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If you are a normal desktop user or even a power user with plans to run at over 4GHz, the vanilla LGA-1155 Sandy Bridge platform is good enough. You get some of the fastest CPUs on the market today paired with reasonably priced motherboards and the ability to use Quick Sync to transcode video…er..
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Intel Core i7 3820 Review: $285 Quad-Core Sandy Bridge E
Netbooks aren’t dead, but they’re not quite the hip topic of discussion they were a few years ago. The focus on cost conscious computing hasn’t changed since the introduction of the first netbook, but the maturity of tablets has. Intel still sees the netbook segment as a profitable one (for itself) through 2012, although I’m fully expecting the line between netbook and convertible tablet to blur after the launch of Windows 8. Atom has been at the heart of nearly all netbooks since the segment’s inception.
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Intel’s Atom N2600, N2800 & D2700: Cedar Trail, The Heart of the 2012 Netbook
Earlier this year OCZ acquired Indilinx , one of the first SSD controller makers to really make a splash in the enthusiast community.
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OCZ Octane 128GB SSD Review
The electronics department at Sam’s Club, soon to get more Apple gear? (Credit: Sam’s Club) Despite making a clean break with wholesale retailer Costco in late 2010, Apple could be looking to expand its footprint with one of its rivals, a new report suggests
Come spring you’ll finally be able to get your grubby paws on that droid-based console you’ve been looking for. Microsoft’s Major Nelson let slip in a series of tweets that the Star Wars Xbox 360 Kinect bundle will land on April 3rd. The set, which was first unveiled, fittingly, at Comic Con, is dressed up like R2-D2 and ships with a C-3P0-themed controller, a white Kinect sensor and the games Star Wars Kinect and Kinect Adventures .
Ep. 16: OnLive Desktop, laptop backbacks, and the Sony Headman visor This week, Ty demos Sony’s strap-on 3D visor, which we’ve dubbed the “Headman,” while Scott shows us how the OnLive Desktop brings cloud PC computing to the iPad. Also, check out a cool new laptop backpack, and find out what our favorite MacBook Air substitutes are
Otterbox is gearing up for the next iPad’s launch. (Credit: Otterbox) Well, here it is. The first e-mail for a case for the iPad 3.
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