Editor profile

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

New Poll: Your Next SmartPhone?

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jul 24, 2007

With all of the recent hype surrounding Apple's iPhone, it seems more and more people are ditching, or at least thinking about ditching, their basic, 'mono-tasker' mobile phones in favor of multifunction SmartPhones. And although Apple has clearly been getting the lion's share of press coverage lately, there are a ton of other popular SmartPhones... Read more...

New VIA Nano-ITX Mainboard for

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jul 24, 2007

New VIA Nano-ITX Mainboard for Healthcare, Retail and Industrial Applications VIA EPIA NR Nano-ITX mainboard offers unrivalled storage and I/O flexibility and native dual LVDS support in a low profile, fanless package for highly tailored embedded systems Taipei, Taiwan, 24 July 2007 - VIA... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jul 24, 2007

Video & Audio: Foxconn GeForce 8600 GTS Review @ OCC The Abit AirPace Wireless Audio Device Review @ TechwareLabs Edifier MP300 Portable Speaker System @ Techgage Processors:... Read more...

Friday is System Administrator Appreciation Day

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jul 23, 2007

A fun e-mail just landed in the in-box that we thought some of you would like to see. It seems that some folks at Intel have gotten together and come up with a cool appreciation website and set of videos that will bring a tear (of laughter) to a seasoned sysadmin's eye. Did you know that... Read more...

Crysis: Hands-On (Part One)

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jul 23, 2007

The folks over at Digital Entertainment News got a chance to sit down in front of a high-end Toshiba notebook and play a pre-release build of the highly anticipated DX10 game Crysis. As you'll see, they came away thoroughly impressed. Considering our first hand experience with Crysis at a couple of NVIDIA sponsored events and in the MS booth... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jul 23, 2007

Video: Foxconn 8600GTS-256 OC 700/2200 @ HardwareLogic WinFast HDTV Cinema TV Tuner card @ Modders-Inc.com XFX Fatal1ty Geforce Overclocked 7600 GT @ Tweaknews.net Samsung SyncMaster 971P 19-inch LCD Monitor @ ThinkComputers.org... Read more...

Abit IP35 Pro and AB9 QuadGT Motherboards

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jul 23, 2007

We’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware, in which we evaluate the features, overclockability, and performance of two Abit-built motherboards, the IP35 Pro (P35) and AB9 QuadGT (P965) for Intel LGA775-based processors. Here’s a snip from the piece...... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Jul 20, 2007

Video: BFG Tech GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 @ TR BFG 8600 GTS OC2 @ Technic3D AMD Gemini 2600XT Preview @ InsideHW.com Processors: Revisiting the Past Part 1: Dual-Core... Read more...

AMD Consumer Electronics Event in NYC