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Why Manufacturers Monitor Specs are Meaningless
Both the staff and forum members here at OCC know the importance of specifications when making hardware purchasing decisions, but knowing how to interpret the specifications manufacturers quote is just as important as the numbers themselves. For example, we know very well that processor speed in raw megahertz isn't always a reliable indicator of performance. In the case of displays, how manufacturers arrive at the numbers they choose to publish can essentially mean they provide no meaningful insight whatsoever. In an article for Maximum PC, Dr. Raymond Soneira (president of DisplayMate Technologies Corporation) sets out in clear and thorough terms just how manufacturers artificially inflate specifications such as contrast ratios or response times in order to claim an advantage over the competition.
All of this leads to confusion amongst consumers (higher numbers must be better right?), with marketing winning out over providing standardised specifications that can actually be used to compare products. Dr. Soneira's call for the creation of an independent organization that could provide the framework for a standardised way of measuring and advertising display specs seems to be an eminently sensible one.
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BFG to Leave Graphics Card Market
Today is a sad day in the world of graphics cards as BFG has announced that it is leaving that segment behind. The company made a formal announcement today that the graphic cards portion is no longer profitable for it, so after eight years in the business, BFG is leaving that portion of the market. It will still produce power supplies, desktops, and laptops, but as for the graphics cards that made them famous, that is no more. BFG will still provide RMA support for all graphics cards currently available and in use, as well as for all other products it makes. The company will still evaluate the graphics card market going forward so there is hope that we will see more BFG cards at some point, but as of now, that is no longer the case. Have an opinion on it? Feel free to discuss it in our forums.
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HP Says WebOS to Come to Tablets and Web-Connected Printers
It seems that HP is going to make good use of the Palm acquisition as the CEO of HP, Mark Hurd, said the company has big plans for webOS in future tablet and web-connected printers. Now, HP bought Palm at the end of last month and it had been rumored ever after that future devices from it would contain Palm's webOS, so this news should not come as too much of a surprise. It makes sense to have webOS powering future tablet devices, as the rumored Hurricane tablet is supposed to be based on, but web-connected printers is a bit more of a head scratcher. The current web-connected printers from HP are pretty advanced, being able to check on the news, weather, and print from the web, but the touchscreens only support one finger. A webOS-based printer could enable multi touch support and possible multitasking, but aside from those two, I do not see much more it can do. Still though, it should be interesting to see what HP can come up with. As for the tablet it is supposedly making, it is good to know that it or any future ones will use webOS to better compete with the iPad.
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