thinner than Acer's previous models. The 11-in. AO751h...

Tags: Keyboard, Acer Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Windows 7 on a netbook - My verdict

Windows 7 on a netbook - My verdictSameWith my EEE PC 900HA. Although, I already fitted a 2 GB chip right after I purchased the thing.All in all, I personally think it runs swell. Boot time is around 30 seconds for me. I don't know if thats due to using...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Jump List feature, Ubuntu 9.04, Boot-time, Xubuntu, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, W/7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

MSI introduces 'high end' U123 Wind netbook for mobile business

MSI today announced the U123 series of netbooks, a 10-inch light and compact platform that has sharper lines and more colors than the company's "cute" U100 and insides to match. The U123 uses the latest Atom platform from Intel and basic HDD capacity...

Tags: HSDPA, Mobile, Netbook, Centimeter, MSI, U123, Advertising & Promotion, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-13

MSI's new Wind Top AE1900: nettop charm, Apple style

Netbook purveyor MSI today launched its Wind Top AE1900, a nettop (as in, desktop with netbook innards) that shows a little white, a little glass, and suspiciously, a considerable dose of Apple-styled class. Rhyming aside, this machine could be a great little kiosk or thin...

Tags: Nettop, Apple Inc., Netbook, MSI, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Seagate demos 6Gbps hard-drive transfer speed

In collaboration with AMD, Seagate announced today its demonstration of a new hard drive Serial ATA interface, tentatively called SATA3, that offers speeds up to 6Gbps, or 600MBps. Currently most consumer-grade computers use either the SATA or SATA2 interface that offers cap throughput speeds of...

Tags: Hard Drive, Seagate Technology LLC, SATA3, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-09

CyberPower introduces Atom-powered Windows Home Server 100

CyberPower introduces Atom-powered Windows Home Server 100This is nothing newI've been selling the same thing since at least as far back as October. It's an Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard with an Atom 330 integrated (as in, soldered on) 1.60GHz dual-core + Hyperthreading CPU. It can run 2 threads per...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, motherboard, Windows Home Server 100, Cyberpower, server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Dell Latitude XT2 12.1" multi-touch tablet announced

Dell has announced its 12.1-inch (1,280 x 800 pixel) Latitude XT2, the industry's first tablet PC with multi-touch technology. Multi-touch, of course, as in "pinch to zoom" and two-finger gestures. In addition, the XT2 sports 11 hours of battery (6-cell plus battery slice) and DDR3 memory (5GB...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Multi-touch, Battery, Tablet, Dell Latitude, Specs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Vista SP2: What's inside?

Vista SP2: What's inside?Windows ExplorerAre they going to fix Windows Explorer? Things like remembering views, better copy performance, etc?RE: Vista SP2: What's inside?Better remembering of views in Explorer would be really nice.RE: Vista SP2: What's inside?Are you using it in a networked environment? A lot of people who...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, performance, Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying?

Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying?Those who want them and or need themWho will buy?Well, when they start replacing the older CPUs with Core i7s, it'll be those buying these computers.And those who need the improved performance. Preliminary tests show the mid range i7s doing well against the best Core...

Tags: Processors, Core-i7, Intel Corp., processor

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Fujitsu gets dense and secure with mobile hard drives

Fujitsu's latest 2.5 inch 5400RPM 500GB hard disk, the MJA2 BH On Tuesday, storage manufacturer Fujitsu Computer Products of America announced their latest series of mobile hard disks, raising the capacity bar for laptops with their 2.5-inch MJA2 BH and MJA2 CH series...

Tags: Hard Drive, Mobile, Fujitsu Ltd., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Storage, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-13