tag:scoop.intel.com,2009:/cgi-bin/mt//feed/todd_christ 2009-11-23T19:09:04Z Movable Type 4.21-en 17 1 17 tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3652 2009-11-20T17:18:22Z 2009-11-20T17:54:31Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com Yes… I believe the time has come to replaced ‘ye ol shared pc’ in the house. Our little DELL has been great! Other than a dead power supply during the first year (replaced under warranty) - it still runs ‘ok’... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3621 2009-11-09T20:19:04Z 2009-11-09T20:34:01Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com This was passed along to me on Twitter today, thought I’d share it with the Scoop audience. Awesome video showcasing how sand is turned into one of the worlds most innovative use of silicon - the Intel Core Processor!... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3617 2009-11-04T18:54:44Z 2009-11-04T19:21:19Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com Computers have changed our daily schedule so much in the past few years, and as we slowly creep into the holiday season, what is on top of your holiday list this season? Do you envision building the baddest of Core... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3577 2009-10-22T14:07:07Z 2009-10-22T14:06:36Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com I’ve been dying to do this upgrade for a while, and I finally did the upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate! Yes, I said “upgrade”, mostly because I just wasn’t ready to do a full OS rebuild on my Core i7.... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3437 2009-09-22T21:54:00Z 2009-09-25T05:13:54Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com When people ask me for recommendations on buying (or building) a new PC, my first question is ‘How much do you want to spend’ - because like anything, you usually get what you pay for. Everyone who’s wanted Intel Core... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3318 2009-09-08T20:37:58Z 2009-09-09T16:42:30Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com If you've been waiting for the Core i5 Processor - then wait no longer! This CPU was just released and the reviews look pretty darned amazing! The newest Core i5 45nm chips give you multi-threaded performance for faster multi-tasking,... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3291 2009-09-02T18:20:19Z 2009-09-02T18:24:30Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com This video gives a whole new meaning to ‘durable computing’… and for those of you who don’t like math… 70C is 158F (that’s HOT!)... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3271 2009-08-26T16:30:09Z 2009-08-27T23:36:50Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com Ok - I’ll be totally honest here… when I was first invited to goto Blizzcon - I hesitated. Why? Well, for one - I’m not a Warcraft player, I’ve seen Starcraft, and many of my friends have lost countless... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3260 2009-08-24T18:00:28Z 2009-08-24T18:08:32Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com From my previous Blizzcon blogs, you know that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Diablo 3 have been previewed already - but many of you are die-hard Starcraft fans too! Whether you’re a Protoss, Terran or Zerg - this to be... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3256 2009-08-22T19:54:02Z 2009-08-23T02:41:23Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com As an online gamer, I’m pretty used to ‘community’ practices - finding friends, joining clans, online forums - but this Blizzard crew blows them all away! I’ve had a chance to walk the whole floor, and the amount of energy... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3217 2009-08-14T21:00:39Z 2009-08-14T21:00:03Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com Blizzcon - a massive event for the most Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) creator - BLIZZARD Entertainment! Yes - the software monstrosity that brings us games like StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft is having their annual Blizzcon... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3166 2009-07-30T21:33:43Z 2009-08-14T20:27:15Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com I remember attending my first LAN Party back in the mid-90s - a small group of us; maybe 8 to 10 people at a friend's house. We played Quake 2 for about 10 hours... It wasn't so much the game-time... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3118 2009-07-02T21:09:10Z 2009-07-02T21:28:54Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com $80,000 in prizes are up for grabs. When gamers get together - great things happen! I’m going to give this site a shot and try my best to frag some of the finest in gaming… that’s right, I’m going... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3075 2009-06-16T18:01:54Z 2009-06-17T14:24:35Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com Each year, I get the opportunity to volunteer at our local campus to help setup Kid to Work Day - many companies have promoted this type of activity where the employees can bring their kids to work to see what... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.3022 2009-05-20T18:01:58Z 2009-05-20T19:24:33Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com As an update to my previous blog, I did take the multitude of responses and added a 2nd video card to my home PC, and the experience only got better! Now the Core i7 has increased input from the SSD,... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.2757 2009-02-23T21:59:16Z 2009-02-24T03:16:26Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com This past weekend I was able to upgrade my home PC with the latest in Intel hardware - wow I love this stuff! Motherboard: Intel DX58SO (Smackover) - cool demo Processor: Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Processor (3.2GHz) SSD: Intel... tag:scoop.intel.com,2009://27.2747 2009-02-19T18:08:13Z 2009-02-19T19:27:39Z Todd Christ http://scoop.intel.com From my previous blog, many of you now know that I’m into PC gaming - but that’s just a glimpse of what I use my PC for. The modern PC is a “media engine”. I’m upgrading my PC at home...