MaximumPC 2007 02

vista is crazy expensive Vista is the most expensive consumer operating system we’ve ever seen. Let’s take a look at the pricing ...

36 MAXIMUMPC FEBRUARY 2007 8 POOR DRIVER SUPPORT The big vendors like ATI and Nvidia should have drivers ready for Vista’s launc ...

38 MAXIMUMPC FEBRUARY 2007 FX FX AMD goes on the FX FX offensive with its FX FX new ultra-enthusiast FX FX quad-core platform FX ...

XXXXXXX JANUARYFEBRUARY 2007 MAMAXIMXIMUUMMPPCC 0039 FX PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAMANTHA BERG AND MARK MADEO Q What’s the difference betw ...

40 MAXIMUMPC FEBRUARY 2007 Quad FX FilesQuad FX Files will continue to be offered on the AM2 platform. If Quad FX is a success, ...

4200 MAMAXIMXIMUUMMPPCC FEBRUARY 2007JANUARY 2007 Quad FX FilesQuad FX Files B oth Intel and AMD scoff at the use of single-thre ...

44 MAXIMUMPC FEBRUARY 2007 BY PAUL LILLY We pit brand-new versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer against each other in a head ...

FEBRUARY 2007 MAXIMUMPC  S ome of the greatest fi ghts are never televised on pay-per-view. Veteran enthusiasts still talk abo ...

The advent of tabbed browsing changed the way we surf the web, and Firefox helped blaze the trail. Firefox 2 adds close buttons ...

FEBRUARY 2007 MAXIMUMPC  Microsoft’s redesigned navigation bar takes some getting used to and feels less intuitive than the pr ...

48 MAXIMUMPC FEBRUARY 2007 One, Two, Three... Fight! Now that you’ve met the contestants, let’s see how they perform in real-wor ...

RUNNERS-UP! Winners always receive the most recognition, but these alterna-browsers sport unique talents that separate them from ...

Google delivers pretty good results when you type your query into the search box and mash Enter, but our power-user tips will ma ...

february 2007 MAXIMUMPC 55 how (^2) ImprovIng your pc experIence, one step at a tIme Access the google cAche Google doesn’t sear ...

56 MAXIMUMPC FEBRUARY 2007 how (^2) IMPROVING YOUR PC EXPERIENCE, ONE STEP AT A TIME CALCULATOR AND CONVERTER Here are some exam ...

february 2007 MAXIMUMPC 57 how (^2) ImprovIng your pc experIence, one step at a tIme If you do a lot of work from different PCs, ...

00 MAXIMUMPC XXXXXXX 2007 WAIT FOR IT... I have a Shuttle XPC that I built using an Athlon XP 2600 about three years ago. I use ...

me the exact refresh rate. Now here’s the real weirdness: It displays at 60Hz even though the videocard driver lists it at 75Hz. ...

r & d BREAKING DOWN TECH —PRESENT AND FUTURE 60 MAXIMUMPC FEBRUARY 2007 B ut Stephenson doesn’t get all the credit for this ...

Hardware Autopsy spool. Each three-foot-wide roll of fi nished product can contain up to two miles of mate- rial that looks rema ...