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Poll: Are Skylake CPUs tempting you to upgrade? It's been almost two weeks since Intel's Skylake enthusiast CPUs hit the market. We know how they perform, and we have a good idea... Poll Question: • Are Skylake CPUs and Z170 motherboards tempting you to upgrade? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards Systems |
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The TR Hardware Survey 2014: What's inside your main desktop PC? If you've been on TR for long enough, you probably remember our hardware surveys. Our first one went up way back in 2008, and... Poll Questions: • Processor series • If you have an Intel Core processor, is it a • Number of processor cores • Graphics card(s) • Number of graphics cards • Price of each (or only) graphics card at time of purchase • What's overclocked? • Motherboard manufacturer • System memory capacity • Solid-state drive capacity • Mechanical storage capacity (total) • Do you have an optical drive? • Do you have a sound card? • Do you have any expansion cards beside a graphics card and sound card? • PSU wattage • System form factor • Type of CPU cooler • Number of displays • Resolution of largest display • Panel type of largest display • Mouse type • Type of keyboard • Primary operating system • Home network Wi-Fi speed • Internet connection speed (down) • Internet connection speed (up) Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous The Tech Report |
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Poll: To which release are you most looking forward? Between all our reviews and news, not to mention reader meetups, we've kinda been neglecting our front-page poll. Today, we're freshening things up... Poll Question: • To which release are you most looking forward? Type: News story Tags: Graphics Mobile computing Game consoles Operating systems |
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Poll: What will be the fate of Windows RT? Windows RT is a curious beast. It features the tablet-friendly Modern UI Style and is compatible with the ARM-based processors found in most modern... Poll Question: • What will happen to WinRT? Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems |
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Poll: What's the best premium upgrade? When upgrading their PCs, most enthusiasts seem to focus on swapping in faster CPUs and graphics cards. The CPU has the biggest impact on... Poll Question: • Best premium upgrade: Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Cooling Displays Input devices |
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Poll: What sort of products should TR cover more? We're constantly evaluating our content mix here at TR. There are only so many hours in each day and much interesting hardware to cover.... Poll Question: • I'd most like to see TR cover more: Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Poll: The future of pointing input methods For a long time now, the mouse and touchpad have been the primary computer input devices for pointing and selection. True challengers have been few... Poll Question: • In 10 years, the dominant computer pointing/selection input method will be: Type: News story Tags: Input devices |
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The TR Hardware Survey 2: Survey harder Just over two years have passed since we carried out our very first hardware survey, in which we asked our readers to answer 15... Poll Questions: • Processor • Number of CPU cores • Stock CPU clock speed • CPU socket type • Graphics processor • How much did your graphics card cost at the time of purchase? • Chipset • Motherboard brand • Memory size • Primary internal hard drive type: • Total internal hard drive storage capacity • Primary optical drive type • Sound card • Speaker config • Number of displays • Main display type • Main display size • Main display aspect ratio • Main display resolution • Do you have a stereoscopic 3D display and glasses? • Primary operating system • What mobile computers do you have? Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report |
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Poll: Notebook battery life requirements I spent a fair bit of time using my Acer 1810TZ ultraportable laptop this past week, and the thing's battery life continues to impress me.... Poll Question: • How many hours of battery life do you require in a notebook? Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing |
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Poll: How do you buy your music? The music industry has changed a lot over the last decade. Online services have become huge, and MP3s have slowly clawed back ground previously... Poll Question: • How do you buy most of your music? Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report |
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Poll: Do you prefer glossy or matte finishes on your notebook? Despite looking quite nice when all buffed up, glossy notebook surfaces easily become marred by an unsightly mess of fingerprints and smudges. When applied... Poll Question: • I want my notebook to have a... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing |
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Poll: How important is USB 3.0? After making its debut on high-end motherboards, USB 3.0 is quickly trickling down to more affordable boards and making its way into notebooks. It's... Poll Question: • USB 3.0 is... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Chipsets Mobile computing |
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Poll: What's your ideal laptop size? When I bought my first laptop more than a decade ago, there were only a few sizes from which to choose: big, bigger, and huge.... Poll Question: • What's your ideal laptop size? Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing |
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Poll: Your next desktop motherboard form factor When I first started building PCs, the only motherboards worth considering were ATX models. Back then, you had to go full-size to get a... Poll Question: • What motherboard form factor will anchor your next desktop PC? Type: News story Tags: Motherboards |
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Poll: Does your primary portable have an optical drive? This week's poll comes to us courtesy of TR reader Ben, who wonders just how many folks have an optical drive in their primary portable... Poll Question: • Does your primary portable have an optical drive? Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing |
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Poll: Apple's iPad: Hot or not? So, Steve Jobs finally descended from Mount Horeb took the stage at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and delivered his tablet device... Poll Question: • Apple's iPad: Hot or not? Type: News story Tags: Mac Personal tech |
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Poll: What are you most looking forward to? Looking at the latest roadmaps, both official and not, it's hard to be indifferent about the wave of shiny new products coming this year. We... Poll Question: • What are you most looking forward to? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing Windows |
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Poll: Will Chrome OS stand a chance against Windows 7 next year? So, it's official. Google will release an operating system for x86 netbooks next year. Chrome OS will be based on a Linux kernel and... Poll Question: • Will Chrome OS stand a chance against Windows 7 next year? Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems |
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