The guy you spoke with is 100% wrong. While you can't do an in-place upgrade over XP, you can do a clean install with an Upgrade edition of Windows 7. You'll just be prompted to insert the XP disc or ...

Justin is 100% correct. As was the case with Vista, there are only two Windows 7 discs, the 32-bit one and the 64-bit one. Each disc contains the code for all versions of the OS (Home, Home Premium, P ...

Guys, when Intel made inferior CPUs and AMD was kicking ass, we talked about AMD a lot, and reviewed a lot of AMD boards. With the Phenom II effectively competing with Intel's last-gen CPU architectur ...

Without a doubt, I have better things to do with my time. However, when multiple readers complain about people squelching others because they have a differing political leaning, it becomes my problem. ...

How is this a fake story? Some company is making a product, we reported on that product. We were a little cheeky with the writeup, but if you don't like that, then Maximum PC is probably not for you. ...

Also, any bannings I do from now on are permanent. ...

To be perfectly clear, I would be taking the same actions were people behaving childishly on any topic: Obama, McCain, Bob Dole, Michael Jackson, the price of tea in China, or the color of my socks. Y ...

It's really easy. We can post it, then say "Don't post about your politics here" and then you don't post about politics.Just because there's a hole in the ground, doesn't mean you have to ta ...

Comments martial law is in effect. I don't care what side of the fence you are on, but if you post a comment in this thread that's about anything other than the HARDWARE mentioned in this post, you'll ...

We had a bunch of people out sick and on vacation last week, so we had to skip. We'll be back on Friday. ...

The contract thing is a scam, but the carriers limit the high-end phones to the contract plans so we don't really have a choice. don't think there are pay-as-you-go smartphones here, even. The be ...

See Episode 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 17, and most of the rest of the series. ...

E3 started last Monday. The gaming blogs started posting leaked rumors two or three weeks ago. That doesn't make our impressions of the actual event any less relevant. ...

Actually, I keep my media files on a network shares, then I create symbolic links inside the appropriate folders on the network shares. That said, I think you'd be surprised at the number of people ...

Andy!!!!! ...

It actually works great in sunlight. The screen is very similar to paper, although it can pick up a little bit of glare in the wrong light. A simply anti-glare film over the screen solves the problem. ...

Coming from a print world, I typically don't like endorsing any advertisers products (that's what you're asking, btw).... However, that's a little different in the world of radio. Let me think about i ...

I think we can actually hook Andy into the show using Ustream. The live show is a little lame, but I'm thinking we'll try some live call-in stuff next episode. ...

It's just the trailer. You can download it at Apple's site or any number of other places, perfectly legally.We don't advocate piracy at Maximum PC. ...

Before you guys listen to this and get all in a huff, I want you to know that there's an ad in the show. It's 15 seconds long, and it guarantees that we'll continue being able to make the podcast for ...

Windows Media Player 11 doesn't stream MP4 containers right (actually, at all, unless you have a really specific set of tweaks to your codecs and some registry settings). It's a nightmare to get setup ...

Sometimes awesome, sometimes awkward.I can't wait to see what happens when they secretly replace Gordon's PC with a shiny new MacBook Pro though. ...

Yeah, but I think we have to blame that on haiku & pup., not Opera. ...

For what it's worth, Opera is the third or fourth most popular browser on Maximum PC on any given day. It just passed IE6 with a total of about 10% of overall share year-to-date. Chrome is hovering ar ...

FYI, we took this week off the podcast. We'll be back next week, but we needed a little more time to prepare for our 100th Podcast Spectacular. ...