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- News items 2008-11-18
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- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- AMD's 45nm Shanghai gets official
- AMD officially introduced its first 45nm processors today. Compared to its existing 65nm AMD Opterons, the new quad-core server processors code-named Shanghai, will offer better performance and use less power, and because they use the same socket and have the same thermal requirements, they will be available in more than...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Fujitsu gets dense and secure with mobile hard drives
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- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Asus X83VM-X1 - Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26 GHz, 14.1-inch TFT
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.With its brown lid with a woven gold graphics pattern, the Asus X83VM-X1 might be mistaken for some sort of Gucci-branded laptop. (Hey, it...
- Product reviews 2008-11-07
- Dell S1535-143B
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.Dell's Studio line of laptops is an attractive middle ground between the inexpensive Inspiron line and the high-end XPS line, incorporating some of the...
- Product reviews 2008-11-07
- More notebooks using two, and now three, GPUs
- Laptops using multiple GPUs aren't new, but they are becoming more widespread. Earlier this week AMD touted the first laptop "from a major manufacturer" with two ATI Mobility Radeon GPUs, the Alienware M17. Not to be outdone, Nvidia announced yesterday that it was powering the first three-GPU laptop, the Toshiba...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Sony VGNFW270J/W
- When we reviewed the 16-inch Gateway MC7801u earlier this month, we bemoaned its lack of a Blu-ray drive and the absence of Centrino 2 components. The Sony VAIO FW270, which incorporates a similarly HD-friendly 16.4-inch display, does not have these shortcomings. Its optical drive both reads and writes Blu-ray discs,...
- Product reviews 2008-11-07
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition)
- As it often does, Falcon Northwest has provided with an ultra-high-end PC as a showcase for Intel's latest high-end desktop CPU. This $8,028 Mach V comes with the latest and greatest of everything and provides a useful benchmark of the performance we can expect to see from boutique gaming PCs...
- Product reviews 2008-11-06
- Alienware M17
- With Alienware's recent M17x laptop still relatively fresh, why would the Dell subsidiary launch a new model? The new M17 (minus the "x") system trades Nvidia graphics for ATI (including a multi-GPU CrossFireX option) and also includes optional Intel Quad Core 2 Extreme CPUs. Those new parts drive the price...
- Product reviews 2008-11-06
- Asus X83VB-X1
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.We have tested and reviewed five retail laptops in the $800 to $1,000 range, and the Asus X83VB-X1 is the cheapest and most powerful...
- Product reviews 2008-11-05
- Gateway MC7801u
- One look at the Gateway MC7801u, and you'd think it belonged in the high-end group of retail laptops we're reviewing for our holiday roundup. A slick maroon lid opens to reveal an HD-friendly, 16-inch display with edge-to-edge glass; beneath it sits a backlit keyboard and sleek, glowing light-touch controls. Yet...
- Product reviews 2008-11-03
- Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition
- In the last few months you may have seen previews and news stories regarding Intel's new Core i7 desktop processor family, formerly known as Nehalem. Today, we're able to publish our impressions of Intel's new chip and ultimately its new platform. We've selected the flagship, $999 Core i7-965 Extreme Edition...
- Product reviews 2008-11-03
- Intel's Core i7 gets put to the test
- Intel won't announce its new Core i7 chips until later this month, but the first real reviews are popping up all over the place today. Based on the early previews, I expected to see good numbers and Core i7, formerly known as Nehalem, delivers. These first Core...
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- HP dv4-1155se
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The HP Pavilion dv4-1155se is sure to catch your eye as you stroll down the laptop aisle at your local big box electronics store,...
- Product reviews 2008-10-31
- HP G60-125nr
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The HP G60-125NR is one of only a couple of laptops we've seen with a 15.6-inch display. We're seeing more and more 16:9 displays...
- Product reviews 2008-10-31
- Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex is out
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- Toshiba L355D-S7825
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.By virtue of its broad, 17.1-inch display, the $699 Toshiba Satellite L355D-S7825 stands out among budget laptops (most of which feature 15.4-inch displays). And...
- Product reviews 2008-10-29
- HP dv4-1125nr
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.If you can find a more feature-packed laptop for $800 on store shelves, I'd like to see it. The HP Pavilion dv4-1125nr separates itself...
- Product reviews 2008-10-29
- Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIA
- Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIANobody's getting frozen out. It'll fall back to DX9 if it has to.The DWM won't *require* DX 10.1, but it'll be able to use it if its there. (Actually from what I read in the...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
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