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Marco Chiappetta

Managing Editor

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com

Recent posts

AMD CTO Phil Hester Resigns

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Apr 11, 2008

It's no secrect that AMD is struggling as of late due to problems executing and to intense competition from Intel and NVIDIA. In the last few months a number of high ranking executives has resigned, the latest of which appears to be Phil Hester, the company's CTO."(AP) - The chief technology officer and vice president of chip... Read more...

OCZ Announces World’s Fastest 4GB DDR2 Kit

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Apr 10, 2008

OCZ Technology Announces World’s Fastest 4GB Kit, the Innovative PC2-9200 Flex II DDR2 Series High-Speed, High-Density Flex II Memory Modules Harness the Overclocking Capabilities of Water Cooled Systems Sunnyvale, CA - April 10, 2008 - OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative... Read more...

ASUS Unveils Essentio CS5110 Mini PC

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Apr 10, 2008

ASUS Takes the Mini PC to a Mighty Level with Essentio CS5110 Taipei, Taiwan – Extensive research and development have resulted in ASUS innovations that help pack more versatility and performance into compact frames. Packed with innovations, the ASUS Essentio CS5110 is a Mini PC that features exceptional graphics performance as its main focus... Read more...

NVIDIA Introduces Fastest GeForce Platforms

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Apr 10, 2008

NVIDIA Introduces Fastest GeForce Platforms Ever—Optimized For Gaming PCs New GeForce 9-Series GPUs, NVIDIA nForce 790i-Series MCPs, and NVIDIA SLI Multi-GPU Technology Reinvigorate the PC Market with Best Performance, Power, and Price SANTA CLARA, CA—APRIL 10, 2008—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq:... Read more...

Asetek LCLC - Low Cost Liquid Cooling System

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Apr 10, 2008

Just in case you missed the new link at the top of the home page, we're here to let you know that we have just posted a new article in which we evaluate the features and performance of the Asetek LCLC, Low Cost Liquid Cooling system. The LCLC may resemble other water cooling setups but... Read more...

NVIDIA Wants To Optimize Your PC

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 09, 2008

NVIDIA just launched a new optimized PC Configurator on the company's website designed to educate consumers on the importance of a GPU in overall system performance. The configurator website states that "At least half of the PCs shipped today have an underpowered GPU...You need the right CPU / GPU mix for the best experience. Whether you're Read more...

Dell To Enter The Ultra-Portable Fray

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 09, 2008

Yesterday news regarding the availability of HP's ultra portable Mini-Note PC broke and generated some buzz. But ever since ASUS first unveiled the EeePC other players like Everex, Acer, and ECS, among others, have all announced or introduced similar, relatively low priced, portable solutions. And according to a story posted on... Read more...

Intel Simplifies Data Center Connectivity

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 09, 2008

Intel Simplifies Data Center Connectivity with Industry-First FCoE Adapters STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD, Orlando, Fla., April 8, 2008 – Intel Corporation today announced Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support on its family of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) server adapters. The company has... Read more...

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 512MB

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 09, 2008

Today at HotHardware we take a look at NVIDIA’s latest entrant into the mid-range workstation graphics card market, the QuadroFX 3700. This card has an MSRP of about $1,700, which puts it smack-dab in between the price tags of NVIDIA's mid-range and ultra-high-end products, although street prices for the QuadroFX 3700 are much lower than its... Read more...

$499 HP 2133 Mini-Note PC Available

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Apr 08, 2008

HP has a new ultra portable notebook available for purchase today, that seems poised to do battle with ASUS' upcoming 8.9" version of the EeePC. The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC is offered in a wide variety of configurations with price points starting at $499. At the moment, five different pre-configured options are listed on the HP website,... Read more...

Which Hue Are You? MS Unveils New Mouse Colors

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Apr 08, 2008

Which Hue Are You? Microsoft’s Best-Selling Mouse Now Available in Colors to Match Your Individual Style Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 offers consumers five vibrant choices to complement today’s computers REDMOND, Wash. - April 8, 2008 - Today Microsoft Corp. announced plans to issue... Read more...