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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 – Mercury Playback Engine

Posted on September 1, 2010 by William George

Traditionally, over at least the past 15 years, the main role of a video card in a computer has been to accelerate 3D graphics. That is a large part of what has made modern computer games possible, and it has … Continue reading →

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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

Puget Picks: Antec CP-850w Power Supply

Posted on June 22, 2010 by William George

For most of the last decade we’ve carried Seasonic and Corsair power supplies as our the bulk of our lineup.  We’ve been extremely happy with both, but we’ve also slowly branched out and have been testing some other highly rated models.  Over the … Continue reading →

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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

Core i3/i5/i7 Processors – Making Sense of Intel’s New CPU Line

Posted on January 15, 2010 by William George

When Intel first debuted the Core i7 processor line, code-named Nehalem, in late 2008 it made perfect sense.  This line of quad-cores brought several new technologies: Turbo Mode, integrated memory controllers, triple-channel RAM, and Hyperthreading (making a comeback from the … Continue reading →

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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

TV Tuner Update – 2010

Posted on January 7, 2010 by William George

It has been almost two years since I last wrote on the subject of TV tuners in computers, and a lot has changed since then.  Over-the-air TV signals have finally gone all-digital, and many cable providers have reduced or dropped … Continue reading →

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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

Minor Hiccup on New Intel SSDs

Posted on July 24, 2009 by William George

It seems like everyone has been excited about the recent release of Intel’s second-generation solid state drives (SSDs) this week. I am the proud owner of one of the first-gen models, and the idea that more affordable models will help … Continue reading →

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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

Windows 7 Release Candidate – Awesome OS, free for 10 months!

Posted on May 9, 2009 by William George

Earlier this week Microsoft made public the release candidate for their next OS – Windows 7. It is available as a free download from them, which will be good until March of 2010 (with limited usability for a few months … Continue reading →

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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

A little clarification about TV tuners

Posted on March 12, 2008 by William George

So during our Puget tech support/production meeting yesterday it was decided to stop carrying TV tuners for a while.  The idea is that we need to step back and see what hardware is out there, what our customers are expecting, … Continue reading →

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