Review: 21" inch Apple iMac with Core i5 Intel Processors

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

With Intel's blistering Quad Core processors, a spanking new Thunderbolt high-speed optical I/O, Apple's consumer all-in-one edges ever closer to the performance and versatility of a powerful professional workstation while maintaining a small desktop footprint. Just how improved is the new iMac? We find out.

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Review: Samsung Series 9 13" inch ultra-light notebook

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It wasn't until a few years ago that Samsung actively competed in the North American notebook space. Their models back then were austere in looks, safe in styling and swathed in glossy plastic, nothing special really. Their Series 9 notebook , however is one of the most impressive Windows 7 thin-and-light notebooks we've seen this year. Offering a perfect balance between portability and power never before seen in this class of notebook.

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Review: MacBook Pro 13-inch (Early 2011)

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Apple Macbook Pro line has recently been completely revamped from the popular and highly-totable 13-inch MacBook Pro to the larger but more powerful 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pro models.

We tested the new 13-inch MacBook Pro ($1249) which now sports a new Intel Core i5 dual core 2.3GHz processors with turbo boost technology and a whole new high-speed optical I/O format called Thunderbolt

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Design flaw in Sandy Bridge support chip will cost Intel $700M to fix

Intel Corporation has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel® 6 Series, code-named Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon fix which will cost the company $700 Million. The chipset is utilized in PCs with Intel’s latest Second Generation Intel Core processors, code-named Sandy Bridge.

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