2.5 Geeks 7/19/17: Asus Zephyrus With NVIDIA Max-Q, Alienware 17, AMD EPYC And Xeon Scalable, ThinkPad X1 Tablet

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, July 20, 2017, 10:10 AM EDT

Welcome back for the latest episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks. In this webcast we'll be kicking around the Asus Zephyrus gaming notebook with NVIDIA's Max-Q design, the beastly Alienware 17, AMD EPYC And Xeon Scalable enterprise processor platforms, the ThinkPad X1 Tablet, our Retro-Amiga build and more!

Show Notes:
5:20 - Intel Xeon Scalable Debuts: Dual Xeon Platinum 8176 With 112 Threads Tested
13:00 - AMD Unveils EPYC 7000 Series Processors And Platform To Take On Intel In the Data Center
18:05 - ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 Review: A Thin, Powerful Max-Q Gaming Laptop
27:51 - Alienware 17 R4 2017 Gaming Laptop Review: Powerful And Refined
32:05 - Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet (2nd Gen) Review: A Nimble, Business-Class Convertible
41:15 - Build A Killer Amiga Emulator For Under $100 With The Raspberry Pi 3

Tags: Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Lenovo, Asus, Geeks, webcast

Marco Chiappetta

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