27: HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast - June 27, 2011

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, June 27, 2011, 03:01 PM EDT

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave, Iyaz and Marco talk about AMD's decision to leave BAPCo, the Dell XPS 15z ultralight notebookm, Alienware's killer M14x notebook, and Logitech's sweet Z906 5.1 channel speaker system. We also talk a bit about our on-going "Dads and Grads" giveaway, which is in its final hours...

Show Notes:
01:10 - AMD Gives BAPCo the Bird, Chirps About Unfair SYSMark 2012 Benchmark
05:17 - Dell's XPS 15z Ultra Slim Notebook Review
09:12 - Logitech Z906 Speaker System Review
11:47 - Alienware M14x Sneak Peek
15:20 - Final "Dads and Grads" Contest Plug

Tags: AMD, Dell, contest, Geeks, Logitech, Alienware, Speakers, webcast, Z906, m14x, 15z, BAPCo

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