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Article: Meet the new beast.(the moving picture)
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- May 1, 2009
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In case you're not aware, Intel recently launched a new processor line, code-named Nehalem. I had a chance to play with one of the first workstations available with the new processor, a 3.2gHz dual-processor, quad-core Z800 workstation that absolutely knocked the socks off the fastest computer that I have ever tested. If you recently bought a non-Nehalem-based computer, you're going to absolutely rue the decision.
As much as I'm a technology enthusiast, I'm also a skeptic when it comes to new products. I'll listen to the pitch, ooh and aah in appreciation of the brilliance of the new innovations, and then wipe the slate clean and test the product. The proof is in ...