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Marco Chiappetta

Managing Editor

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com

Recent posts

Will Windows Vista Run On Your Computer?

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 12, 2006

Microsoft's next major operating system release isn't quite ready for prime-time just yet, but we're sure many of you are wondering whether or not your rigs will be able to handle Vista when it arrives. The crew at PC Mechanic aims to answer some questions about Vista's hardware requirements in this article. Some... Read more...

Inside Intel Core Microarchitecture

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 12, 2006

If you want to get a head start and brush up on some of the technologies incorporated into Intel's upcoming "Core" microarchitecture, Hardware Secrets has a new tutorial posted that'll give you some background. And be sure to check out our preliminary Conroe performance metrics while you're at it. "The new Intel Core... Read more...

Woz Interview

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Apr 11, 2006

There is an interesting Q&A posted on the Seattle Times web site with Apple co-founder, and personal idol of mine, Steve Wozniak. If you want to learn more about Woz, and gain some insight into the beginnings of Apple Computer and his relationship with the other Steve, take some time and check this out. "Q. You were working... Read more...

Sapphire Toxic Radeon X1900 XTX

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Apr 10, 2006

**Update: Sapphire re-branded this product the Toxic Radon X1900 XTX after our review was published. Sapphire has been one of ATI's premier board partners for quite some time now. Their products tend to be very similar to those available directly from ATI themselves, but Sapphire does take additional steps to differentiate their offerings... Read more...

The State of 3D: April 2006

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Apr 07, 2006

Josh from PenStarSys has just posted his latest take on the state of 3D. Josh always has some insightful commentary on the 3D industry in these articles and he gives enough history and background information to make even a newbie feel like an expert after reading. "NVIDIA started out in something... Read more...

Apple: iMAC Windows Benchmarks Revealed

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Apr 07, 2006

Rahul Sood has posted some benchmarks in his blog of an Intel powered Apple iMac running Windows XP. There were some graphical anomalies, and overall Rahul characterized performance as being similar to a "mid-range notebook". Not earth shattering performance by any means, but interesting info nonetheless."We finally benchmarked... Read more...

Radeon X1800 GTO to X1800 XL Mod?

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Apr 07, 2006

The post is not in english, but the pictures at HKEPC tell the whole story. It seems that some (perhaps all) Radeon X1800 GTO cards can be easily modified to unlock the additional 4 pipelines lurking within the R520 GPU. HKEPC used an HIS card, and simply flashed the BIOS with a modified version that unlocked the additional pipelines.... Read more...

Kingston Launches Fully Buffered DIMM Memory Modules

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 05, 2006

Kingston Launches Fully Buffered DIMM Memory Modules Kingston FB-DIMMs Offer Cutting-Edge Solutions, Driving the Market to a New Standard by Breaking the 16GB-Memory Barrier. Fountain Valley, CA – (April 5, 2006), Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent worldwide leader in... Read more...

ATI "Spring Loaded CrossFire" Contest

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 05, 2006

ATI Starts Spring Off With A Bang -- Enter the "Spring Loaded CrossFire" contest to win great ATI prizes From April 4th to May 15, 2006 hardcore gamers will have the chance to win one of nine CrossFire prize packs featuring two Radeon graphics cards, an Asus motherboard and three fantastic game titles. To enter, just visit www.ati.com/springloaded.... Read more...

Polywell Mini-Box2 939NP Evaluation