Recent content by theclouds

I'm not at all worried about the CPU. The GPU is not bad: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-740M.89900.0.html Looking at the benchmarks at a pretty standard laptop resolution of 1366 x 768, you can expect around 30 FPS on medium settings on the bottom end. Some games you'll see 50+...

It sounds like you are looking for a desktop replacement for gaming. There is a huge market for the portable gaming market: http://www.xoticpc.com/ or http://www.falcon-nw.com/ Some considerations: You'll be sacrificing battery life which I understand is important for laptop users. The...

Humble Bundle gets my vote. Incredible value, and for a good cause. Even though I have the games already, I bought two bundles to gift my friends (so they could go on co-op). If this trends continues, I might not find myself preordering new titles outright....except BF4 - can't wait!

Kudos to Piranha for organizing this. Not only is this a good deed but a community is built around it as well.

First, to get most components and devices to simply work Windows Update does a splendid job. For performance-oriented components such as video cards where driver updates may mean the difference between stable frame rates for different gaming applications, updating the newest drivers are a...

Getting a patent requires money...something of which Microsoft has plenty. How they choose to spend it is something else entirely...I wish Bill was back.

Sounds like a niche cross between Oculus Rift and Google Glass. Definitely interested in seeing some prototypes.

Have it replaced under warranty while you still have it. One year worth of dust (unless you live in the desert) is not going to result in the performance drop from heat you are describing. Personally, only take apart a laptop if there were no warranty to void/nothing to lose.

3 cents an hour isn't going to help me much, but I'm interested in donating to charity. Hopefully there is a choice to select which charity. If there are enough donors it might actually make a financial difference. I'm going to cautiously check this out.