Author Archives: Sean Hollister

Osborne 1 celebrates its 30th birthday, and that of the portable computing revolution

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Sean Hollister

On April 3rd, 1981 — thirty years ago today — Adam Osborne unveiled the Osborne 1 at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. It had a 4 MHz Zilog Z80 CPU, two single-sided floppy drives, 64K of RAM, and a five-inch monochrome CRT display. No… Continue reading →

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Pure Luxury takes DARWINmachine’s Hammerhead PC, adds primo parts and lifetime warranty

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Sean Hollister

Does this badass gaming rig look familiar? It should — it’s basically a DARWINmachine Hammerhead HMR989 with some sweet, sweet cherries on top. In an attempt to live up to its name, Pure Luxury’s pimped it out with an Intel Core i7-990X processor, 12… Continue reading →

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OCZ’s consumer-grade Vertex 3 SSD gets benched, SandForce SF-2281 helps it spank competition

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Sean Hollister

We thought OCZ’s Vertex 3 Pro was some flaming hot stuff, but solid state storage reviewers have mind-boggling news — the plain ol’ Vertex 3 will bring the same completely ludicrous 550MB / sec read speeds (plus even faster 525MB / sec writes) at a d… Continue reading →

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