Master2k27 updated 8 products

Master2k27 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:08:42 -0400

1. updated Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 - June 30, 2009 at 5:08 pm

2. updated Sony Playstation 3 - June 30, 2009 at 5:07 pm

tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"
agreed: "Use of Blu-ray discs with up to 50GB / disc allows for content-rich games and less in-game disk swapping."
agreed: "Can be used as a media centre with support for standard file formats like MP3, MP4, h.264, AAC, DivX to name a few."
agreed: "Tilt capabilities of SixAxis controller provide additional control element."
agreed: "Frequent patch updates improve console's capabilities "
agreed: "Very solid hardware reliability"
agreed: "Four USB ports on the 80G box."
agreed: "Sleek look."
agreed: "HDMI is the newest 1.3 version, unlike the 360 1.2 version, the PS3 will be able to run on ALL future HD Televisions."
agreed: "Upscales PS1 Games, PS2 Games, and DVDs to HD Resolution through HDMI."
agreed: "Free downloads of enjoyable demos, and add-ons"
agreed: "Powerfull CPU and GPU. Most powerfull console ever."
agreed: "You can run Linux on it"
agreed: "Great 7.1 Dolby TrueHD Sound"
agreed: "Full 1080p support."
agreed: "Built in WiFi connection"
agreed: "Full HD support, including an HDMI port"
agreed: "Has a built-in Blu-ray and DVD player"

3. updated Microsoft Xbox 360 - June 30, 2009 at 5:06 pm

disagreed: "Currently no HDMI compatibility"
agreed: "Still uses a tray."
agreed: "Stability issues."
agreed: "setup time 10 mins, game time 2 hours, repair time 3 weeks."
agreed: "HDMI TV compatibility (no sound over HDMI) is now fixed"
agreed: "Avatars are pretty lame "
agreed: "No re-chargable battery pack supplied with controllers, need separate purchase"
agreed: "The controller is the only one in all three consoles that has no motion sensing."
agreed: "NetFlix is limited to the United States "
agreed: "The Core System is a ripoff."
agreed: "limited backwards compatibility"
agreed: "No Blu ray player / drive"
agreed: "Games can be expensive ($60)"
agreed: "No HD-DVD drive is included, and it costs $200 to get one and even then it's still not built in. The PS3 has a built in Blu-Ray player."
agreed: "Slow to fix and return broken consoles"
agreed: "Prices of Xbox360 Marketplace items are steep"
agreed: "Overheating issues."
agreed: "Very loud fans and disk drive"
agreed: "Have to pay a subscription for online gaming (Gold subscription = $50/year)"

4. updated Google Chrome - June 30, 2009 at 5:04 pm

agreed: "No clutter on the screen, very open and clean"
agreed: "Seemless transition from Firefox with importing "
disagreed: "Integrated search box into the location bar "
agreed: "Multi-threaded application architecture"
agreed: "Open-source"
disagreed: "It is hard to load new pages because there are no buttons"
disagreed: "Virtually no security(its like safari on windows{no explanation needed})"
agreed: "No F11 full-screen mode "
agreed: "Location bar isn't as intelligent as Firefox awesome bar "
agreed: "No addons yet "
agreed: "Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources"
agreed: "Very fast startup time "
agreed: "Very clean interface "
agreed: "Extremely fast web-browsing "

5. updated Windows Messenger - June 30, 2009 at 5:02 pm

6. updated Windows Live Messenger - June 30, 2009 at 5:02 pm

disagreed: "not modular - a lot of bloat that cannot be removed"
agreed: "no spellchecker on Windows version"
new pro/con: compatible with yahoo messenger
disagreed: "Not compatible with yahoo messenger."
disagreed: "annoying installer attempts to change computer settings and have you install a plethora of useless Microsoft software"
disagreed: "Not compatible with AOL chat."
disagreed: "Not compatible with Jabber."
disagreed: "Not compatible with Google chat."
disagreed: "Requires registration with MSN."
disagreed: "Mac version slow, buggy and outdated."
disagreed: "Not compatible with ICQ."
disagreed: "No IRC support"
agreed: "customizable through third party tools such as apatch and Messenger Plus!"
agreed: "lots of features"
new pro/con: Free

7. updated Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - June 30, 2009 at 5:01 pm

8. updated Intel Core i7-920 - June 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm

new pro/con: 8 threads
agreed: "fairly expensive"
agreed: "Requires DDR3"
disagreed: "Gaming performance hardly better than high end C2 Duo's (which are significantly cheaper)"
agreed: "requires motherboard upgrade"
agreed: "Performence scales almost linearly with clock-increase"
agreed: "integrated memory controller unlike any previous chip from Intel"
agreed: "great performance gains over previous generations"
agreed: "Can disable single cores for power savings"
agreed: "Highly overclockable (50% comparatively easily achievable)"

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