Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

First look at Alienware’s new M17x gaming laptop.

Over the past few days I’ve been taking Intel’s Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop for netbooks for a spin. Can Intel compete with its long-time partner Microsoft in the operating system game?

Over the past few days a huge number of electrons have been inconvenienced to bring you news about a new Windows 7 feature called XP Mode. In this post I’m going to take a closer look at this technology and what you need to make it work for you.

Taking a first look at Windows 7 RC (build 7100)

With the final release of Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” only days away (scheduled for April 23, 2009), let’s take a look at the Release Candidate.

I like finding risk-free ways to try out Linux distros because I can show them to folks who are curious about Linux but not yet ready to throw the Windows discs into the trash can. One way to try Linux while keeping your Windows installation intact is to use Portable Ubuntu.

As Acer announces the AspireRevo, the first small-form-factor PC (nettop) based around NVIDIA’s Ion platform which combines an NVIDIA GPU and Intel Atom microprocessor.

Rather than give you a blow-by-blow account of everything that’s different about Windows 7 build 7057 compared to every previous build that we’ve seen (I’ll leave that to others), I’m going to concentrate on the one area that interests me (and many of my readers) the most – performance.

Earlier this morning the Apple Store was down. When it reappeared there were new iPod shuffles on display.

How does the latest leaked build of Windows 7 (7048) compare to the beta 1 (build 7000), Vista SP1 and XP SP3 in terms of performance? According to my Hardware 2.0 inbox, this is a question that you want answered. Let’s see if I can answer it for those of you who are interested!

Windows 7 has come a long way since the Beta 1 bits that were released back in January. Let’s take a look at the latest build to escape into the wild.

The Apple Store is back up there are refreshed products to tempt those looking to spend. You have refreshes iMacs, Mac Pros and Mac minis to choose from.