Logitech Wii-Mouse
Love the Wii-mote? Logitech now offers a mouse with similar technology. The MX Rechargeable Cordless Air. Clearly having a pointing device which you can hold as a remote is a great idea for entertainment PCs. With a range of up to 30 feet makes it a plausible tool for presentations as [...]
Dell’s entry level Vista and Linux Desktops price comparison
In the past year Dell has responded to a large amount of consumers interested in a Linux desktop. Much of the nerd world has been dreaming of the “Year of the Linux Desktop” when Linux takes over and the evil giant Microsoft falls.
The Inspiron 530 is Dell’s current entry level desktop. I configured [...]
AMD CPU Price Cut today
AMD has cut processor prices today, as expected. The price cuts apply to their entire lineup of processors, and in some cases are quite drastic:
Processor
Old price
New price
Athlon 64 FX-74
$799/pair
$599/pair
Athlon 64 FX-72
$599/pair
$599/pair
Athlon 64 X2 6000+
$241
$178
Athlon 64 X2 5600+
$188
$157
Athlon 64 X2 5200+
$178
$136
Athlon 64 X2 5000+
$167
$125
Athlon 64 X2 4800+
$136
$115
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
$121
$94
Athlon 64 X2 4200+
-
$83
Athlon 64 X2 4000+
$104
$73
Athlon [...]
Valve Survey Results - you people need to upgrade!
The latest Valve survey results are in, where users of Steam anonymously submit their system specs.
Some of the results (from VE3D - my comments are in italic):
Most common Shader 2.0 video card? ATI Radeon 9600
Most common Shader 3.0 video card? NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Most common multi-desktop resolution? 2560 x 1024 (even dual-monitor users have bare [...]
A look at CPU prices and performance - in relation
Tech Report is taking a new twist on CPU reviews - they have posted an article which makes it easier to shop for a new CPU by plotting each processor’s performance and price on a graph. Yup, one more graph for the folks at Tech Report ;)
The results are somewhat predictable - Intel’s processors [...]
Logitech Alto Notebook Stand & Keyboard Review
Our first full review since starting HCW Tech Blog is the type of product that you might not have expected to see here… But it shows that we want to expand our coverage from what was mostly gaming hardware, overclocking products, etc to basically everything you might find useful for your PC. So it’s quite [...]
