MaximumPC 2008 08

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FIREFOX 3 We've got the full scoop on all its features! DDR2 AND DDR3 IN ONE MOBO? MSI's hybrid board works wi ...

Each issue of Maximum PC features:
Brutally honest product reviews
Hard-hitting editorials
Tips to blast your machine’s pe ...

AUGUST 22 PC vs. Mac Can PC notebooks beat Apple’s glossy laptops across three different categories? We find out! 46 Firefox 3: ...

http://www.maximumpc.com|AUG 08 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC| 07 MAXIMUMPC EDITORIAL EDITOR IN CHIEF Will Smith DEPUTY EDITOR ...

I s the CPU more important than the GPU? Until now, that’s been a topic more suitable for Usenet groups, but this fall, consumer ...

................................................................................................................................ ...

10 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC|AUG 08 |www.maximumpc.com QUICKSTART^ THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL ...

Copyright expiration seems to be out there in the distant future, along with fl ying cars and giant Tokyo-destroying robots. It ...

14 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC|AUG 08 |www.maximumpc.com QUICKSTART^ THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL ...

in a store.” The spokesperson said this doesn’t apply to all versions though—for software downloaded directly from the website, ...

the PC Co mpetition? Can Apple’s Best Top ple M acBooks have become the darlings of the computer press. They’re capturing the at ...

the PC Co mpetition? Can Apple’s Best Top ple http://www.maximumpc.com | AUG 08 | MAXIMUMPC | 23 ...

A notebook PC isn’t like a desktop rig. Tricked out, water cooled, and overclocked like a mutha, your Guns of Navarone desk- top ...

Without a doubt, this is one of the nift iest- looking laptops we’ve ever tested. At 3 pounds and just one inch thick, it’s slig ...

Lenovo ThinkPad X Proof you can have your 3-pound cake and eat it too When you pick up a Lenovo ThinkPad X300, you pick up 3 pou ...

ULTRAPORTABLE A fter running the benchmarks, crunching the numbers, and spend- ing days doing usability testing the old-fashione ...

Asus F8Sn One videocard, one hour, one dead laptop Apple’s little white wonder of a MacBook excels against its PC counterparts, ...

Acer TravelMate 5720 A jackrabbit of all trades With a 15.4-inch screen, Acer’s TravelMate 5720 skirts the edge of what qualifie ...

MAINSTREAM Premiere Pro CS3 (min:sec) 38:43 48:38 35: Photoshop CS3 (min:sec) 5:48 4:12 3: ProShow (min:sec) 38:10 56:53 40: Mai ...

Apple MacBook Pro Even diehard PC users will be wowed by this portable’s specs We’re always a little taken aback when we see App ...