Due to a bad system crash, I’ve had to do a reinstall of my main system. This is always a tedious process so it’s going to delay some of the reviews that have been planned. The good news is that I’ve also rounded up some new items for review that are being installed in the process.
More news soon once the system is back up.
I’ve had my current Sony Ericsson T68i for over 2 years now and it has served me well. I’ve been searching for a new phone for a while but nothing has really come close to the features of my phone. I was browsing one of my favorite japanese tech blogs when I saw the new phones that will be released by Sony Ericsson.
http://nkcp.zive.net/kokoro/archives/001953.html
I’ve always liked flip phones thanks to the Sony CMD-Z3 I had in France but I’ve never been happy with the ones available in the states. Of course, the one new model that won’t be commercially available in the US is the one that i’m most interested in. I’ll have to start scouring eBay soon to find these new phones…
Here’s the one I have my eye on…
the reviews have been slow for no good reason as i’ve been working on a lot stuff in the background lately. my first priority is to finish the design of this site as you can see it’s not completely consistent. anyways, the following items will probably be reviewed over the next couple of weeks:
there’s actually a lot more software to be reviewed but those will be forthcoming as there will be some hardware reviews as well. i have been working on some secret projects for my home SFF setup and will be sharing those stories as well.
i’ve recently been playing some games and those have taken up a lot of my time. i’m pretty bad when it comes to these things as i become extremely obsessive and compulsive when playing games. i just want to sit down and play the whole thing through and finish it so i never have to touch it again. it’s pretty awful.
so, Baldur’s Gate 2 done and Neverwinter Nights done. Still to go are the Shadows of Undrentide add-on for NWN and finally IceWind Dale 2. after that, I should be good for a while…well, until something else comes out.
It’s been nearly 9 months since I put together my latest desktop system and that led me to check the prices for new CPUs. There’s this thought in the back of my mind that I can bump up my current 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 to a 3Ghz model sometime in the future for cheap.
However, to my surprise, Intel CPU prices haven’t changed much at all in the last 9 months. I originally paid around $190 for my current 533Mhz FSB Pentium 4 2.4B. That same $190 can only buy a 2.6B. Uh…that’s only a 200Mhz difference. What the heck!? To go up to 3Ghz will cost me $328. That’s insane.
I guess the reality of it all is that the market has found it’s sweetspot. Even though Intel and AMD have raced to 3+ Ghz processors, the market isn’t snapping them up as readily and thus the prices are staying high.
At any rate, it looks like I’m not upgrading my CPU anytime soon since it’s not cost effective. Of course, it’s not like I’m seriously wanting extra speed but the allure of 3Ghz is tempting…
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