hardware

Latest Intel CPUs kill AMD

Posted by ryan on Mon, 07/16/2007 - 08:16 in

"After a year of domination by Core2, it seems more like business as usual" that Intel's latest CPUs smash AMD's even further. Not only are they easier to maintain (driver-wise), more compatible generally, but even more so outperform the competition: Intel Core 2 refreshed - QX6850 and E6750.

MacBook vs. Dell w/ Feisty

Posted by colin on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 06:41 in

I currently am testing out Ryan's MacBook vs.

Old technology vs. New

Posted by colin on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 15:36 in

Call me a luddite, but I'm still crazy about old 35mm cameras.  I am not sure what it is, but the simplicity of it, coupled with the feel of all senses involved is exciting.  Case in point:

quad-core cost comparison (Apple vs Interpro)

Posted by ryan on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 09:23 in

With the release this morning of Apple's new Mac Pro Quad-Core super beasty machine I thought I'd do a cost comparison. The bottom line is the Apple, for about the same hardware, costs only a little bit more ($6200 vs $5000). Is the extra $1200 worth it for the Apple OS and hardware? (I think so!)

The Apple Mac Pro Quad-Core ($6,184.94):