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  1. 12-30-2008, 05:58 AM #1
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    Dear All


    Today is 30 December and 2008 EOL is very near

    But one question!!

    Q: In your mind what was major event of 2008 in hardware industry?

    Please feel free to post your mind! its your final post in 2008, maybe!

    Thank you,
    All the Best
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  2. 12-30-2008, 06:05 AM #2
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    ati handing nvidia its butt with its new card release?

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  3. 12-30-2008, 09:21 AM #3
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    i think P45 was the best part of 2k8
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  4. 12-30-2008, 10:10 AM #4
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    The move to 45nm.
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    Quote Originally Posted by saki_bomber View Post
    ati handing nvidia its butt with its new card release?

    Not to mention at a more affordable prices which right now, is a good thing.
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  8. 12-30-2008, 03:42 PM #8
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    i really like how much Intel improve their CPUs with new stepping revisions

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    im also thinking that next year or the year affter will be the year of the ssd, i think that this year was the netbook
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    HD48x0 launch no doubt

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    Radeon HD 4800 launch, Core i7 launch, or netbooks becoming quite mainstream.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deux View Post
    HD48x0 launch no doubt
    +1, it changed the GPU landscape completely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakyb View Post
    q6600 retailing for £120 had to do it for me
    Great Post
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