Microsoft has launched a new initiative called Fix-It Center.
The company is seeking to address customer’s Technical Support issues by offering a downloadable tool that runs troubleshooters, perform system maintenance, and seeks relevant answers from the Internet for problems.
If the tool encounters a problem that it cannot solve, Microsoft Support can look at the Fix-It Center logs and determine the customer’s exact hardware and software load out, everything that has been done to-date to fix the problem and take things from there.
Several of these troubleshooting tools are now available on Windows 7, however Fix-It Center brings these facilities to Windows XP,Server 2003,Server 2008 and Windows Vista installations as well.
AMD is set to release the Phenom II X6 1090T and the chip has found its way into the hands of a few lucky members of the public.
Benchmarks show that its performance is faster than Intel’s Core i7 Quad-Core in the US$300.00 range. So that would be the Intel i7-860, the i7-920 and the i7-930 to name a few. Initial benchmarks seem to indicate that it’s performance is better than these, but less than the Xtreme edition of the i7 chips.
The processor offers AMD’s Turbo technology which overclocks the remaining cores once less than 3 are in use. The new processors are designed to work in most AM2+/ AM3+ motherboards.
These new parts are expected to ship on April 26th 2010.
More choice and perhaps confusion for those looking to build systems right about now!
Micron announced the current fastest SSD drive on the market. The RealSSD C300 boasts a SATA 6GB/s interface and read/write speeds of 375/225MB/s . To give you some idea of the comparions, the leading SSD Competitor only managed 260/105 MB/s .
You may ask whether you can really appreciate that speed difference in practical usage, and the answer is yes. Yes you certainly will notice that difference.
In fact, purchasing an SSD drive for your otherwise average PC is the single most effective update you can possibly make on your PC. The SSD drive will totally change the way you work and play, making everyday tasks on your computer much quicker and improving your overall experience tremendously.
