Which Specs Deserve Your Respect?

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Which Specs Deserve Your Respect? When it comes to buying a new computer, printer, camera, HDTV, phone, tablet, or storage drive, you can safely neglect certain specs. Here are the features to ignore, the ones to consider in some contexts and the specs you should actively seek out. - Senior Editor Tim Moynihan Desktop Gear Tips & Reviews 5 PC Upgrades Almost Everyone Does Wrong (and How to Do Them Right) Upgrading your PC's hardware can be easy, but there's a right way and a wrong way to do each task. Here are five upgrades that most users do a half-baked job on, and tips to help your upgrade go flawlessly. Share: Why You Can't Print Counterfeit Money on Your Color Laser A subtle background pattern generated by color laser printers helps authorities track counterfeit money or other documents back to the printer--and to the person who pressed the Print button. 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Here are the features to ignore, the ones to consider in some contexts and the specs you should actively seek out. Share: Micro Express MicroFlex 23B: Budget Desktop In Name (and Price) Only Micro Express' latest budget machine bucks the category trendsin all the right ways. Share: Downloads: Editor's Collection PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Files: May 2011Our reviewers can't get enough of utilities. Geeky stuff like benchmarking, drive partitioning, memory testing. Must-haves like desktop organizers and security helpers. Microsoft Office improvements. But we like to have fun, too, so we couldn't resist some great media software, sci-fi themepacks, and designing our own cursors. These are just the highlights from the merry month of May. PCMark Basic   3592 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Benchmarking Put your hardware through its paces, and then compare your performance online, with this free program. 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