Posted 01/29/2009 at 10:07:40am

Excellent point made here. People like to shit on Zunes, like they do Vista. In reality the Zune is a really good product. I have owned my 30GB since around they came out and it works BETTER now than the day I bought it. With an Apple product you have to buy the the new hardware every few months but with the Zune Microsoft has given me multiple free firmware updates, the same stuff the new 120GBs run on. My Zune is made solid and has not had one problem other than the Zune 2K9 bug, but that only lasted one day. The opposite goes for iPods which are are meant to have low mean time between failure.  

-Andy

Posted 11/16/2008 at 11:21:30pm

It does appear that January looks fairly likely for the AM2+ 45nm Phenoms. I would like to see how improved the performance is, but unfortunately we have seen very little regarding its performance. I just ordered an asus m3a79-t, so thats what Im planning stick in it.

-Andy

Posted 11/14/2008 at 06:09:39am

AM3 Phenoms will be released late this year, or is that only the new AM2+ Phenoms? The article says the PII's are on tap for late this year and early 09. Just want some clarifying, thanks. 

-Andy

Posted 11/12/2008 at 04:38:09pm

This article doesnt suprise me, but its still refreshing. Its showing that competition is still alive and thats thats good for breakthroughs in design and consumer pricing, like the article says. 4800 series came out of nowhere (seemingly) and its been a excellent gpu for myself and others.

-Andy

Posted 11/03/2008 at 12:33:50am

Wet blanket.

Posted 11/03/2008 at 12:17:09am

I am in the same boat as you. Big fan of AMD, currently I still have all my chips in their pot and its sad to see them slip behind. The upcoming 45nm "deneb" phenoms will be here around january or february and no solid words yet on performance, so we will certainly see. Hey, they suprised us with the 4870 and Im rocking one now. Lets hope we get another pleasant suprise from our friends in Sunnyvale. I have a feeling breaking the fabs away into the Foundry Company (clever name) was ultimately a sound choice. Time will tell.

-Andy

Posted 11/02/2008 at 11:55:30pm

Read through the review, and its about what I expected... and I mean that in a very good way - the results vilify the rumors. This is stacking up to the hype, and this is a long time AMD fan talking here.

The Core i7 920 has a very tempting price, but I question its overclockability. On paper it the core i7 line appears to be a crackerjack squadrom that can all overclock like there is no tomorrow, but I look to the phenom. What was the issue AMD was having with their phenoms that prevented their clocks from getting anywhere? If someone could answer this I'd appreciate it because like Gordon mentioned: the core i7 looks more like an AMD product than an intel product. Its nearly the same design as the phenom but the core i7 yields are apparently much more substantial.

I hope some Socket 1366 boards start to show up on Newegg so I can determine if they will cost more than the processor itself.

-Andy

Posted 10/10/2008 at 09:00:38am

I liked it, is there a full version of the song? Btw, is this Andy (producer extraordinaire) from the podcast?

-Andy

Posted 10/09/2008 at 10:22:59pm

Can anyone fill me in on the transition song around 13:30 in this podcast? I'd really appreciate it.

-Andy

Posted 10/09/2008 at 10:00:50pm

When will the i7 be released? I have read october or november, that sound about right? If so...awesome. Thanks for the input.

-Andy