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Mark's PC Hardware / Reviews Blog January 2007 Archive

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How About Some Games or Aero?

Tuesday January 30, 2007
Image Courtesy Mark Kyrnin One of the big selling points with Vista is the improved user interface called Aero. This new interface uses a lot of 3D graphics techniques to provide ... Read More

Should You Get Vista?

Monday January 29, 2007
Unless you have been living in isolation, you've probably heard about the release of Microsoft's latest PC operating system. Chances are that if you are buying a new computer system, ... Read More

Week in Reviews

Saturday January 27, 2007
Another week with CES behind us and the number of reviews doesn't seem to be dropping at all. A good variety of reviews posted on PC components. A wide selection ... Read More

SATA, eSATA and Your PC

Wednesday January 24, 2007
Image Courtesy Mark Kyrnin Pretty much every new computer system consumers purchase now uses the new Serial ATA drive interface. This was a major step forward for computer storage both in ... Read More

Improved Hard Drives Through Memory Tech

Tuesday January 23, 2007
Image Courtesy SanDisk Corporation Hybrid hard drives may promise performance and power improvements over traditional hard drives, but these benefits will only truly exist with an operation system that suports it, ... Read More

Flash and Hard Drive Combined

Monday January 22, 2007
With Vista's imminent release, its time to discuss once again a new storage technology that is posed to improve system performance and reduce power consumption. The technology is referred to ... Read More

Week in Reviews

Saturday January 20, 2007
Last week I took a break from posting the Week in Reviews due to CES. With the huge trade show, most sites were covering the possible future products rather than ... Read More

An Ultra Notebook Computer?

Thursday January 18, 2007
Image Courtesy Velocity Micro, Inc. Velocity Micro gives the Ultra designation to models of computers that they deem to be at the top of their designs. The NoteMagix M57 Ultra is ... Read More

A High-Definition Multimedia Notebook

Wednesday January 17, 2007
Image Courtesy Toshiba Toshiba is no stranger to the concept of the multimedia notebook. Their Qosmio line pretty much defined the capabilities of what a multimedia notebook should be. Their latest ... Read More

An Affordable Sony Desktop Replacement

Tuesday January 16, 2007
Image Courtesy Sony Electronics Affordable is relative term when it comes to the prices of products. Something that is affordable under the Sony VAIO computer lines might be expensive from another ... Read More

A Bit More Portable Gaming Notebook

Monday January 15, 2007
Six months ago I did a profile on the Polywell PolyNote T916N-SLI. This was a huge desktop replacement that featured a 19" LCD screen and dual GeForce graphics processors in ... Read More

Better Late Than Never

Thursday January 11, 2007
Six months ago I when I looked at the desktop replacement notebooks, HP had announced their dv9000 series of Pavilion notebooks, but they still hadn't made their way into the ... Read More

A New and Improved LifeBook?

Wednesday January 10, 2007
Previously I reviewed the Fujitsu LifeBook N6410 desktop replacement system. That model provided lots of hard drive space along with a myriad of multimedia features. It did have the drawbacks ... Read More

A Thin and Light Gaming Notebook?

Tuesday January 9, 2007
Falcon Northwest claims that their latest notebook is a thin and light gaming notebook. The question is how can that be possible since most of the components needed for the ... Read More

A Little Mayhem for Mobile PC Gaming

Monday January 8, 2007
The desktop replacement notebook market can really be broken into three segments. The first is for budget oriented consumers looking to get a notebook computer with desktop equivalent performance but ... Read More

The Week in Reviews

Saturday January 6, 2007
January usually marks a downturn in the number of reviews and focuses more on upcoming products for the computer world. This of course is primarily driven by the huge Consumer ... Read More

How Come This ATX Power Supply Won't Work?

Thursday January 4, 2007
A fairly subtle design change in power supplies and computers has caused some problems for consumers putting a power supply into a new computer or replacing a dead one. With ... Read More

The Sound of Silence

Wednesday January 3, 2007
Most people have just come to accept the fact that a desktop computer comes with that consistent whine of fans used to cool it down. We are so used to ... Read More

We Learn From Our Mistakes

Monday January 1, 2007
Happy New Year! What better way to kick off 2007 then to look back at some of the things that companies might rather have us forget from 2006. With all ... Read More
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