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It's interesting that the X2 Athlon II keeps the full 2MB of L2 cache, that's the same amount of L2 cache as the four-core versions. That should actually help with the performance, especially in specific programs... of course, $12 more for two extra cores is hard to argue against unless the...

Welcome to the forums Simon! I have never used one, but it looks like a decent enough portable HDD. Their product page lists two reviews for it: Link

Welcome to the forums Eunoia! I gotta agree, there is no reason to wait with Lynnfield now out. I'm sure in four months there will be new models to flesh out the lineup, but it will take at least a full year before 32nm Sandy Bridge CPU's make them obsolete. The only other CPUs launching...

As usual, I tend to agree and disagree with both of y'all on various points. :D I agree in almost all cases a user can't take an NVIDIA chipset install and migrate it to an Intel or AMD chipset. On the flipside if the chipset vendor is the same Windows Vista and Windows 7 will often be able...

Movie acceleration should work just fine... did you download the latest XP driver for the X4500HD located here? http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17576&ProdId=2996&lang=eng

The netbook segment wouldn't, that's true. But I suspect there is a new segment that would want an Apple "laptop" cheap, and might be persuaded to go for one just because it would be the most affordable Apple "laptop" out there... And you have to admit, with OS X getting anywhere from one to...

Well the other selling point (as I understood it) was that a single GPU can drive three displays at each display's native resolutions. For instance if you have three monitors on your desk, or just two side-by-side... I'll have to wait and see the specifics to be sure though, since I don't use...

Apple can do it because they are willing to stand their ground and know that the music companies can only pull their content if they wish to hurt themselves far more than Apple. Apple also has some hefty clout to go with their iTunes/iPod monopoly. Microsoft could probably attempt to force...

Actually that's a great point Rebeca, I forgot all about that. I can't even remember which city rolled out their own municipal fibre, but they got taken to court over it by the telecos. The big companies would rather fight municipal fiber than deploy their own, its just absurd to be honest...

Rebeca, If I had to guess between 1 and 2 years ago but I can't be entirely sure, it might have even been a little over 2 years. I remember Pdigin rolled out some majorily needed ICQ protocol updates one time that fixed some serious issues brought on by a change to ICQ's protocol system, but...

Well, I suppose they could get away with it. Backwards compatibility is such a mess with the PS3... some work 100%, some are extremely hit & miss, and others just don't work at all. But I'm sure they make a huge profit off of every new PS2 sold... this is Sony we're talking about, they wouldn't...

I think it's about time they added an FM tuner, but it's a little to late. I've been using mp3 players with built in radio for years, and the reception is only good on strong or nearby stations. Apple should've offered HD radio support as that was one of the major reasons for having HD radio to...

The higher the resolution, the less AA is needed to achieve the same image quality. With such an insanely high resolution, just looking at the photos makes it seem like they don't need AA.. I'd be surprised if they need to use any. ;) It is about time that GPUs began offering serious support...

Wow, no replies to this? I thought we had some other sports fans here... ;) Hmm, I had to look up what the EPL was, guess that shows how serious a fan I am. I just know I want the Eagles to get toasted, I'm not to keen they signed Michael Vick back on.

Ouch... first vid I've seen on Youtube not available to the US.

Depends. XP makes plenty of sense for older systems, and systems that shipped with XP on them, but it doesn't support new technologies that well. That's why I'd only recommend Windows 7 on a new PC today... if the user is savvy enough to run Linux that's great, or if they can afford OS X and...

Last I saw the PS2 was still outselling the PS3 by a very wide margin. I still have to wonder how Sony could equate ~$15 in chips to be worth the potential in lost sales, considering the PS2 is such a hit exactly for it's massive, unparalleled library of games. The Sony site claims the PS2...

Welcome to the forums Rebeca! :) It is theoretically possible it's something odd with my internet connection or hardware, but I'm not making those comments lightly. You mention a good point, perhaps it's an MSN issue more than a client issue, which is certainly possible. I stuck with...

Sheesh, are both of you that distracted? :D Stock Intel cooler, you can see the paste pre-applied underneath... :p

I beg to disagree with the analyst that wrote this report. There were some bad assumptions made in the report which were used to support the conclusions reached. For instance he pretty much claims SLC NAND in Braidwood is going to bring SSD-level performance to all Braidwood equipped...