This Week in Computer Hardware 70

This Week in Computer Hardware Episode 70

Topics

• OCZ tweaks SandForce firmware, gains 20% storage capacity!

• Steam to Mac and Linux

1. Free portal
2. The state of gaming on a mac
   1. laptop, imac, mini, pro - price / performance / practicality
   2. Source games are not resource intensive, yet fun
3. Linux drivers?

• British Telecom buys 2.6% of On Live to get rights for bundling OnLive service with broadband packages. PS3

1. Says small continent = good for latency

• Dell launching new moderately priced large LCDs 23" and 21.5"

1. Colleen suggests that all computer monitors should be 16.9 like this. Death to 16.1

• Airforce pissed off that Sony keeps updating the firmware on units in for repair. Sony removes PS3's support for "install another OS" IE... Linux. Airforce has a Linux based cluster.

• WiGig

1. WiFi Alliance and WiGig now working together
2. next gen WiFi spec = 60Ghz band 7Gbps wireless spec: WiGig.

• Seagate hitting 3TB this year?

1. Roadmap leaks!

• Sprint HTC EVO 4G June 4th for $199:

1. w/ new contact... $450 before discounts
2. mandatory $10/month Premium Data add-on ON TOP of data plan... no data cap on 3G or 4G
3. 8 Device WiFi hotspot? $29.99 a month. (Oddly enough Android 202 will include USB tethering and WiFI hotspot functions...)

• Twitter Questions

1. fyanez @ryanshrout what's the best way to add a sata hard drive to an older pc that currently uses a Ide hard drive
2. Light_Sworn @ryanshrout can the glasses from nVision work with the new 3d-hdtvs (sold at bestbuy)? Or will I have to change glasses for each 3d output?
3. alexhackney @ryanshrout I do video production in a small growing company. Running out of hd space. Low budget nas? Will Freenas iscsi let me edit hd?
4. CouchPyro @ryanshrout Is TWICH changing to Thursday for good or just this week?
5. 805balow @ryanshrout should i upgrade q6600 @ 3.2ghz to i7 for video work? Worth it?
6. ryan10ad @ryanshrout My Time Machine drive died today. What's the best reasonable cost 1TB HDD on the market that will last for years?

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• Edited by: Tony
• Notes: 2 ads were removed because they were the wrong ads

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