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Mark's PC Hardware / Reviews Blog November 2004 Archive

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Net Reviews: Sager 8790

Monday November 29, 2004
Many consumers do not realize that there are a number of smaller companies out there producing notebooks besides the major corporations. One such company is Sager that sells its computers ... Read More

Post-Thanksgiving Buying Guides

Thursday November 25, 2004
The day after Thanksgiving is the largest shopping day of the year in the United States. Those who are considering the purchase of any computer systems or peripherals can be ... Read More

Net Reviews: Comparison of 8 17" LCDs

Thursday November 25, 2004
17-Inch LCD monitors are the hottest segment for computer displays right now. Tom's Hardware does a Comparison of Eight 17" LCDs. Of course, for a second opinion, there is always ... Read More

Best 19-inch LCD Monitors

Monday November 22, 2004
While 17-inch LCD's might be the most popular monitor size on the market, the larger 19-inch LCDs are making large strides in development. Increasing performance and reduced prices are making ... Read More

Best 17-inch LCD Monitors

Monday November 22, 2004
LCD monitors have been growing in popularity thanks to their small dimensions and power savings over traditional CRT monitors. Until recently, the most popular size of LCD monitors was 15-inch ... Read More

Net Reviews: Dell UltraSharp 1905fp

Monday November 22, 2004
Dell's UltraSharp 1901FP was one of the most popular 19" LCD monitors on the market. PC World takes look at the new Dell UltraSharp 1905fp 19" LCD, the successor to ... Read More

Updated: Best Thin and Light Notebooks

Friday November 19, 2004
All this week I have been posting a variety of reviews for thin and light notebooks. Now that all of the reviews have been posted, its time to announce the ... Read More

Toshiba Satellite M35-S349

Friday November 19, 2004
Most notebooks have to compromise on some level compared to desktop computer systems. This is just a fact of trying to fit all the components into a small package. The ... Read More

Net Reviews: Samsung SyncMaster 193p 19" LCD

Friday November 19, 2004
Every once in a while a product comes out that I would really like to own myself. While there are a large number of LCD panels on the market now, ... Read More

Sony VAIO VGN-S260

Thursday November 18, 2004
Over the last year, Sony has been doing major reworking of its computer product line. One of the models being replaced was the Z series thin and light with the ... Read More

IBM ThinkPad T42

Thursday November 18, 2004
IBM has been a very strong player in the corporate notebook market, but many of their notebooks fail to really appeal to the average consumer. IBM's latest thin and light ... Read More

HP Pavilion dv1040us

Wednesday November 17, 2004
It has been some time since HP has sold a thin and light notebook to the consumer market. They have primarily been focusing on larger desktop replacement systems. The HP ... Read More

Fujitsu LifeBook S6231

Wednesday November 17, 2004
Fujtisu is one of the lesser known manufacturers in the US for notebook computers, but they have a surprising number of systems available. The Fujitsu LifeBook S6231 is a very ... Read More

Net Reviews: nVidia GeForce 6600GT AGP

Wednesday November 17, 2004
NVidia's latest graphics card the GeForce 6600 was designed around the PCI-Express interface, but the majority of consumers still use the AGP interface from their existing computers. To get around ... Read More

Dell Inspiron 700m

Tuesday November 16, 2004
Dell is one of the largest PC manufacturers on the market, but they have been slow to adopt the wide screen format for their thin and light series of ... Read More

HP Compaq Presario X1460us

Tuesday November 16, 2004
Compaq was one of the first major manufacturers to offer a wide screen display in a thin and light notebook in the Presario X1000 series. Since that release, a large ... Read More

Averatec 6210

Monday November 15, 2004
Averatec made a name for itself in the computer world by producing low cost ultraportable computer systems. Now they have branched out into additional areas such as thin and light ... Read More

Acer Ferrari 3400LMi

Monday November 15, 2004
What do you get when a computer company teams up with a sports car company? Apparently the result is a very stylish red thin and light notebook, the Acer Ferrari ... Read More

Net Reviews: Intel Pentium 4 570 and Celeron D 320

Monday November 15, 2004
The holiday season is rapidly approaching and the number of reviews on the Net is growing dramatically. Intel released their latest processor the Intel Pentium 4 570J 3.8GHz that The ... Read More

Net Reviews: Gigabyte CV-NX66T128D-3

Thursday November 11, 2004
Graphics cards are undergoing a major change right now thanks to the new PCI Express interface. One of the benefits of the new interface is the ability to use Scan ... Read More

Updated: Best DVD Burners

Monday November 8, 2004
A lot has change in the DVD burner marketplace over the last six months. Most manufacturers are now offering 16x speed burners that also have support for the new dual-layered ... Read More

Updated: Best Desktop CPUs

Monday November 8, 2004
Thanks to some additional CPU models being released by AMD and Intel over the last couple of months, prices have dropped particularly for the mid-ranged processors. With this in mind, ... Read More

Net Reviews: Shuttle XPC P 8100G

Monday November 8, 2004
Want a high performance desktop computer in a small package? Don't feel like building your own SFF system? Shuttle has introduced their own line of custom built systems that can ... Read More

Net Reviews: Comparison of i915G Motherboards

Friday November 5, 2004
It has been some time since Intel introduced its latest line of processors and chipsets. If you happen to be trying to put together a new computer based on these ... Read More

Net Reviews: Comparison of Ten 16x DVD Burners

Wednesday November 3, 2004
DVD burners are one of the hottest components in the computing world currently. A large amount of progress has been made in the speeds and capacity of the drives. Tom's ... Read More

Net Reviews: Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.46GHz

Monday November 1, 2004
After Intel's announcement that they would not be releasing a 4GHz Pentium 4 processor, many wondered how they would improve their processors performance. The Tech Report takes a look at ... Read More
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