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I think that this update was made by Apple to compete with Dell’s UltraSharp 3007WFP which had a higher specification up until now. CNET did a review recently comparing the two, and although Apple’s 30″ Cinema Display beat Dell’s for better colour accuracy and sharpness, Dell did a good job. The Dell screen has better [...]

To clear any confusion, a Sony representative, speaking with Yahoo! Games, has confirmed that the PS3 will ship with a 60 GB HDD, with an option to upgrade. No PS3 bundles will be sold without a hard drive. However, it’s unclear if by upgrading, purchasers will have the option to buy the console with a [...]

I have been playing around with various Bittorrent clients on my Mac mini and I just happened to cross an OS X x86 installation. So it completed the full download this morning as an ISO file. Since my mac mini doesn’t have a SuperDrive I couldn’t burn the iso directly. I tried to put it [...]

Llamma has got some images of the two DVD drives that live inside the Xbox 360. On the left is the newer, and quieter, Samsung drive (model #TS-H943), “easily identified by its unique drive-tray and ninja-like stealth“. And on the right is the Hitachi (model #GDR-3120L), “easily identified by the notches on its drive tray, [...]

Apple has changed the Intel ad for the UK and replaced it with words that make it a lot less effective. They have changed the voice over to remove the ‘dull little boxes dutifully doing dull little tasks’ line and replaced it with, ‘dutifully doing all the things PC’s were built to do.’ You can [...]

Today was the day that just about everyone that ordered a mini on the 28th received it via FedEx. Tons of pictures of the Intel Mac Mini’s internals flooded the internet this morning. Shots of the double-layered DDR2 200pin SO-DIMMs slots, the IR port next to the optical drive responsible for the Front Row [...]

According to ZDNet’s Ed Bott, the retail version of Windows Vista will include four of the OS’s six-plus flavors on a single DVD. The versions included on the DVD will be Vista Business, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Ultimate, and which version gets installed depends on how much the purchaser spends and what product key [...]

Somehow, Engadget has already got their hands on the new Intel based Mac Mini and are showing it off with a Sony Bravia HD TV. Apparently the new mini has better compatibility with High Def resolutions, for which you previously needed 3rd party software. Cool. I’ll leave you the pics after the link.
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Part of the fun new products that Apple announced, the released a new Intel Mac Mini. So what are the differences apart from it featuring either a Core Solo (lower end model) or a Core Duo (higher end model) processor. Well there are an extra 2 USB ports, the modem is completely gone. The ethernet [...]

Some interesting options. Never tried it, nor do I know whether it works. Some other tips on the digg story.
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