Geek2eak

As you can see from the title, this is not my usual technical or even super geeky topic, but a more day to day thing that sprung to mind after observing people around me in my trip back to college. I was only gone for a year, but in that time a change seems to [...]

Firstly, I must say that it is really nice to see Microsoft releasing such an open preview of Windows 8, saving me the trouble of finding a torrented preview or beta. Also, I am happily surprised to see some real changes going on in Windows, both inside and out.As far as the core of the [...]

After looking through the range of articles (see bottom) exploring AMD’s nearly-released mobile APU Llano, two thoughts spring to mind. One, most every reviewer sees both a current advantage as well as future potential in this new platform approach. Two, not all, but many readers and commenters are either unimpressed or argumentatively confused. Now I [...]

My first stab at the “Building a PC” 2eak is taking much longer than I anticipated, so I thought I’d fill all this empty space with a quick write up on my expectations and wild predictions of AMD’s upcoming Bulldozer processor architecture, especially in comparison with Intel’s current Sandy Bridge (and therefore Ivy Bridge) architecture. [...]