Archive for Category: "PCs"

Half-Life 2 on Macs

Half-Life 2 on Macs

It has only taken 6 years, but Mac owners can now enjoy what the rest of us Windows owners have enjoyed for the past half-decade.  Awesome gaming! Valve has confirmed that Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and 2 will be released today on the Steam platform.  I honestly can’t wait to try it out. [...]

For Your PC Consideration

For Your PC Consideration

All computers are prone to viruses, malfunctions and crashes. But how well do you trust your anti-virus software? Or your actual physical components like your computer fan or hard drive? Well you are in luck! Lifehacker has a couple of stories to really help you out; what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s really really ugly. [...]

RE: Apple Fans Are Clueless About Security, Hacker Says

RE: Apple Fans Are Clueless About Security, Hacker Says

Before I say anything about this, please read the original article from PCWorld. Don’t worry, I’ll still be here… You’ll just need to click into the story to read the original article and my opinions!

Alienware M11x

Alienware M11x

Small enough to be a netbook, but the folks at Alienware/Dell don’t want you calling it a netbook. Instead, it is a high-powered laptop that brings the performance of most desktops out there! And it plays high end games like Crysis! Here are some of the specs: Intel® Core™2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz (3MB Cache) Overclockable [...]

Nvidia GTX480 in action

Click to Play This is the new Nvidia GTX480 in action at PAX East 2010 in Boston, MA.

YAWA: Dell Laptops

Another session of “You Ask, We Answer” brings us to laptops.  More specifically, Dells.  I was asked to find a nice decent laptop that can replace 2 computers that are both 7 years old: a laptop and a desktop.  Price point?  Around $1000 (give or take a couple hundred).  What did I come up with?  [...]

What’s up with Lenovo?

What’s up with Lenovo?

As I write this, I look down at my Lenovo T61 (work issued) and I think to myself, what a boring looking laptop. Sure it is made for more corporate shills like myself but it is very durable and has some nice power to it. But when I look at what they have in store [...]

Backing Up with the Deal of the Week! 1.5TB HDD for $99

Backing Up with the Deal of the Week! 1.5TB HDD for $99

I get emails from computer parts vendors daily and I thumb through them like my morning news RSS feeds, but today’s deal is special. A 1.5TB (yes that is Terabyte or 1500GB) hard drive for $99 with free shipping. If you read the reviews on Newegg.com, this hard drive is a great deal, huge amounts [...]

Sucky Saturday (More Like Sucky Week)

So its 10:15am and I’m at work. But its been one hell of a week. Esp with my MacBook Pro (MBP). You’ve read my bio… I love gaming and I love computers. But unfortunately, Mac’s OSX doesn’t allow me to game, so I need Windows. I originally had a Windows partition of about 80GB which [...]