pc

laptops

The Last PC Laptop

I've been chasing the perfect PC laptop for over a decade now. Though I've tolerated lugging around five to seven pound machines because I had to, laptops were always about portability first and most of all to me. I quickly gravitated to so-called ultraportable laptops as

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mac

Because They All Suck

The release of Windows Vista has caused an unfortunate resurgence in that eternal flame of computer religious wars, Mac vs. PC. Everywhere I go, somebody's explaining in impassioned tones why their pet platform is better than yours. It's all so tedious. Personally, I had my fill

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video playback

High-Definition Video on the PC

Now that HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are starting to enter the market in earnest, I thought I'd revisit HD video playback on the PC. I'm seriously considering buying one of the $199 Xbox 360 HD-DVD kits [http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=325] and retrofitting it

By Jeff Atwood ·
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