Archive for the 'Hardware' Category


How to Install XP on Vista Laptops

If you’ve recently purchased a new laptop, chances are that it came with Windows Vista installed on it. Now, depending on how easily you can adapt, that might be a little bit of a problem. Even though Vista has been out for about a year now, many users are still reporting on having a hard [...]

HP DV6500T: Review

I’ve been in the market for a new laptop for about half a year now and I’ve finally made up my mind and purchased an HP DV6500t. I was looking for a widescreen laptop of about 15″ in diameter with a decently fast “Santa Rosa” Intel chip and a decent nVidia graphics card. I also [...]

AMD: One Core Down, Three To Go

With only one day to spare before the start of the infamous Intel Developer Forum, AMD announced plans for another processor design. With this latest chip, AMD is hoping to make up for its recent loss of market share to its arch rival, Intel. What makes this new chip proposal interesting is the fact that [...]

CH-DVD: China’s Own HD Format

Just the other day, I reported that HD VMD was looking good to be the third candidate in the race for supreme leader in the HD format wars.Apparently three wasn’t enough, and so now there’s a fourth contender: the Chinese-made CH-DVD. Slated for an unspecified release in 2008, the new format isn’t looking all [...]

HD VMD: The Alternative to Blu-Ray and HD DVD

While the two heavy weights slug it out in a high-priced battle of consumer favoritism, why not just have the little guy sneak up from behind and deliver the necessary coup de grace? While your competitors are slowly but surely lowering their prices to the magic number, why not just come in and start there [...]