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Palm Pre faces off against the Iphone
YOU JUST KNOW what's coming, don'tcha? Anand spends a little quality time with the Palm Pre. He thinks it's the first device that comes close to the Iphone. Well, it should, it *is* based on the same SoC as the 3G S, after all.
Thrusted Reviews is impressed by HP’s Pavilion dv3 2055ea 13.3-inch notebook. Uncheap, it packs every little feature you can imagine under the hood, and even has some excellent battery life.
Hot Hardware is giving the EVGA Bigfoot Networks Killer Xeno Pro NIC a killer review. Offloading network control from the CPU gets you some extra framerate and lower pings... not bad.
Xbit Labs has been testing an Asus wireless router – or the RT-N15 Gigabit N Wireless Router – as Asus calls it. It does a great job at looking good, but performance is average, overall.
Tech Report takes a microscope to AMD’s socket AM3 chipsets. Despite being almost 2 years old, AMD’s 790FX is still the top chipset in the lot, but the aging chippery is facing fierce competition from Nvidia’s 980a SLI
Sapphire’s HD 4890 Atomic graphics card gets the royal treatment at Driver Heaven. It’s a GHz core that keeps pace with Nvidia’s GTX 275 cards... not bad, considering the price.
IT Pro in the UK tests a Toshiba Tecra R10-10H lappie. It’s undone by an extreme price tag that really isn’t justified by the hardware.
Hardware Secrets has a round-up of thirteen 1TB HDDs. Seems Seagate is back on the horse after the firmware snafu.
Elite Bastards installs the CoolIT Domino ALC, a cheaper alternative to the traditional liquid cooling systems. While it does offer the “silent edge” performance falls short of high-end air CPU coolers.
Silent PC Review is still on a quest for that perfect HTPC set-up. The Zotac IONITX-A, a dual-core Atom-based platform is energy efficient and will get you Blu-ray playback for free. Maybe this is the one?
PC Perps has an OCZ Vertex and a Super Talent UltraDrive ME SSD. These use the Indilinx microcontroller to deliver extra-oomph. Pricing is still an issue, though.
Pure Overclock has a powerhouse of a review. Jake tests the Kingwin 1220W Mach1 PSU. Inexpensive and high-quality, there’s really no reason not to.
Hi-Tech Reviews tests the GlacialTech UFO V51 Silent CPU cooler. Looks good and performs well. Sells for $50, says HTR.
Hexus tests the Acer Timeline 5810T. The Timeline series is supposed to maximise battery life, while keeping it sleek and portable. 6-hour-plus performance give it a decent score.
HardOCP has accepted the endeavour of testing some Gunnar Digital Performance Eyewear. These are snazzy glasses for the geek, that save your retina from permanently burning... and it seems to work.
Guru of 3D is testing the Windy 6 (first time for us too) FireWire audio interface. This reminds us of something TerraTec had a fair few years ago. Well, it’s FireWire audio for prosumers, so read it if you’re into it.
Laptop Magazine tests the Q1EX-71G tablet PC based on that very elusive Via Nano processor (U2500). Uses a touchscreen but comes with a high price tag that will deter impromptu tech shopping.
You know how Superman wears his undergarments on the outside? Well that’s what we thought when we saw the Arctic Cooling Fusion 550RF Power Supply. See why. µ
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They compared Palm Pre with Iphone 3G and not 3G S. And the reason why Anand thinks it comes close to the Iphone is software and not hardware. It would be nice if you'd bother to read the articles first.
it is Prē and not Pre.
Dolts.
Palm Pre is TI SoC-based, the SoC in iPhone 3GS is Samsung, so not the same SoC. But they both have ARM Cortex-A8 and IMG SGX.
Oh dear, the spelling troll is out from under his bridge....
Meanwhile back on planet earth, the rest of us yawwwwnnnnnn....
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Congresswoman Refuses To Complete 2010 Census..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/20/AR2009062000915.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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Everybody NEEDS Second Chance, When Stakes Are Right, They Bet....
That is a marketing product intended for people who make impulse purchases or who can't be bothered to research real product.
For similar or less money you can buy real server class NICs (Intel PRO/1000 PT anybody? $119CDN, ncix.com) with on-board processing to offload the CPU and that have similar latency *and* can saturate a Gig-E line. Imagine that - line speed from a $100+ gigabit card! What will they accomplish next?
I really had to laugh at the 9 Mb/s and '... it is optimized for latency...'! Latency between where - the NIC itself and the switch it is plugged into!? Next EVGA will claim to be minimizing upstream latency on the Internet between the silly gamer who bought the card, and the game server! What tripe!
..just wait a coupla months and you should be seeing a Monster Cable-branded version of the ever-retarded Killer NIC. I'd like to know if I can get a F@tality version of the M1 that glows red under the heatsink (which has exclusively also had its K-blade sink sharpened to a razor edge) Quite l33t.
Perhaps they will also, in turn, team up with Denon, who solved your NIC-to-switch latency concern ages ago anyway:
http://www.usa.denon.com/productdetails/3429.asp Problem was in your cable, mate...
Good lord! I thought I had seen everything!
I think we need a truth and reconciliation commission where the people (excuse me, *consumers*) who bought the Denon cable can bare their souls and accept the constructive criticism of people with greater sense.
It could also be open to people who spend $150 on HDMI cables. And people who buy Apple xServe boxes.