Category: Computers
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Intel Core 2 Duo, what performance?
The new multicore processors from Intel just arrived. They are supposed to offer exceptional performance (with two computing cores in a single package) for an outstanding price. Model Frequency Bus L2 cache Price Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz 1066MHz 4MB $999 Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz 1066MHz 4MB $530 Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz 1066MHz…
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Byte is back
All old readers of this legendary American publication (which was the world’s most read computer magazine during years before falling down into a more common on line edition) will be happy to hear that CMP publications (the publisher) decided to accept Byte.com readership without subscription. Champagne to celebrate the return to public life of Jerry…
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Beware: Price war ahead
It’s going to be a nice time for you all ready to buy a new computer (or a new CPU processor). It seems that Intel and AMD, out of ideas to compete directly, are preparing a nice little price war. According to Bloomberg, Intel started it with an upcoming price cut that could reduce the…
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Most needed utilities
It’s been some time now that I use that surprisingly good list of utilities from BootDisk.com. I wanted to finally share it with you. Highly recommended.
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AMD: 300mm and cycles
In the recent months, the stage where we observe the battle of the titans of PC microprocessors (Intel and AMD) was not really shaken by the thunder of news or the tremors of falling prices, like in some other times. You may know it or not, but there are major cycles in this industry and…