It looks like Intel’s Core 2 Duo is living up to hype and has put Intel in the lead again. Still, my pc is too new and I won’t be upgrading for a long time. Hopefully those who were looking to get a new pc are glad that I told them to wait to see how Intel’s new chips do. Here are a few benchmarks:
Here are some articles if you want more info:
Intel’s Core 2 Duo lives up to hype
Gamespot Benchmarks
Game Over? Core 2 Duo Knocks Out Athlon 64
It looks like there may be even more bad news for Sony fans waiting for their Playstation 3s. Apparently IBM is having issues with Cell chip yields. IBM vice president of Semiconductor and Technology Services Tom Reeves says they are only getting 10% to 20% yields, which is terrible. Right now 1-2 out of every 10 cell processors are working properly after they are manufactured. For the Playstation 3, Sony requires 7 of the 8 cores to work and IBM say that on most of them, only 4 of the 8 cores are working. There are also rumors around the internet that they are considering pushing the launch date back to March 2007. Considering the current yield issues, I would not be too surprised if those rumors turn out to be true. For more info on the cell problems, check out this article.
So, I recently decided to get a new modem (isn’t it technically a bridge). My cable modem was pretty old, and I suspected that it dropped my internet when I had a lot of connections at one time (like when torrenting). I also figured that I would also go quite a bit faster since my modem was pretty old tech. So after getting a new modem, fixing account issues with Comcast (apparently it was never set up correctly, so when switching modems and giving them the new mac address I still wasn’t able to connect), and setting up my router to work with this new modem I finally got online. I was expecting at least a little increase in speed since I usually would download around 450-500KB/sec. So I went and did a speed test:
Yup, that’s right. I went from a 500KB/sec maximum to 2,312KB/sec. I think it was worth it.
Am I the only one that gets pissed off with these new Mac vs. PC commercials? You know the ones I am talking about right? They look like this:
Yeah, this shit has to stop. This shit is epic misinformation. And of course they can get away with it because nobody “represents” the PC market. It’s too broad. Here is another example:
Apple seems content to make up for their pathetic market share by charging 2 and 3 times fair market value for PC-equivalent hardware. They’re even sporting fucking Intel CPUs now.
Mac is a niche brand. It has good audio/video authoring software. It has a Linux-based operating system. Great. That appeals to, what… 1%? 2%? of the PC market? I’m pulling these numbers out of my ass, of course, but you get the idea.
They’re not better than PCs and I’m offended by advertising that purports them to be that very thing. A more realistic advertisement would go something like this:
Plantronics and Xbox.com have teamed up for a promotion for a sweet deal on Plantronics Halo 2 headsets. They’re usually 50 bucks, but for a limited time they will only set you back $14.95 U.S. That is WAY cheaper then anything else out there…and a portion of the purchase price (US$1) goes to the United Way Katrina Recovery Fund.
These headsets are great—they work with your original Xbox® and Xbox 360™—heck, they’ll even work with your cell phone.
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