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PC shipments to UAE expected to increase in 2010

Magnus Nystedt — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:34:14 +0000

According to Emirates Business 24-7,PC shipments to the UAE are expected to reach two million units in 2010, up from 1.75 million in 2009.” The bulk of this will be in the mobile category, with both notebooks and netbooks growing rapidly in number of units. We should note that this talks about “shipments to the UAE”, which includes re-export so these are not numbers of the sales of PCs in the UAE.

As an example, Acer, one of the fastest growing companies in the PC sphere, has overtaken Dell as the number two seller of computer worldwide and expect to overtake HP in the mobile segment as worldwide number one next year. They are already number one in our region in notebook and netbook sales.

The Emirates Business article also references Apple’s iPad as a “one of many new devices coming to market that will change the entire PC ecosystem.” This will create a market for all manufacturers to provide devices in this category, often referred to as the tablet market.

BIOS Option Of The Week – AGP Secondary Lat Timer

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:10:22 +0000

Quote : Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS Optimization Guide, affectionately known as the BOG. From a meagre beginning of a single page, it now covers over 400 BIOS options. As old BOG readers will know, we started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision 8.0 – a simplified edition and the complete edition.

Normally, the complete edition is only available to subscribers who help sponsor the development of the guide through a small fee. However, that changes today! From now on, we will post a BIOS option from the complete edition of the BIOS Optimization Guide every weekend.

This week, we will be taking a look at the AGP Secondary Lat Timer BIOS setting.

Link : http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=606
Icon : http://www.techarp.com/article/BOG_Weekly/BOG_weekly_big.png

Intel H55/H57 Round-up: Full coverage for Core i3 and i5

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:09:29 +0000

The conclusion is much the same as ever: the most expensive models are to be bought if you require additional functions such as the new generation of SATA and USB ports, mid-class models of recognised manufacturers will be bought by users which pay attention to (apparent) details such as the SPDIF output and Firewire, but also “peace of mind” owing to well-cooled chips, while Biostar motherboards remain traditionally aimed towards overclockers and enthusiasts on a budget, which care little about appearance and the accompanying bundle.

Article link:

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Motherboards/Intel-H55-H57-Round-up-Full-coverage-for-Core-i3-and-i5.html

OCZ Z Series 850 W Power Supply Review

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:08:33 +0000

“OCZ Z Series is the 80 Plus Gold-certified power supply family from OCZ, and so far they released an 850 W and a 1,000 W model. We have already reviewed the 1,000 W model, and let’s see now if the 850 W model will live up to the expectation.”

Unitek USB 3.0 SATA HDD Docking Station

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:07:54 +0000

Quote:
” Today for review I’ve got another product courtesy of our friends at Brando USB, it’s another USB 3.0 product but this one is a hard drive dock. Personally I like HDD docks quite a bit, they’re much more useful than enclosures because they’re so much easier to use. The one I have for review today though is from Unitek, and it’s your basic dock that can accommodate 3.5” or 2.5 hard drives, but of course it’s special because it’s USB 3.0 capable. So read on to learn more.. ”

Main site link: http://www.bonafidereviews.com/blog

Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm Fan

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:06:36 +0000

Quote: Noctua, being well known for their quiet, but very effective CPU coolers, knows how to build quiet and effective fans. Continuing the trend to larger and larger fans, Noctua’s latest fan is of 140mm dimension. The nice thing about this fan is that it has mounting holes for both 140mm and 120mm, so it is backwards compatible.

Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition Full Tower Case Review

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:05:45 +0000

Quote: “The Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition was a joy to work with. The HAF 932 AMD Edition case is a full tower case. There is plenty of room for the largest of graphics cards with room to spare. Measuring 22.20″ x 9.60″ x 22.04″ the Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition has more than enough room for a full water cooling loop with no modifications. The fact that the case is made out of steel does make it a little on the heavy side, 29.1 pounds isn’t horrible though. The option to run dual power supplies and a cooling loop with a dual radiator is also a nice touch…”

Enhancing Your Dual Boot System

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:04:59 +0000

Quote: After you created a Dual Boot system you need to know how to enhance your dual boot system. I will show how to by having both Operating Systems use a shared storage space and go over some applications that work in both Operating Systems. This will give you a good stable platform for testing or for just learning.

LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/enhancing-your-dual-boot-system/

Title: Enhancing Your Dual Boot System @ TechwareLabs

Asus Maximus 3 Extreme

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:04:20 +0000

For every platform, a premiere board appears for every vendor. Asus is known for making the end-all and be-all of premier boards. The Asus Maximus 3 Extreme just about goes beyond that stage. When we first received the board, the sheer number of features was overwhelming. What amazed us most was that almost all of the features were practical and useful. Often, the features on a board are more fluff than substance. That’s hardly the case with the Maximus 3 Extreme, these features are practical, easy to use and make it an epic board destined for the motherboard hall of fame.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1807

HIS Radeon HD 5570 Fan Video Card Review

t-break News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:49:32 +0000

“Radeon HD 5570 is one of the latest DirectX 11 mainstream video processors from AMD. Let’s see how is its performance compared to Radeon HD 5670 and its main competitors from nVidia. Check it out.”
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/945