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Are slow dual-core CPUs better than fast single-core CPUs?

Digital Living If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games faster than my 3.2GHz single-core Pentium 4? Yes, quad-core CPUs are generally much faster than single-core CPUs -- even if the single-core CPU has a faster...

4 July 2007, 14:35

What is the difference between Intel's Centrino and Core Duo?

Digital Living I'm a little confused by all this talk of Centrino, Centrino Duo, Core Duo and goodness knows what else. Centrino' is a marketing term for a type of laptop that promotes wireless network interoperability and long battery life, while 'Core' refers...

30 May 2007, 10:34

Mac OS X vs Windows Vista

Digital Living PCs were privileged to the first Intel Core and Core 2 Duo CPUs, they've had access to high-speed wireless 802.11n wireless for some time, not to mention high-capacity Blu-ray and HD DVD drives. Is there a God?

27 April 2007, 15:34

What's the best budget PC for all the family?

Digital Living This comes with a massive 300GB hard drive, an entry-level graphics card for playing games (this can be upgraded as more demanding games are released), a dual-core processor for running multiple applications simultaneously and a 19-inch TFT...

29 November 2006, 16:23

Camcorder or digiscope for bird photography?

Digital Living Because the NV-GS27EB-S and the VDR-D100EB are budget models, Panasonic has concentrated on the core features required for video. I notice that several budget-priced camcorders offer 30x optical magnification.

1 November 2006, 14:01

Build the ultimate quiet PC

Digital Living We've chosen an Asus N4L-VM DH motherboard (£98 from Dabs.com -- picture 1) as it's designed for desktop use, but accepts Socket 479-type laptop CPUs, including the Intel Core Duo and Core Solo chips found in modern laptops.

7 September 2006, 15:49

Can I buy a cheap video-editing PC?

Digital Living If you're looking for a PC that's in the sub-£1,000 price bracket we'd recommend you opt for one that uses a dual-core processor. Hi, I'd like to buy a PC for video editing but I don't have an awful lot of money and I've heard they can work out...

10 August 2006, 10:55

BT has seen the future, and it's white

Digital Living Although BT Vision, an ambitious punt into the world of entertainment, might be something of a stretch for an engineering-led company, the Total Broadband Experience is founded on solid ground that plays to BT's core strengths, even if the company...

26 June 2006, 16:33

Web 2.0: this time it's lucrative

Digital Living Use wicked-smart metaphors to give your theory weight: Web 2.0 doesn't have a 'hard boundary', it's got a 'gravitational core'. The Web is changing. Mighty forces are at work and a new Internet is slouching towards a monstrous liquidity event.

1 April 2006, 8:00

Apple MacBook Pro

Digital Living It's said to be four to five times faster than the PowerBook G4, so is it the Apple of your eye, or rotten to the Core Duo? New name, new chip: the MacBook Pro is the first Apple laptop powered by an Intel processor.

25 January 2006, 7:10

Top five ways MP3 has changed the world

Digital Living Bringing the major labels onlineWhen MP3 playback software started to go mainstream in the late '90s (for hard-core techies that is), music fans worldwide suddenly had a digital lingua franca for music.

17 August 2005, 14:30

The new podcasting tools

Digital Living According to TVEyes CEO David Ives, the core of the system involves a spider that plays each of the podcasts the company tracks (1000 and growing), then runs a speech-to-text algorithm on it. Podcasting is a growing phenomenon that gives anyone...

Tags: stations, searching, mix, talk

9 May 2005, 14:48