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

Intel Launches Climate Savers Initiative

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jun 12, 2007

Intel and Google Join with Dell, EDS, EPA, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, World Wildlife Fund and Others to Launch Climate Savers Computing Initiative Broad effort organized to drive energy-efficient computing; goal to save $5.5 billion in energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 54 million tons per... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jun 12, 2007

Video: PNY XLR8 8800 Ultra Overclocked @ I4U Diamond PVR560 XtremeTV Tuner Card Review @ OCC Motherboards & Chipsets: MSI P35 Neo Combo @ CPU3D... Read more...

Asus Eee PC Hands On Preview

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jun 11, 2007

Asus made quite a splash at the Computex show last week with the introduction of their Eee PC, a low cost, highly portable machine slated to compete with the OLPC project. At price points of $199 and $299 for 4GB and 8GB Solid State Flash drive-equipped models, respectively. This exclusive first-ever hands-on showcase of the machine shows... Read more...

PC owner takes on Gateway

by Marco Chiappetta - Sun, Jun 10, 2007

How would you react if you bought a totally new PC, set it up, and right out of the box there seemed to be a problem? And then after speaking to the manufacturer numerous times, you were told you could no longer get free technical support, the company wouldn't repair the PC, and that you couldn't sue because there was a clause in the original... Read more...

PC + Digital Cable = Broken

by Marco Chiappetta - Sat, Jun 09, 2007

Here's what happens when you mix overly restrictive DRM technologies with the bureaucracy of cable companies, the MPAA, the FCC, ATI/AMD, and numerous other players. MaximumPC is working on a review of three home theater PCs for an upcoming issue, and while they were impressed with many facets of the machines, they came away disappointed... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Jun 08, 2007

Video: ATI R200 Linux Driver Redux @ Phoronix NVIDIA GeForce Mainstream Roundup @ Hardware Upgrade XP vs. Vista - A Tale of Framerates: Redux @ [H] Motherboards & Chipsets:... Read more...

Random Image From Computex - Intel and AMD

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Jun 08, 2007

I spy with my little eye something that doesn't belong! Here's a clue, it's big, square, and green. Yep, you guessed it. It's the oddly placed, lone AMD umbrella flanked by dozens of Intel umbrellas outside of an eatery at this year's Computex... ... Read more...

MSI P35 Platinum Motherboard

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Jun 08, 2007

Just in case you're the type who likes to scroll right down to the news, we wanted to let you know that we've just posted a new article in which we evaluate the features, layout, overclockability and performance of MSI's brand-new P35 Platinum motherboard for Intel LGA775-based processors. We tested the board at both 1066MHz and 1333MHz front... Read more...

New DirectX Redist Available from Microsoft

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jun 07, 2007

Microsoft has released a new DirectX redistributable package into the wild for virtually all versions of Windows, including Vista. This is a DX9.0c update that's not going to show up on the Windows Update website, but it is an official release. "This download provides the DirectX end-user... Read more...

CoolIT / ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Overclock Video

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jun 07, 2007

We were just sent a link to an interesting video by the folks at CoolIT - the makers of the Freezone and the custom liquid / TEC hybrid cooling apparatus used in the Dell XPS 710 H2C Performance Gaming System. The video shows off CoolIT's new Radeon HD 2900 XT cooler at work overclocking a... Read more...

Intel To Re-Enter Discreet GPU Market in 2008

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jun 07, 2007

According to a story on Digitimes today, Intel has already reached out to a number of potential partners and laid out some preliminary plans to enter the discreet GPU market in 2008. Rumors of Intel re-entering the discreet GPU market have been circulating since this job post was made on their... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Jun 06, 2007

Video: ATI Chips Comparison Table @ Hardware Secrets Dell UltraSharp 2707WFP @ Processors: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 processor @ TR Motherboards... Read more...

Computex 2007: Intel, FIC, Albatron, Gigabyte