The Xbox One costs $90 more to build than the PS4, according to estimates released this week by research firm IHS. The most expensive component for both consoles is the AMD APU, but the Xbox One’s Kinect sensor, at $75, accounts for the majority of the cost difference.
Apple advertised that the new iPad mini with Retina Display offered all of the advantages of the larger iPad Air in a smaller package. While that is mostly true, early reviews of the new mini reveal that it has noticeably poorer color reproduction than the Air and other competing tablets.
Modern Apple products are virtually impossible to upgrade, but it wasn’t always this way. Join us as we perform some invasive surgery, and upgrade the CPU, SSD, and RAM of an Early 2006 iMac.
Hard drive maker Western Digital is warning customers about a reported data loss issue related to OS X Mavericks and the company’s external hard drives. Western Digital recommends that users uninstall all of the company’s proprietary drive management software until the issue is solved.
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The Windows 8.1 upgrade caused some headaches for Surface RT owners. Many reported that their Redmond-designed tablets were experiencing significantly reduced battery life. Microsoft has now released a fix, but it requires some user intervention.
Promise Technology was one of the first companies to release Thunderbolt products in 2011, and now the company is the first to jump on the Thunderbolt 2 bandwagon. The newly-announced Pegasus2 RAID and SANLink Fibre Channel devices will take full advantage of the 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 bandwidth on the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro.
An Xbox One setup guide detailing placement options for Kinect 2.0 has leaked out of Brazil. According to the guide, the new Kinect will have to be positioned with limitations similar to its predecessor, but the device’s enhanced cameras and sensors will provide a much larger interaction area.
Apple had a ton of announcements today, including iPads, MacBooks, desktops, operating systems, and software. Get the full rundown of the key information.
Just as Apple is about to release an updated iPad line, rival Microsoft has launched its second effort in the tablet market. The Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, which feature significant performance upgrades over their predecessors, launch in 21 countries today.
This winter, tell your significant other there’s an economical reason to play video games all day. According to the folks at Puget Systems, a high-end gaming PC can heat a room just as well as a dedicated space heater for the same energy costs.