If there’s one thing I really hate, it’s slow computers. With all the recent price cuts in the CPU world, I decided it would be a good time to upgrade my Pentium 4 3.2 GHz system. It was fast, but when one multitasks like I do, nothing is fast enough. I decided to go with [...]
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Competition is good. Well, in the CPU world that is. With Intel’s Core 2 Duo CPU officially released (although not widely available) and recent AMD price cuts, consumers have plenty of choices for new systems this year. From a performance standpoint, we have a new winner in the CPU world: Intel’s Core 2 Duo. Gone [...]
Shutdown. Unplug 74 GB Western Digital Raptor. Plug in 150 GB Western Digital Raptor. Boot up. No hard disks detected. I was scratching my head in disbelief when I saw the above error message after installing a Western Digital Raptor 150 GB in my system. It spun up and wasn’t detected. I thought, ‘OK, maybe [...]
You’ve probably been asking yourself, “Should I buy a CPU now or wait?” Well, wait no more. Updated prices for?current AMD CPUs and upcoming Intel CPUs are disclosed below (from confirmed sources): AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Current: $303 USD July 24: $152 USD AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Current: $365 USD July 24: $187 [...]
Microsoft realized they were losing $2 billion a year due to the piracy of their operating system (among other software). So, Microsoft’s product managers got together and decided they needed to end piracy of their primary operating system once and for all. But how They tried various techniques, all of which inevitably failed. Fast forward [...]
I’m referring to no other than AMD and Intel. AMD has held the processor crown from the latter part of 2005 through most of 2006. Things are about to change, for the better. As I previously stated, Intel is releasing their new Core 2 Duo (codenamed Conroe) processor on July 23rd. I was skeptical as [...]
After days of waiting patiently, I finally decided to stay up until the wee early hours on a Friday evening to download Microsoft Vista Beta 2 at breakneck speeds. Was it worth the wait? Well, I’d have to say, ‘No!’. In fact, 30 minutes after I’d installed it (to take a couple of pictures), I [...]