The Eternal Debate: Desktop Or Notebook CPU?. the gigahertz dupe. Dell is promoting its 2.2 GHz notebook - but a closer look reveals that it's only running at half-speed. In order to compensate for this, it has a cut-rate price tag of $1600 and is outfitted...

been given an extraordinary amount of care. Of course it’s still as good as on other Panasonic players, which is to say very good. DVDs looked as good as with any other player. Some of you might be asking the eternal question: “How does it handle...

video encoding and decoding functions. It enables TV output at a resolution of 800 x 600, and features an anti-flicker filter. With the video decoder, you can select analog sources at 50 or 60 Hz. This chip offers a much better display than the eternal Chrontel...

can do, thereby (hopefully) attracting professionals as well as those amateurs who can afford it. And, with their ergonomics and cutting-edge technology, they certainly shine. But is what they offer really worth the extra cost?. This is an eternal problem....

5, from the status menu, shows details of the current state of the device. Figure 5: Detailed device information In this screen you can see the firmware version, network info, timeserver, time zone, etc. You can also see that I also have an eternal USB drive...

pipe dream than wish. The power draw might be more than the battery could bear. Battery life might drop to monster gaming notebook levels of an hour or so. But, hope springs eternal. New battery technologies on the horizon could make WANing an Eee a reality...

still is, to some extent) inundated with movies the vast majority of consumers would probably never want to watch. For instance, only two of Netflix’s top 100 DVD rentals—March of the Penguins and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind—were available.....

to mention the multimedia player, a virtual clone of the iPod/iPhone but less practical. Although the Hero, with its mini-jack socket, will facilitate replacement of the hands-free kit, we’re really getting tired of the eternally poor, supposedly high-end,...