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    Zalman Announces Reserator 3 CPU Cooler

    holy cow ! that project is a monster, and amazingly well done too. thanks for that.
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    AMD Kaveri APU Successor Named, Carizo Coming In 2015

    what the hell does that mean ? You either want to convey "possible", or "probable". pick one. no need for redundancy by saying it's both probably AND possible, because how would something be probable if it wasn't possible ?
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    Intel Haswell and Broadwell Silicon Variants Detailed

    you're missing the point, that many people using VT would love to buy the best processor according to the speed and features they want, but can't because Intel only allow VT on their expensive chips. imagine you want a $200 CPU, but you also require a certain feature that is also only...
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    DRAM Makers Disappointed in Windows 8

    Win8 is based on the same Kernel, but it is much improved, just as Win7's Kernel was based on Vista's, and Vista's Kernel based on XP's before it. Why do you think Win7 ran more efficiently compared to Vista on the same hardware? with the same thing happening with Win8, albeit to a lesser extent.
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    DRAM Makers Disappointed in Windows 8

    $150 for 3TB $90 for 2TB not cheap enough for ya ?
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Launch Video Leaked: World's Fastest GPU

    ooh! thanks for those. i was wondering where all the GDC'12 info was, hardly saw any on the usual decent websites :(
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    Intel's Dodgy Ivy Bridge DX11 Demo: That Ultrabook Tested

    have a look at this video where the transcoding is claimed to be using HD video as the source, also claiming the video playing on the laptop screen is HD video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJxehoSBmY the AMD Trinity was running the medicoder program to use the CPU only...
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    Editorial Wintel Alliance Slowly Crumbling, ARM To Eventually Rule The Desktop?

    dude, you can ignore facts as mujch as you like, just like newtekie1, doesn't make your statements true. if you have any sources, or you know, FACTS to back up your assertions then let's see them. you'll notice i back up my statements with evidence, and you can dismiss the evidence verbally...
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    Noctua Announces New PWM Fans

    you broke Pi :)
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    Editorial Wintel Alliance Slowly Crumbling, ARM To Eventually Rule The Desktop?

    well, i actually contested several of your points because you said they were "not needed". i asked why you think a graphics processor, dual channel memory and "unused instruction sets" were unnecessary in a smartphone form-factor. you have not answered satisfactorily. you said "And that is...
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    Editorial Wintel Alliance Slowly Crumbling, ARM To Eventually Rule The Desktop?

    false: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=98228.0 (2nd post in that link). in this article's video, BOTH systems DL'd the websites in less than 2 seconds, and seeing as the average American internet speed is less than 4MB/s, that's plenty fast performance for these 2...
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    Editorial Wintel Alliance Slowly Crumbling, ARM To Eventually Rule The Desktop?

    wtf? RTFA, and the video linked. even from a DEVELOPMENT board WITHOUT A GRAPHICS MODULE, compared favourably against it's competitor that INCLUDED A GRAPHICS MODULE. all web pages loaded in less than 2 seconds flat. so wtf are you talking about "15+ seconds to load" ? your bias is...
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    Editorial Wintel Alliance Slowly Crumbling, ARM To Eventually Rule The Desktop?

    agreed. also, ACORN ARCHIMEDES ! wow, i remember being in school with BBC micro's, and then the school transitioned to Archimedes...damn that thing was a monster from the future. my Acorn Electron at home already had an inferiority complex about the BBC's, that Archimedes didn't improve...
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    Editorial Wintel Alliance Slowly Crumbling, ARM To Eventually Rule The Desktop?

    agreed. you only have to look at Apple's market share move from desktops to laptops, and mobile,to see that the performance of the hardware is less of a concern to most consumers compared to battery life and portability. this is why Apple are selling more laptops, and are investing more R&D...
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    Editorial Wintel Alliance Slowly Crumbling, ARM To Eventually Rule The Desktop?

    Intel have been trying to get x86 into mobiles and tablets for over 5 years now.....still waiting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZDfmJs8Ras
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