I was looking at Pricegrabber this morning and it seems more stores are carrying the upcoming AMD Triple Core Phenom 50-series processors are up for sale! The AMD Phenom 8650 Triple Core Processor is currently running $185.99 over at TheNerds.net if anyone is interested. The AMD Phenom 8750 Triple Core Processor runs $218.99 for those looking for a higher clock frequency of 2.4GHz

Newegg is also selling this pair of triple-core AMD Phenom X3 processors! The Phenom X3 8750 will run you $195 and the Phenom X3 8650 runs in at $165. Newegg seems like the place to go for Phenoms!

AMD Phenom triple-core processors, expected to be the worlds first PC processors to integrate three computational cores on a single die of silicon, can help deliver the visual experience, performance and multitasking capabilities of true multi-core technology to a broader audience. Offering state-of-the-art platforms and a next-generation architecture with expected availability in Q1 2008, the industrys only x-86 triple-core desktop processor shows why AMDs the smarter choice, with its expanded portfolio for customers to offer platforms with unique multi-core options.

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A new era of performance and manageability ThinkCentre M Series continues to expand cost- and management-control capabilities; providing enterprise users and IT managers with smarter ways to be more productive. Our latest models offer improved overall system performance; optimized for the most demanding applications; from video editing to 2D/3D image design and more. Expanded power management compatibilities help you achieve new levels of energy efficiency; while Dual Independent Display (DID) support enables you to view up to four screens simultaneously. Lower costs while improving productivity across your enterprise.

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Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 is now being run on one of our computers as a production machine.
Our set up is that all workstations connect to our domain server and all data is stored on that server so there is no locally stored data. Thus we can test Windows 7 in a real working environment without the risk of losing any data if things go seriously wrong.
The first viewing of Windows 7 beta left us unimpressed, however this release does seem a litle better.
It installed fine. Just a little annoyance when first installing there is a long delay without any progress bar while the disk is being formatted. Beyond that the install was trouble free. Most drivers were installed without the need for manufacturers disks but when we did the Vista drivers seemed to work OK.
We connected it to the domain without problem and at first glance it appeared to access the local network with better response times than Vista.
Internet access also seems to be improved.
The comparison with Vista is acute because we have set both machines to use a single keyboard, mouse and monitor via a KVM switch. Transferring from Vista to Win7 goes a dream, however there is a delay before mouse and keyboard respond when going from Win7 to Vista.
We are not installing MS Office on this machine yet but we have installed Open Office, Firefox & Thunderbird, Opera, Safari and FileZilla all of which loaded fine and seem to work without issues.
We installed Free AVG antivirus (Vista version) pro temp and this seems to be fine.
We are only at the end of our first 24 hours of testing so it is early days.
We will keep you posted of significant issues as we find them.

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