2.5 Geeks 4/25/19: Area-51m, Intel 9th Gen, Zen 2, Maingear Vybe, Optane Memory H10, And More

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In this episode of HotHardware’s Two And Half Geeks, Marco, Chris, and Dave chat about Intel's Optane Memory H10 for laptops, Maingear's hot new, affordable Vybe gaming PC, Alienware's killer Area-51m flagship gaming laptop, Intel's new 9th Gen mobile processors, expectations for AMD's Ryzen 3000-series Zen 2 chips, Apple's sinister plan to squeeze Qualcomm royalties and more!


Show Notes:
04:42 - Intel Optane Memory H10 Review: Hybrid SSD Storage Acceleration
18:08 - Maingear Vybe 2019 Review: Fast, Quiet, Clean, And Ready To Ship
30:05 - Alienware Area-51m Review With Benchmarks And Teardown
44:00 - Intel Launches New 9th Gen Mobile CPUs Punctuated By 8-Core Chips, WiFi 6 And A Desktop Refresh
52:12 - AMD Ryzen 3000 Zen 2 CPUs Expected For Computex Keynote Debut With Key Performance Lift
59:40 - Apple’s Sinister Plan To Squeeze Qualcomm IP Royalty Payments Was Hatched Years Ago
Marco Chiappetta

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