Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
First NVIDIA ION Review
Head on over to PC Perspective for the first official review of the NVIDIA ION platform. They got their hands on a reference sample (a pre-production model, without the power saving features) and pitted it against an Intel-based netbook system. It demolished it graphically, haha!
BOY am I excited to get my hands on one of [...]
Video Card “Compatibility List” Wiki Launched
I have launched my own Video Card Compatibility List Wiki for Hackintosh systems, specifically for the DS3L and UD3P boards. This will make it easier to find video cards that you KNOW will work on our systems. You can visit it here:
http://leopardsoup.pbwiki.com/videocards
If your card isn’t on the list, please leave a comment here on the [...]
AppleHDTV
Silicon Mountain has released two new LCD HDTVs, in 32″ and 42″ sizes, with a built-in Atom-based computer containing a 250gb hard drive, 2 gigs of RAM, and a DVD drive. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
You saw it here first.
via Engadget
500gb 7200rpm 2.5″ Drives shipping
Awesome. $140 shipped, Seagate p/n ST9500420AS.
Samsung releases 4 Gigabit memory chip
Samsung has announced the world’s first 4 Gigabit (not Gigabyte) DDR3 memory chip. What does this mean for you? It means that we’ll be seeing 32GB memory chips soon! Holy beans! Samsung has announced that the first modules will come in 16gb (server), 8gb (desktop) and 8gb (laptop) varieties, followed by 32gb modules. I can’t [...]
2TB Drive up for Grabs
Western Digital has announced the Caviar Green 2TB 3.5″ hard drive for $299 today. HotHardware has already done a review on it. It formats out to 1.81TB and does a 90 MB/s read and 80 MB/s write, almost as good as the 100 MB/s Samsung F1 1TB hard drive ($99). It’s three times the price [...]
MSI WindBOX officially released!
Leaked last November, the MSI WindBOX has been officially released! This is basically a netbook sans the screen, ready to mount on your LCD monitor. Features:
VESA wall-mount interface
Atom N270 single-core 1.6ghz 2.5w processor (with SSE3)
945GSE Express chipset
GMA950 graphics
1GB RAM (included, max)
VGA port
3 USB ports
802.11 b/g
Realtek 10/100 LAN
Card Reader (SD/MMC/Memory Stick)
I haven’t seen a price, but [...]
Cheap Wifi
Newer Technology, Inc., has released a line of OS X-compatible Wifi adapters, including a USB stick and a PCI card. There is also a PCMCIA card for those of you with laptop Hackintoshes. All cards are Mac & PC compatible, meaning they should work fine on our Hackintoshes. Pricing is as follows:
802.11 B/G USB [...]
OCZ introduces Apex 230 MB/s SSDs
OCZ has announced the Apex series of 2.5″ SATA II Solid-State Drives, which come in 60gb, 120gb, and 250gb flavors ($199, $370, and $830, respectively). They’re rated at 230 MB/s read and 160 MB/s write, which is just insane! Can you imagine a RAID array of these monsters? Sheesh!
via Engadget and DailyTech
MSI Wind NetTop D130 announced
Pretty slick! It features a dual-core 1.6ghz Atom 330, 2GB RAM, DVD Burner, and 35 watts of power consumption - that’s like half a lightbulb! Price is expected to be $240. I’ve already got a fully-working Uinstaller Plugin for the current $140 barebones MSI Wind PC, so it shouldn’t be a problem to get this one working. [...]