From Hard Drives to Printers, Scanners to RAM, we’re here to explain and demystify how computer hardware can work for you. With our skilled approach, we assist tech novices with their own systems in simple terms. Curiousity is welcomed, and the floor is always open for questions.
Our friend David writes in with another set of questions involving the Playstation 3:
Dear Jason,
First of all, some people have said that the online expereince will get enhanced, therefore making it better. If you know anything about any of this, can you tell me what is going to change?
Also, when you buy a PS3, there [...]
Life-sized holograms may not be the realm of science fiction much longer, if this group of scientists has anything to say about it:
“New hologram technology is producing some of the most accurate and realistic 3D images ever made, making them potentially useful for new applications from car design to city planning. The new holograms are [...]
linux_user_73 writes:
Which has better life span? I have had issues with laptop screens going bad, which, to my knowledge, are LCD’s! I am in the process of saving up money to purchase a high end maxed out Linux PC. I want to purchase a PC with a dual core 64-bit processor, 3.0 gigaherts minimum. With [...]
Scott has a problem running games on his machine under Vista, he writes:
I have upgraded and downgraded between Vista x86 and Windows XP (MCE and Pro both x86) numerous times. I have a single core Athlon 64 3500+, 1.25GB of DDR2 ram, and an Nvidia 8600GTS graphics card. My PC is my one and only [...]
DanMXP writes in with a question for us:
I have an HP Machine with XP Installed and I am thinking of upgrading it I can install vista on it. I am looking looking for a new processor, which is currently a 1.8 GHz Pentium 4.
I have the HP Pavilion 403. Do you have any recommendations [...]
The keyboard is a nearly ubiquitous item in our modern world. It’s amazing that a device, invented centuries ago, is still being used by modern man in an unaltered form. Well, nearly unaltered. This article from Speeding Computer really deserves to be highlighted. It goes through 25 of the coolest and most unconventional keyboards.
“Keyboards come [...]
With gaming becoming ever more popular, the hardware behind the games becomes increasingly important, that’s why there are a few companies out there that make gamer-specific equipment. This article at ExtremeTech covers the Reaper Edge laser mouse, which boasts some incredible precision:
“Now that the fallout has cleared after reviewing some high-end gaming mice like the [...]
AMd is apparently facing supply problems with their quad-core Opteron processors, and it’s rumored to trace back to errata in the L3 cache of the design:
“AMD’s quad-core “Barcelona” Opterons have been notably difficult to find since their introduction two months ago, and The Tech Report has learned that a chip-level problem has impacted the supply [...]
According to Nelson Guirado, the newest Dell laptops are the “cheapest-feeling laptops [his] hands have ever hovered over.”
“I don’t know about you, but I consider my notebook computers (less so, my desktops) a core possession like a watch or a car. Just like I’d spend a little more on those items, I’d gladly shell out [...]
World of Warcraft has over nine million subscribers. So, it was only a matter of time until a company came out with some hardware that was dedicated to playing the game, in one for or another. Cue the Dell XPS World of Warcraft Laptop. And, like the behemoth that is world of Warcraft, these laptops [...]
We’ve finally got some good news for the OLPC charity, with Peru contracting 260,000 of the $188 laptops. According to C|Net:
One month after the One Laptop Per Child charity went into mass production with its $188 laptop, the Peruvian government has signed a contract to purchase 260,000 units. Nicholas Negroponte, an MIT professor and founder [...]
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