The curved NEC monitor with 2880×900 pixel resolution will be available for purchase in July, so if you have $7999 lying around that you need to spend on something, pick up the CRV43 for yourself (and one for me too). Buy: NEC The unique 43″ (42.8″ VIS) NEC CRV43 curved display delivers an immersive and [...]
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Ben’s latest creation is an Xbox 360 portable. This thing is pretty cool, but doesn’t appear to be as “portable” as some of his other projects. Still it’s nice to be able carry around your console without having to search for a tv to connect it to when you need your next Gears of War [...]
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While Steve Jobs sits on his claim that Blu-ray is a “bag of hurt”, Psystar has released an “Open Computer” that features both a Blu-ray optical disc drive and the nVidia 9800GT graphics card. Meanwhile, Apple and Psystar are currently involved in Alternative Dispute Resolution after Apple sued and Psystar countersued. I’m not sure how [...]
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MSI added two AMD-powered gaming laptops to their lineup for those who may not be inclined to purchase MSI’s Intel-powered offerings (the GX620 and the GX720). The new AMD-powered laptops are the GX630 and the GT735. Both feature a Turion X2 Ultra dual-core processor with the ability to be overclocked by up to 15% at [...]
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According to Gizmodo, some Apple retailers have been told that the Mac Mini is no longer available for order. The Mini has been Apple’s worst-selling computer of late, but it still held an important role as being the most affordable Mac ever. If this news holds out to be true, it will be a sad [...]
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Best Buy has started selling the ASUS Eee PC 900A for under $300 — $299.99 to be exact. This isn’t the ASUS model with the 800MHz Intel Celeron processer, but instead, this ASUS Eee PC 900A features the newer, more powerful Intel Atom N270 running at 1.6GHz. Buy: ASUS Eee PC 900A Product Features From [...]
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Watch Jonathan Ive, Dan Riccio, and Bob Mansfield talk about the design of the new MacBook and MacBook Pro. I was admittedly skeptical when I first heard the rumors that Apple would be able to make such a manufacturing process economically feasible. Looks like I was wrong.
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Last quarter, 2.5 million Macs were sold, and the last several quarters have seen double and triple market growth. Apple retail stores see an average of 400,000 visitors a day. 50% of the Macs sold at retail stores are to new Mac customers. Macs at major universities has increased from 15% to 50%. In Q1-Q3 [...]
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Apple will hold a special, invitation-only event on October 14 at 10AM PST at their headquarters in Cupertino, CA. Will there be new MacBooks and MacBook Pros that even remotely resemble the spy photos? We’ll have to wait and see.
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Stuart Lowe installed Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.5 on a Gigabyte M912X netbook tablet. For us Mac users out there, this would make a pretty cool little portable. The Gigabyte M912X has a swivel 8.9-inch touchscreen and is powered by the Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor.
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