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Mac OS 10.6.2 Leaks New Core i5/i7 MacBook Pros?
11:54PM Mark Wilson | It’d be the most obvious leak in history, but the 10C531 build of OS 10.6.2 references the “MacBook Pro 6.1 and the MacBook Pro 6.1b”. All current Macbooks are strictly “5″ status. More »
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9:30AM Chris Oaten | Gamers, could you handle this? An Aurora ALX with a Core i7 975 processor, X58 microATX motherboard and two ATI Radeon HD 5870’s in CrossFire. Is it fast? Pfft. Whaddyareckon? More »
Raw. Power. Aurora ALX Benchmarked
9:30AM Chris Oaten | Gamers, could you handle this? An Aurora ALX with a Core i7 975 processor, X58 microATX motherboard and two ATI Radeon HD 5870’s in CrossFire. Is it fast? Pfft. Whaddyareckon? More »
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10:00AM Chris Oaten | Pioneer Computers Australia has announced what it claims is the most powerful 15.6-inch i7 laptop on the market with its DreamBook Power W86 i7.
The claim seems justified. We’re talking i7 Quad Core goodness and an nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M with 1GB GDDR3 Video RAM on board, and that’s just to whet your appetite. All we want to know is can it handle Crysis?
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Pioneer Offers More Power To You
10:00AM Chris Oaten | Pioneer Computers Australia has announced what it claims is the most powerful 15.6-inch i7 laptop on the market with its DreamBook Power W86 i7.
The claim seems justified. We’re talking i7 Quad Core goodness and an nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M with 1GB GDDR3 Video RAM on board, and that’s just to whet your appetite. All we want to know is can it handle Crysis?
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Hardware
Intel Core i5, i7 Chips: Nehalem Superpowers Cheaper Than Ever
12:40AM Matt Buchanan | The long and short of the new Lynnfield-based Intel Core i7 and Core i5 desktop chips: Nehalem power for cheaper than ever, and all you’re losing is triple-channel memory (in new i7 and i5) and hyperthreading (in i5). [Anandtech]
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Manufacturers Mercilessly Cram Intel i7 Nehalem Processors Into Laptops
9:12PM John Herrman | Remember when ridiculously massive, fully loaded “desktop replacement” laptops from Alienware and the like were all the rage? Well, they never really went away; in fact, they’re reaching new heights of, eh, that thing that they strive for, whatever it is. More »
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Notebook Makers Want Intel to Delay Superfast Nehalem Mobile Chips
4:00AM Matt Buchanan | Here’s another severe warping of the spacetime continuum caused by the financiapocalypse: Notebook makers want Intel to delay its crazyfast Nehalem-based mobile CPUs and chipsets. In other words, they want notebooks to be slower, longer. More »
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Dell Studio XPS (Featuring Core i7) Reviewed: Kicks Arse, Saves Cash
10:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Most of the new desktops featuring Intel’s impressive Core i7 processor are straight-up gaming powerhouses, with pricetags to match. That’s why I’m so pleased to see a glowing review of Dell’s Studio XPS, which starts at a very affordable $US950. DesktopReview took it for a spin and found that, despite one or two small problems, the Studio XPS is lightning fast and a great deal. More »
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Falcon Northwest Mach V: Fastest PC Yet Runs Crysis at 60FPS
3:45AM Jesus Diaz | According to Cnet test labs, the Falcon Northwest Mach V is the fastest PC on the planet, beating the Alienware Area-51 ALX. How fast you ask? How about being the first PC ever to hit 60 frames per second running Crysis on the highest graphics preset? Yes. That fast. More »
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