Tablet PC

As one new tablet PC announcement after another surfaces these days, you may be asking yourself, "What does a tablet give me that I don't already get out of my computer or smartphone?" At first, I didn't see why I would need a tablet. But after observing quite a few PCWorld editors using them around the office, I relented and picked up an iPad last summer. Initially I had purchased the device to browse my massive library of digital comic books, but soon I found it useful for other, more-practical tasks. I started taking the iPad to meetings and using it to do quick Web searches, and it became my preferred way to read and respond to e-mail.
With the Motorola Xoom and other Honeycomb-powered tablets in the works, and with HP announcing its WebOS-based TouchPad, consumers will have a much bigger pool of devices to choose from. Although a tablet may not totally replace your PC anytime soon, using one has its benefits. Here are my top five.

ULTIMA BUSINESS PC Powered by Intel® Core™ i7 Desktop Processor

Intel® Core™ i7-860 Processor
(8M Cache, 2.80 GHz)
Intel® Desktop Board DH55TC
2GB 1333MHz DDR3 DIMM
GeForce GT210 1GB PCIe x16 2.0 Graphics Adapter
500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
24x SATA DVDRW
USB Keyboard & Optical Mouse
18.5” Widescreen LCD Monitor

ULTIMA HOME PC Powered by 2nd Gen Intel® Core™ i5 Processor

2nd gen Intel® Core™ i5-2300 Processor 2.80GHz Processor

(6MB Cache, Quad-Core, 32nm, Intel HD Graphics)

Intel DH67CL Desktop Motherboard

2GB 1333MHz DDR3 DIMM 

250GB SATA-II 3Gb/s Hard Drive

24x SATA DVDRW

Keyboard & Optical Mouse

18.5” Widescreen LCD Monitor

Intel® Desktop Board D510MO

The Intel® Desktop Board D510MO is designed to unleash the power of the new Intel® Atom™ processor D510 which supports the new revolutionary two–chip layout. This new chipset layout reduces the package footprint by 70 percent, enabling easier routing and better heat flow. The Intel® NM10 Express Chipset also provides additional flexibility and upgradability with two slots of single channel DDR2 memory at 800/667 MHz supporting up to 4GBπ maximum.

With breakthrough low-power silicon, the Intel Desktop Board D510MO can be used with a passive thermal solution based on the recommended boundary conditions¹.

The Intel Desktop Board D510MO represents a fundamental shift in system design—small, yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience for all audiences.

Intel® Desktop Board DG41RQ

Intel® Desktop Board DG41RQ supporting Intel® Core™2 Quad and Intel® Core™2 Duo processors.

The board is built in microATX form factor that offers legacy-to-premium features to meet more than just the bare necessities. It offers Intel® High Definition Audio, integrated 10/100/1000 Mb/s network connection & expansion capabilities such as PCIe*x16 to enrich users’ multimedia creation experience.

The Intel® Desktop Board DG41RQ is Microsoft Windows Vista* Basic WHQL certified.

Book Server - Volume 2 Project

Parts:

• Intel D945GCLF2 Mini-ITX motherboard with Atom 330, 1.6 GHz (dual core) processor
• 2 gig DDR2-667 RAM
• picoPSU-120C-DC ATX PSU
• Power adapter: AC-DC 12V, 5A Switching Power Adapter (110/220V)
• Seagate Momentus 5400.3, 100 gig 2.5" PATA laptop hard-drive
• Adapter for SATA to eSATA.
• ANTEC Veris external e-SATA enclosure with Seagate 750 GB drive X2
• Please refer to Book Server article for more information on the case.

The motherboard was also installed into a Mini-Box.com's M300 mini-ITX enclosure for comparison.

ASUS Maximus II Gene Motherboard

While a lot of the focus on computer motherboards has legitimately been on the X58 chipset and the Core i7 CPUs due to the increased performance and new features of the combination, there is still a market for P45 based motherboards and Core 2 CPUs. After all, the platform cost for a X58+Core i7+ DDR3 memory is far less than buying a P45 based motherboard+ Core 2 CPU+ DDR2 memory. With the economy the way it is value is becoming more and more important.

ABIT Fatality FP-IN9 650i-SLI Motherboard

When someone asks what's the latest chipsets? You hear two or three answers referring to the Intel 965X or 975X, and NVidia 680i. As of right now, there are more of the Intel based motherboards than the NVidia on the market. That is changing pretty quickly as various release issues have been vanishing with new BIOS updates. Each platform has had its hurdles, especially when it comes to the built in features.

P5E3 Deluxe Motherboard Review

The P5E3 Deluxe is the newest member of the ASUS motherboard line-up, based on the newly released latest Intel X38 Express chipset. This chipset boasts full support for all LGA 775 type processors, DDR3 DRAM modules operating in Dual Channel mode up to 1600MHz officially, and dual card ATI Cross-Fire support with matching ATI graphics cards installed.

It was earlier this month that version 2.1.0 of the xf86-video-intel driver was released, which among other things had introduced open-source Linux graphics support for the G33, Q33, and Q35 chipsets as well as fixing a horde of bugs and adding PCI IDs for the 945GME, 965GME, and 965GLE chips. As our last Intel graphics performance article was looking at the Q965 back in May, in this article we have enclosed some benchmarks from Intel's GMA 950 IGP using the new xf86-video-intel 2.1.0 driver.

ASUS R.O.G. Pinot Noir Motherboard

The nForce 790i-powered Pinot Noir motherboard, part of the latest ASUS Republic of Gamers series, is now being showcased at CeBIT. What's uncommon about this motherboard is the unique water cooling solution for its major components. Furthermore this board can work with the latest Intel 45nm CPUs and utilize 4x DDR3 modules, three PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots and six SATA 3.0 Gbps connectors.

Intel D975XBX (i975X) Motherboard

The uber HOT FedEx lady just dropped off the latest Intel D975XBX motherboard and I snapped a few pictures of it. This motherboard is using the Intel 975X Chipset and comes with three, yes three, PCI Express slots on the board.
                                         
                                         A picture of the Intel D975XBX Motherboard:

The Intel D975XBX Motherboard Socket Area with Passive Cooling Flames:

A Closer Look at the Intel D975XBX Motherboard PCIe Slots:

Papers with the board explain that it has 2 PCI Express controllers in the MCH to enable either 1 x 16 or 2 x 8 operation for the 16 PCI Express lanes. In addition to multiple thread support, the Intel 975X Express Chipset enables key performance-optimized capabilities such as support for multiple 2x8 graphics cards, Intel Memory Pipeline Technology (Intel MPT), 8GB memory addressability to enable 64-bit computing, and ECC memory support.

Could ultraportables help bring back Windows

Pocketables.net reports that Taiwan's Compal is bringing out an ultramobile (above), which doesn't look that bad, but the report is headed Compal UMD sadly runs Windows CE 5.0.
It's not the only example of a new CE machine. The same site has a story headed Clearview XL43 calls itself world's smallest, most versatile UMPC, which also runs Windows CE, and there's the similar Cowon Q5.

Gateway One puts ports on power pack

September 27th, 2007, 6:30 am · 12 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress

**New info added 10:21 a.m. to address some comments**
Irvine’s Gateway Inc. is no design star in the computer world. Few companies are. But its latest computer, simply called “One,” is an all-in-one beauty that has folks talking it up on message boards. No wonder:

Intel Original Motherboard

Intel Original Motherboard Price list in India: Intel Offers quality, reliability and support with the full spectrum of motherboards for desktop computers, server and workstation. The Intel platform also delivers extreme performance for multi-core enabled game titles, particularly in a multi-tasking environment where simultaneous applications need maximum processing power.