MaximumPC 2008 08

AUGUST

22 PC vs. Mac

Can PC notebooks beat Apple’s glossy laptops

across three different categories? We find out!

46 Firefox 3: Exposed

Use our list of tips, tweaks, and tricks to

become a Firefox 3 power user!

54 GeForce GTX 280

We take the first look at Nvidia’s smokin’ new

GPU. Here’s a spoiler: It’s fast. Real fast.

QuickStart

08 NEWS Inside the Intel-Nvidia rivalry

14 THE LIST Eight ways we’d fix PC gaming

16 DEATHMATCH Wi-Fi adapters: PC Card vs. USB

R & D

62 WHITE PAPER An inside look at next-gen

gaming graphics: rasterization and ray-tracing

63 AUTOPSY SanDisk Sansa e

64 HOW TO Create your own Internet TV show!

In the Lab

71 REVIEWS

84 LAB NOTES

96 RIG OF THE MONTH

WHERE WE PUT STUFF

CONTENTS

FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

18 WATCHDOG

68 DOCTOR

94 COMMENTS

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