December 2006

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Zoostorm 1-3301 Economy PC

Zoostorm 1-3301The silver and black front panel is made out of light plastic that rattles when you tap it, if you choose the Zoostorm 1-3301 Economy PC you’ll get a neat Micro ATX-cased PC, powered by - believe it or not - a dual core processor, along with a large hard drive and a half-way decent graphics card.

Video editing, digital photography and straightforward word processing or web surfing should be handled with ease.

At the heart of this system sits one of Intel’s original Dual Core processors; a Pentium D clocked at 2.8GHz sitting in an ECS P4M890T motherboard, which uses not the usual Intel chipset option but instead VIA’s P4M890 / VT8237R+ chipset combination. Supporting this is 1GB of PC2-667MHz DDR2 memory, but if you need more the board has four DIMM slots that can support up to 4GB of memory.

The graphics are powered by an Inno3D 7300GS Turbocache card which has 128MB of onboard memory, but can use up to 384MB of system memory to boost its memory up to 512MB. A video connector on the back of the machine allows you to play your video projects on a TV set or to record them onto video tape. Alternatively, use the DVD recorder to create your own DVD disks – although the Nero software supplied is rather basic.

PC Nextday backs the Zoostorm 1-3301 Economy PC with a years collect-and-return warranty.

Written by info on December 13th, 2006 with no comments.
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Dell XPS M1710 Review

xpsm1710The M1710 is Dell’s ultimate gaming Laptop and comes with the new Nvidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX and overclockable CPU, it delivers excellent performance in front-of-screen viewing experience and graphics rendering.

The new gaming rig features Intel Core 2 Duo T7600G (2.33GHz with 4MB Cache, 667Mhz FSB), T7200 (2GHz) or T7400 (2.16GHz) mobile processors and Nvidia’s newly announced GeForce Go 7950 GTX with 512MB Video RAM mobile graphics card or GeForce Go 7900 GS with 256MB Video RAM.

Starting at 8.75 pounds(b), the XPS M1710, with its magnesium-alloy reinforced RoadReady(TM) chassis, is rugged enough to withstand punishment yet light enough to take the game on the road without draining the player’s energy.

Additional XPS M1710 features include:

* Intel Core Duo processors up to T2600 (667 MHz, 2 MB cache)

* Up to 4 GB(e) 667 MHz DDR2 memory

* Serial ATA hard drive up to 120 GB(f)

* Dell Rapid Driver program for access to the latest gaming peripheral drivers

* Minimum-software option with no pre-installed entertainment or productivity suites

* Personalized XPS service with dedicated sales, specially trained technicians and designated phone queue

Written by info on December 6th, 2006 with no comments.
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