Windows 7 was officially launched in Australia today with the first recipient being handed his copy personally by Harvey Norman's Gerry Harvey at midnight last night. Retail stores will start putting the new operating system up on shelves from today with the prices being as follows:
Archive for October, 2009
Silverstone ML02 HTPC
On October - 18 - 2009
A re-write of one of our previous articles, this will detail our project to build a silent Home Theatre PC using the Silverstone ML02 case.
For anyone not familiar with them, a Home Theatre PC (HTPC) is a personal 
computer that is designed to operate primarily as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Much like a TiVo box or Foxtel IQ, a HTPC records television to a hard drive thus giving you access to features such as scheduled recordings and pausing live TV. Windows Media Center PCs are in a world of their own however. Not only do you get a PVR but also a wealth of internet content and access to any and all functions of a typical home computer. Read the rest of this entry »
Mini ITX Gaming System
On October - 11 - 2009
Our most recent project has been to build the smallest gaming machine possible. We wanted a computer with at least a Core 2 Duo and a full height graphics card, but also being aesthetically pleasing, quiet, and saving desk space. These requirements were going to limit us to a Mini-iTX system, as well as making the case build difficult in terms power management and fitting everything in. Sounds like a fun challenge right!?
HP Mini 311 Benchmarks!
On October - 7 - 2009
Laptopmag have done the first benchmarks of the HP Mini 311 with the Nvidia ION LE chipset.
As the first netbook with the Nvidia ION and Geforce 9400M graphics the Mini 311 looked like it could be the fastest netbook yet released.
Well we can confirm that it does score very well in the standard PC Mark 05 and 3D Mark 06 tests:
