Poll Results – How many monitors?

In our most recent poll, we asked our readers how many monitors they you use with their main computer. We have had almost 2,000 people vote on the poll and the numbers are in for us to go over and examine.

Among TweakTown readers and without too many surprises here, 57% use one monitor with their main computer setup. 32% use two monitors.

With the introduction of multi-screen gaming, we thought the following numbers would have been a little higher, but we can see that just 7% of our readers use three monitors and only 1% use four. We have some readers with certain monitor fetishes and 3% of them use five monitors or more!

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Ultra low voltage Core i7 1.46GHz mobile processor coming

We heard recently Intel was planning to spruce up the Ultraportable market at the top end with an ultra-low voltage processor that will fall into its premium Core i7 family with a clock speed of 1.33GHz. This scheduled for release some time during the summer period.

An update has just surfaced which lets us know there’s another higher performing ULV Core i7 chip coming soon; this will be clocked at 1.46GHz chip branded as the 680UM. This will have the same 18W thermal peak power as the lower clocked 1.33GHz model but will have the ability to clock right up to 2.53GHz when Turbo Boost mode is active.

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Japan Toys with Battery-Rechargeable Taxis

Japan’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has begun funding a field test of electric vehicles (EVs) with replaceable batteries. The test consists of three EVs, each one used as a taxi, which can putter into a battery replacement station built in Tokyo and have its battery replaced in about 60 seconds.

“It is much faster than charging a battery,” Better Place Japan said. “So, it will drastically improve the convenience of electric vehicles.”

All three taxis are stationed in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo and are operated by Nihon Kotsu Co Ltd. Powering the taxis are rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries made by A123 systems, each with a capacity of 17kWh.

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Review Roundup (4/23/2010)

The latest hardware reviews from around the web.

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AMD Preps Phenom II X6 1090Tand Other 6-Core Chips for Release Next Week

If you’re wanting to jump on the 6-core bandwagon without spending upwards of $1,000, the wait is almost over, folks. Next Tuesday, April 27, AMD is scheduled to release its Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition clocked at 3.2GHz, as well as a handful of other six-core processors.

AMD might have wanted to wait a little longer, but a few retailers outside of the U.S. have already listed the chips for sale, so there wouldn’t be much point in holding out much longer. And the time is ripe to go up against Intel anyway, whose only six-core chip is the ultra-pricey Core i7 980X.

Look for AMD to come out swinging with at least four different six-core CPUs next Tuesday, some of which are expected to debut with a 95W TDP.

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