Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Earlier today Apple unveiled the first public beta of the Safari 4 browser. I downloaded the browser and took it for a quick spin … and I have to say, this is a huge improvement on what I’ve come to expect from Safari.

Yesterday I took delivery of a Dell Studio XPS 13 notebook. This is a replacement for my aging (and rapidly eroding) 17-inch notebook. Since mentioning this system I’ve fielded quite a few emails from people interested in finding out about this system. Here are my initial thoughts on this system.

For a few weeks over the holiday and New Year period I had the opportunity of spending a fair bit of hands on time with Alienware’s mobile gaming apotheosis – the 17-inch M17. Does the M17 live up to the hype?

Sapphire has just made the Radeon HD 4670 faster.

Check out the mechanism for upgrading editions of Windows 7.

The other day I got access to the Home Premium edition of Windows 7. After a tortuously long download process I got my hands on the ISO and installed it on a few machines to check it out.

Is it tricky upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7? No! Here’s a step-by-step look at the process.

Still looking for a way to squeeze more frames per second out of Crysis Warhead, Call of Duty 5 or Far Cry 2? NVIDIA has the answer in the form of the world’s fastest single and dual GPU graphics cards – all you need is the cash!

Phenom II slide gallery

Call me naive, but I’ve always thought that it should be possible for your average PC user to get themselves out of a PC jam without having to call on the Geek Squad (or their friendly neighborhood uber-geek). Windows 7 has in place mechanisms to help even the most basic of users get their PC back from one of the worst situations that they can find themselves in – a system that won’t boot.

Taking a first look at Windows 7 beta 1 (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400)

My Hardware 2.0 mailbag is brimming with Windows 7 related questions. The main question on everyone’s lips is the obvious one – How does Windows 7 stack up against Vista? This test will pitch Windows 7 build 6956 32-bit against Windows Vista RTM 32-bit and Windows Vista SP1 32-bit.