X38 Comparison Part 1: DDR2 Motherboards

October 31st, 2007 No Comments »

Enhanced features separate Intel’s X38 from its acclaimed P35 Express, but last-minute revisions have delayed final-revision boards for several weeks. Was it worth the wait?

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Login & Keychain Update 1.0

October 30th, 2007 No Comments »

About Login & Keychain Update 1.0
This update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306804.

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Login & Keychain Update 1.0

October 30th, 2007 No Comments »

About Login & Keychain Update 1.0
This update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306804.

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Intel’s 45 nm Penryn CPU: 4 GHz Air Cooled

October 29th, 2007 No Comments »

Four cores, 45 nm structures and overclocking up to 4 GHz make Intel’s Penryn Core 2 CPUs faster and more efficient. How bad does it look for AMD?

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Server Admin Tools 10.5

October 26th, 2007 No Comments »

About Server Admin Tools 10.5

This installer contains remote administration tools, documentation, and utilities that you can
install on a computer other than your server. For more information on how to use the
included software, see the Documentation folder.

Installers

The Server Administration Software installer package contains tools for remote server
administration. These applications require Mac OS X version 10.5 or later.

If you received this administration tools disc with an Xserve, the Apple Xserve Diagnostics
software is also available for diagnosing certain Xserve hardware issues.

Server Assistant

Use the Server Assistant application to install or set up Mac OS X Server on a remote
computer. Server Assistant is primarily used for the set up of Xserve systems without an
attached display.

Server Preferences and Server Status widget

The Server Preferences application and Server Status widget are for remote administration
and monitoring of your server when set up in either the standard or workgroup server
configurations.

Server Admin

The Server Admin application is for remote administration of one or more servers. It can be
used to manage file share points, configure service settings, monitor server activity, and
provide detailed logging information for each of the running services.

Server Monitor

Server Monitor is for the remote monitoring and management of one or more Xserve
systems.

Workgroup Manager

Use Workgroup Manager to remotely manage users, groups, and computer accounts in
advanced server deployments. Workgroup Manager is also used to set and manage
preferences for Mac OS X users.

System Image Utility

The System Image Utility application is for the creation and customization of NetBoot and
NetInstall images.

Xgrid Admin

The Xgrid Admin application allows administrators to remotely manage clusters and
monitor the activity of controllers, agents, and the status of jobs on the grid.

QuickTime Broadcaster

Use QuickTime Broadcaster along with QuickTime Streaming Server to produce
professional-quality live events. The QuickTime Broadcaster application can be used to
capture live audio and video streams and transmit them to QuickTime Streaming Server for
redistribution.

Documentation

Mac OS X Server includes onscreen help and a suite of orientation and administrative
guides. The Documentation folder contains the Getting Started guide in PDF format.
Additional guides are available on the Apple Server Documentation website at: www.apple.com/server/documentation

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Does Cache Size Really Boost Performance?

October 24th, 2007 No Comments »

Intel’s Core 2 processors run the gamut with 1 MB, 2 MB and 4 MB of second-level cache. After comparing all three options at a 2.4 GHz clock speed, we learned that the importance of L2 cache must not be underestimated.

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AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition

October 22nd, 2007 No Comments »

Exciting news about AMD’s new unlocked X2 5000+ Black Edition. Complete with test results and comparisons

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The Truth About PC Power Consumption

October 19th, 2007 No Comments »

AMD and Intel stress idle and max power use by their processors and platforms. To tell the whole story, we look at how much power typical systems consume over time, under different workloads.

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Parallel Processing, Part 2: RAM and HDD

October 17th, 2007 No Comments »

The second part of this article series deals with the differences between single and dual channel memory, and the performance benefits of using RAID with two or even four hard drives.

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Parallel Processing, Part 1: CPU Cores

October 8th, 2007 No Comments »

Clock speed is only one part of the story. More and more PC components are laid out with multiple units to increase performance via parallelism. In part 1 of this article series, we compare single, dual and quad cores CPUs using identical architectures and clock speeds.

Original post by Dock

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