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Where are the test results?

Thanks for the article. As far as the non-sense resolution comments go, it doesn't matter what the resolution is for office work as long as it isn't too low for the screen size and distance viewed. People have been happy for a long time with Full HD up to 24". The real problem is the TV...

>But will this be compatible with now reversible USB cables and jacks?< From everything I read, it is.

USB 3.0 has a signaling speed of 5 gbps, 4 gbps total throughput, and ~3.2 gbps of usable. So hopefully with 3.1 we are talking about 6.4 gbps of usable throughput. Thunderbolt sounds far superior technologically, but the USB backwards compatibility has a usability advantage. Also keep in...

>The days of wired keyboard and mice are mostly over, even for desktops< You'll have a tough time making a case for that one. I'll agree that everybody tries them on a desktop at some point, and hence the market for them. Afterward, they realize they've traded a wire mess for a battery mess...

Here are some things I learned when researching video cards for the Dell Precision M6600 - The two brands of video cards are nVidia, and ATI/AMD. The choices are the default AMD FirePro M8900, or Quadro 3000M (+$300), 4000M (+$740), or 5010M (+$1640). - The ATI is by far the cheapest, and for...