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TR's March 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 4:16 PM on February 22, 2012 Not much new hardware has come out since we published our last guide in December, but this edition is still choc-full of small, incremental... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	217
Asus' Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet by Geoff Gasior — 7:35 PM on January 4, 2012 With an updated Tegra 3 processor and a sleek new design, the Transformer Prime may be the hottest tablet around. We take a... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	86
TR's Christmas 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 8:06 PM on December 6, 2011 With our latest system guide, we've attempted to weather the surge in hard-drive prices while taking advantage of some of the latest hardware releases.... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	82
Seagate's Momentus XT 750GB hybrid hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 AM on November 29, 2011 Seagate has upgraded its Momentus XT hybrid drive with more storage capacity and a bigger, faster flash cache. We dig deeper to see how... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Mobile computing	69
Asus' Zenbook UX31 ultrabook by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:30 AM on October 31, 2011 The first 13" ultrabook from Asus looks extremely tantalizing on paper—not to mention visually. Is it as good as it seems, and is it... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	57
TR's fall 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 3:43 PM on October 24, 2011 Join us as we reveal the latest updates and additions we've made to our four classic builds: the $600 Econobox, $900 Utility Player, $1,500 Sweeter... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	167
Asus' A53T Llano-powered notebook by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:11 PM on September 27, 2011 Here we have our first example of a genuine, honest-to-goodness consumer laptop powered by AMD's latest and greatest accelerated processing unit. How does it... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	65
Samsung's Series 9 ultra-slim notebook by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:10 PM on September 6, 2011 This 13" notebook has much in common with Apple's MacBook Air—an almost impossibly slim chassis, a very light weight, a low-voltage Sandy Bridge processor, and... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	88
TR's back-to-school system guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:23 PM on August 15, 2011 In this edition of the guide, we've freshened up our base builds and added a $700 dorm PC for folks heading to college this fall. Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	43
Impressions from a few months with the iPad 2 by Scott Wasson — 12:41 AM on July 25, 2011 We've been using the iPad 2 daily since its launch. Here are our impressions. Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	96
A month with Asus' Eee Pad Transformer by Geoff Gasior — 12:22 AM on July 22, 2011 Asus' Eee Pad Transformer may cost $100 less than the competition, but you wouldn't know it from using the thing. I've spent more... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	79
AMD's A8-3500M Fusion APU by Scott Wasson — 7:53 PM on June 22, 2011 Can AMD's 'Llano' APU really take on Intel's excellent Sandy Bridge processors and hold its own? We've taken a deep look at its... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing	181
TR's Summer 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:15 PM on June 21, 2011 AMD's next wave of processors may be on the horizon, but some of us need to upgrade sooner rather than later. So, here's a Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	118
Asus' K53E dual-core Sandy Bridge notebook by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:19 AM on March 31, 2011 We've already put a quad-core Sandy Bridge notebook through the paces, but how does a system with a dual-core CPU based on the same architecture... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	53
HP's Pavilion dm1z Fusion-powered ultraportable by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:04 PM on March 3, 2011 With a $450 starting price tag, an 11.6" display, and an AMD E-350 accelerated processing unit, this slick ultraportable looks to have a lot of... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	65
Brazos comes to Acer's Aspire One 522 netbook by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 PM on February 16, 2011 AMD's Ontario APU has all the makings of an Atom killer. We take a look at Acer's Aspire One 522 netbook to see whether... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	67
Sandy Bridge: The mobile perspective by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:05 PM on January 27, 2011 As Intel was rolling out its desktop Sandy Bridge processors earlier this month, it also unleashed a whole family of mobile variants. Join us... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing	32
Western Digital's Scorpio Black 750GB notebook hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 3:16 PM on January 20, 2011 When we rounded up 7,200-RPM notebook drives last month, Western Digital's Scorpio Black 500GB was our clear favorite. Today, we explore whether a... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Mobile computing	25

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superjawes

Might as well call it the Xbox One-Eighty now.

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I dont get the tone of this article, was Nvidia never guilty of this? I thought... +31

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Mirror's Edge 2008: Widely-considered a great game by consumers and reviewers al... +24

ronch

I won't buy Intel unless they release a stock 220w CPU. +22

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