New Mac attracts all the sympathisers

PHORONIX UNDERSTANDS THAT the penguin community does not have all the latest and greatest quad- and octal-core systems, although, truth to be told, it's not that the Windows world is any much better. So the guys went back to the basics - reviewing Linux distros on good old Intel Pentium 4 system with Northwood core tucked inside a Socket 478 motherboard. After that, the lads wanted to recover from testing stuff on old hardware and treated themselves with latest hardware goodness PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W, power supply that got the most reviews this summer.

Since yours truly is currently in Deutschland, we'll provide you with a l'inq to a German web-site as well. Christoph from Hardware-Mag showed up with a small roundup of low-end and mainstream GeForce cards from 8 series: 8500GT, 8600GT and GTS all showed up for this German-style detailed article: CPU utilization during HD playback, temperatures, loudness, overclocking and of course, performance.

Bit-tech tested Wolf King Warrior gaming keypad, an interesting keyboard for lovers of First Person Shooter (FPS) genre. However, if you are not into FPS games, author suggested it might be a smart idea to look elsewhere.

World of Mac lovers got its latest member, as Christian Harris from BIOSmagazine informed us that all-new-all-in-one iMac is gorgeous. Period! Personally, I would wait a bit to see all functionality put in place and then maybe take the plunge. After endulging in Mac tasting, lads went on to test a 24.1" widescreen display from Viewsonic.

After battling his way with BAPco, Doc Overclock took some time to publish its fond memoirs of a 2900XT CrossFire system with a twist.

RBmods benchmarked MSI K9N4 SLI motherboard that updates Socket AM2 world to PC2007 standards. However, we cannot wait to see AM2+ based motherboards that are bound to start spanning across the board as soon as AMD and Nvidia start delivering mass production versions of their chipsets.

Send your news'n'reviews directly to this address. µ