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Digital Content Producer and millimeter Contributing Writer Jan Ozer puts select workstations to the test.

Edit Expertise: Test Drive: HP xw4600

By Jan Ozer

The HP xw4600 workstation, configured with the new 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (quad-core) processor, hits a real sweet spot for Adobe and Sony video editing applications. For other digital content-creation tasks, performance depended upon both application and project type, but we'll get to that in a moment...




Test Drive: HP xw8400

By Jan Ozer

There are (at least) two reasons to buy a really powerful multi-core computer: to accelerate the performance of one application, and to allow you to work...




Edit Expertise: Test Drive: HP xw8400

By Jan Ozer

When testing multiple-processor computers, the phrase to remember is, A woman can have a baby in nine months, but nine women can't have a baby in one...




Edit Expertise: Test Drive: Dell Precision 390

By Jan Ozer

The dual-core Dell Precision Workstation 390 can support the fastest Intel Core 2 Extreme processor available, cutting rendering times in some of our...









Edit Expertise: Test Drive: HP xw4400

By Jan Ozer

Intel and AMD have been spewing new CPU architectures at an alarming rate from hyper-threaded to multiprocessor to multiprocessor/hyper-threaded, and...



Edit Expertise: Platform Shootout

By Jan Ozer

Every once in a while, it's fun to bring in a range of computers and see how they compare performance-wise. Certainly, the cross-platform capability of...


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