A recent report released by ABI Research appears to confirm what has been said repeatedly about the fast-growing market for low-cost, low-power portable computer systems, namely that the netbook is the product that best fits the current market situation. Taking in consideration the impressive number of netbook units sold during this past months, the research firm has made a forecast for the future of netbook shipments. According to the company, the estimated number of worldwide shipments of netbooks will reach 35 million this year, while by 2013 that number is expected to rise to as much as 139 million.
“PDAs began our reliance on instant accessible data while traveling. When PDA functionality converged with cellular voice, smartphones became the new darling of mobile professional technology that many expected to evolve into the hub for all data and communication needs for travelling professionals. Today, with a better understanding for what a smartphone is, is not, and may never be, along with a reality check on the usefulness of UMPCs, the market remains open for new device types,” said practice director Kevin Burden, explaining the evolution.
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Netbook Shipments To Reach 35 Million In 2009, Intel Couldn’t Be Happier
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard Review
When it comes to enthusiast motherboards Gigabyte is a household name. Their recent lines of Ultra Durable boards have been a hit with overclockers everywhere. Therefore, it is no surprise that Gigabyte has introduced their third generation of the Ultra Durable line, or UD3. One of the first boards available is the one we are looking at today, the EP45-UD3P. Based on Intel’s P45 chipset, UD3 adds an extra ounce of copper to the layers in the motherboard. According to Gigabyte, the extra copper in the motherboard layers helps both Power and Ground layers. It also helps keep the board running cooler, with claims of up to 50C in some areas! Finally, with the board running cooler and having cleaner power and ground signals, the board should overclock better than one without the additional copper layers. Of course, all of the old Ultra Durable pieces are still in place, like the all solid Japanese capacitors, and Low RDS MOSFETs.
The Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard
Board Layout
Bundle And BIOS
Testing Results
Overclocking Results
Final Thoughts And Conclusion
Foxconn Blood Rage Gti Edition Spotted
There’s no denying Foxconn’s Quantum Force series Blood Rage X58 motherboard is a beautifully presented feature-packed offering for the Core i7 platform and has a lot going for it. Now it looks like Foxconn have another Blood Rage variant on the horizon; the Bloodrage GTI Edition.
For the most part it’s just like the original Blood Rage, but this one is said to be a cut-down version with a few features pulled. We don’t have confirmation of what the changes are, but it’s probable that SAS support has been removed and the interchangeable northbridge block dissapears in favour of a cheaper standard heatsink arrangement.
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CoolIT Domino ALC CPU Cooler Review
While air cooling solutions continue to progress, liquid cooling still offers better cooling performance. But most users shy away from liquid cooling as being too “advanced”. CoolIT, makers of a wide range of cooling product, sent us one of the CPU cooler products, the Domino Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC) CPU cooler, which promises liquid cooling performance without hassle. Will they be able to deliver on that promise? Read on to find out.
Kodak - ESP 7 Review
If you’re after a new printer in this day and age there seems little reason not to go for an all-in-one, such is the range of models and relatively cheap prices available. If there’s one drawback to these it’s that, typically speaking, they don’t offer such good results for photo printing as you’d get from a dedicated device.
Kodak is one of the most qualified companies that can beg to differ in this area, and the new models in its ESP series attempt to combine versatility and speed with high quality output.
The ESP 7 is the baby brother of the ESP 9, which is almost identical sans fax capabilities. It’s a tidy design that’s completely finished in jet black, and while this should coordinate nicely with the rest of the equipment in a typical home or office setup, it does come across as a bit boxy, so may not be to everyone’s tastes.
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Koolance Created Water Blocks for GTX 285/295
Koolance announced availability of VID-NX285 (GeForce GTX 285) and VID-NX295 (GeForce GTX 295) water cooling blocks for purchase. Price tags for VID-NX285 and VID-NX295 are $99.99 and $159.99, respectively. The new Koolance VID-NX285 is a combined GPU and memory cooler for high-end video cooling of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 cards in single or multi video configurations. It combines a full nickel-plated solid copper cooler which targets all primary heat-producing regions of the GTX 285 (including the voltage regulators). An acrylic lid allows coolant visibility under the logo. Nozzle threading is standard G 1/4″. For SLI configurations, Koolance connect nozzles are also available.
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AMD Phenom II X4 940 Overclocking Performance
Just two weeks ago AMD launched their new Phenom II X4 processors. As we learned in our review, the flagship model also known as the Phenom II X4 940 performs on par with its Core 2 Quad competition, which comes as great news for AMD who was severely lagging behind Intel before this launch.
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Resident Evil 5 Demo AVAILABLE NOW!
The Resident Evil 5 demo is finally here, exclusive to the Xbox 360 for one week before it shows up on the PlayStation 3. And according to the official press release, which you can read below, the Resident Evil 5 demo is packed with massive amounts of gameplay content for demo standards, allowing players to experience three levels of single and two-player cooperative play, meet new characters, and play with plenty of weapons. Let the mayhem begin!
We’ve played plenty of Resident Evil 5 in the past, exposing new bosses and unseen environments, but the newly released Resident Evil 5 demo is your chance to experience everything we’ve been raving about.
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