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MSI X-Slim X340 gets hands-on, benchmarks

Chris Davies, Apr 2nd 2009 Discuss [0]

We grabbed some hands-on time with the MSI X-Slim X340 at MobileFocus, but LaptopMag's Mark Spoonauer is obviously far more persuasive (or light-fingered) than we are, as he got to take the slender ultraportable back to his hotel room for the night. That gave him time to try out the Intel CULV notebook's media credentials, as well as run some preliminary benchmarks. Read The Full Story

New Google Chrome beta: up to 35% faster

Chris Davies, Mar 18th 2009 Discuss [1]

Google's Chrome browser turned a lot of heads when it first launched back in September 2008, and the search giant surprised even more people by dropping the beta tag from the browser only a few months later. Now there's news of a new version of Chrome, still free and back with beta status, but reportedly between 25- and 35-percent faster than previously, depending on benchmarking. There are also new features like side-by-side tab views and autoscrolling. Read The Full Story

AMD Phenom II X4 995 in wild: easy 4GHz overclock

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

Screenshots confirming the existence of an unannounced AMD Phenom II processor have turned up on the XtremeSystems Forums. The images confirm the AMD Phenom II X4 995, overclocked from 3.2GHz to 4GHz and used in a system running the Windows 7 beta. Read The Full Story

UMID M1 benchmarks: small & speedy

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

While we grabbed not one but two hands-on demos with the UMID M1 MID at Mobile World Congress last month, we didn't want to push our luck running benchmarks on the compact touchscreen handheld. Obviously UMPC Portal's Steve isn't quite so shy, hence these CrystalMark 2004R3 results for the 1.3Ghz Atom MID. Read The Full Story

MSI Wind U115 Hybrid: over 13hrs from single charge

Chris Davies, Mar 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

MSI's dual-storage Wind U115 Hybrid netbook was advertised as not only a speed demon (thanks to the 8GB or 16GB SSD) but a frugal one, with the company predicting runtimes of up to 10.5hrs from a single charge. However it now looks as though MSI were actually too modest in their claims; Eee PC.de have been running battery tests and the MSI Wind U115 lasted 13 hours and 15 minutes. Read The Full Story

AMD & Seagate demo SATA 6Gbps HDD

Chris Davies, Mar 9th 2009 Discuss [1]

Seagate and AMD will be demonstrating the world's first SATA 6Gbps hard-drive today, theoretically offering twice the throughput of the existing SATA 3Gbps standard. The demo will compare an existing Barracuda 7200.12 HDD and a SATA 6Gbps HDD that uses a prototype AMD chipset to offer 5.5Gigabits per second performance. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO P benchmarks: 1.33GHz to 1.86GHz plus SSDs

Chris Davies, Mar 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony is still causing no amount of frustration among would-be VAIO P buyers with the various levels of configuration and the bemusing differences in availability. Three processors have been employed - ranging from the 1.33GHz Atom CPU you can buy in the US, through the 1.60GHz version, and up to the 1.86GHz VAIO P that you'd have to source through importers if you wanted it. Now there are finally benchmarks of all the different configurations (including SSD and HDD versions) to help decide. Full benchmark results after the cut Read The Full Story

Samsung NC20 gets reviewed, benchmarked, liked

Chris Davies, Mar 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

It didn't take LaptopMag long to make up their mind over the Samsung NC20, but then we've known about this VIA-based 12-inch netbook for so long that it might prove tough finding anyone still on the fence. Obviously it's bigger and heavier than the NC10 - but then it has a larger display, keyboard and trackpad, too - but what we all really want to know is how well the VIA Nano U2250 processor and Chrome9 HC3 integrated graphics stand up. Read The Full Story

Intel deny X25-M fragmentation problem: blame poor life-cycle simulation

Chris Davies, Feb 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

Intel's X25-M solid-state drive has generally aced all testing, with its combination of super-high read and write speeds, which is why SSD-loving geeks were so disturbed by PC Perspective's long-term performance analysis. According to their findings, Intel's file controller - which cycles through available flash cells progressively, so as to avoid wearing out regularly-accessed blocks - results in a significant slow-down of performance due to the OS being unable to keep track of fragmentation. Now Intel are denying that the PC Perspective testing - which simulated a longer life-cycle - is in fact an accurate representation of an X25-M's use. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA Ion platform gets tested: promising HD and gaming performance

Chris Davies, Feb 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

After talking the big talk last week, NVIDIA are looking to walk the walk this week with preview samples of the NVIDIA Ion reference nettop hitting at least two review sites. Both LaptopMag and PC Perspective have been playing with the Ion platform, which couples an Intel Atom CPU with NVIDIA's GeForce 9400 chipset for improved gaming performance together with 7.1 HD audio and Blu-ray full-HD video. Read The Full Story

Hackintosh netbooks benchmarked: on a par with 2004 G4 iBook

Chris Davies, Feb 2nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Since Apple won't give us the netbook so many people have been calling for, the past six months have seen a surge in Hackintosh netbooks: formerly Linux or Windows XP machines tweaked into running OS X. It's not exactly allowed in the terms of Apple's EULA, no, but with the latest drivers it's not exactly difficult, either; question is, is the machine you end up with worth it? Over at Apple Insider they've been running benchmarks on an Advent 4211 (an MSI Wind U100 rebadge), comparing it to a late-2004 G4 iBook and a first-gen MacBook Air. Read The Full Story

OQO Model 2+ gets video unboxing, SSD benchmarks

Chris Davies, Jan 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

There are now two of OQO's Model 2+ UMPCs out in the wild, and the second - which has the SSD option - paused long enough to get unboxed by MID Moves' Steve Paine. The solid-state drive seems to make a big difference, with its maximum 53MB read and 35MB write rates keeping Vista moving along smoothly, despite the Intel Atom processor. Unboxing video of the OQO Model 2+ after the cut Read The Full Story