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Part 2 – The Man Without a Plan
19 March 2013 1:11 PM | 2 CommentsThe next step in Matt's journey to build his first PC...
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Part 1: A n00b In Need
05 March 2013 1:25 PM | 34 CommentsFor 6 long years I’ve sat here helping to shift boxes of things I don’t really understand. Don’t get me wrong, I know DDR5 memory is an improvement on DDR3 and that Intel’s Core i7 processor is a step up from their Core i5, but I don’t really know why. (Apparently, “cos it’s 2 more“ isn’t a sufficient answer!) So to try and expand my limited knowledge, and to keep me busy for the next few weeks, I’m going to roll up my shirt sleeves, do a bit of research and build a desktop PC from scratch.
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The Dabs Diamond Awards 2012!
14 January 2013 3:53 PM | 1 CommentIt was that time of year again as the great and the good of the technology industry gathered at the Midland Hotel in Manchester for the prestigious Diamond Awards 2012. With representatives from the biggest names in technology there, everyone waited with anticipation to see...
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Product News Archive
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The Microsoft Surface- the end of the Laptop?
Posted on June 27, 2012 | No CommentsHere in the Dabs office, we’re all very excited. And when I say we’re all very excited, what I really mean is I’m very excited. The tech-nerd in me has risen right to the top today as I have discovered Microsoft’s first ever tablet and... -
Building the ultimate video editing PC: Part 3
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsIf you’re a regular reader of our blog, you’ll have seen that talented animation designer Alex Amelines has been sharing his words of wisdom when it comes to building a PC for editing and creating videos. In his previous posts (part One and part Two)... -
Building the ultimate video editing PC: Part 2
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsIn the second of our posts looking at building the ultimate video editing PC, animation designer Alex Amelines provides additional advice on choosing the best component for building the ultimate video editing PC. This post looks at the best software to use, and discusses how... -
Black Ops 2: are you ready for it?
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsIf you thought the excitement couldn’t get any greater than with the original Black Ops, then you were wrong. Announced recently, Black Ops 2 is promising to deliver even more of what fans want. While it might almost be crossing over into Modern Warfare territory... -
3D Scanning on the HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275
Posted on March 19, 2012 | No CommentsCan new technology turn printing, copying and scanning from mundane to exciting? The HP TopShot is attempting to do just that, and here’s how. At Dabs.com we often come across new exciting technology – that’s a large part of why we do what we do... -
AMD Radeon 7700 series GPU
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsAMD are on a fast-paced launch schedule at the moment with a number of GPUs being launched, this week I’d like to have a quick look at the Radeon 7000 series, carrying with it the 28nm Graphics Core Next architecture first introduced in Tahiti. If... -
Western Digital WDTV Live Hub: first steps to a connected home
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsIf you hang around the Dabs team for more than about 3 minutes, you’ll undoubtedly hear the phrase ‘connected home’, in fact, you’ll probably hear a few times, the reason being is that we think it is not only the future but an imminent future... -
Top Tablets anticipated at MWC 2012
Posted on February 14, 2012 | No CommentsMobile World Congress starts in Barcelona on February 27th and it provides a great event for manufacturers to showcase not only their mobile phones but also the latest tablet devices. There are several tablets that fans of this form factor are hotly anticipating but let’s... -
Ultrabooks at CES 2012: HP Envy 14 Spectre
Posted on February 9, 2012 | No CommentsRounding off the look at three of the most desirable Ultrabooks at CES, where previously we looked at the Samsung series 9 and the Dell XPS 13, this post takes a look at the HP Envy 14 Spectre. One of the first things you’ll notice... -
Ultrabooks at CES 2012: Dell XPS 13
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe first post looking at the march of the Ultrabooks, focussed on the second generation Samsung Series 9. This is a premium machine with some of the highest specifications you’ll see on any laptop that falls into the Ultrabook category, but it is by no...