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proclamations
So Long Desktop PC, You Suck
Desktop PCs have been in decline for a decade, and countless people have said their piece about it. But new evidence suggests the desktop tower's death spiral is underway—and we're not too broken up about it. More » -
desktops
Impressive Halo Desktop Lets You Snipe Your Favorite Programs
Lifehacker reader rykennedyan created this customized desktop based on Halo, and even if you're not a gamer, you've got to appreciate the workmanship that went into this. Check out what it can do after the jump. [Lifehacker] More »
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By Dan NosowitzComment by switchblade saints: does it have all the authentic sounds of halo over xbox live? like the awesome "white kid gangster rapping during the... 7 Responses | Other threads
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desktops
$450 Lenovo C300 All-in-One Desktop Has Netbook Guts
Lenovo's new summer products all share the same thrifty sensibilities, and the C300 AIO desktop is no exception. Looking at the specs, it's roughly an Atom-based netbook. Looking at its pictures, it's a nicely-styled desktop, not unlike the new Dell Studio all-in-one. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by Lloyd Humphreys: Is it me or is the image broken for anyone else? 4 Responses | Other threads
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acer
Acer Aspire Z5600 Multi-touch All-in-One Mimics TV Perfectly With 1080p, Blu-ray and Built-In Tuner
Acer's Aspire Z5600 multi-touch all-in-one does the best job yet of looking like more like a TV than a computer, which is kind of a good thing. Oh yes, it's built for Windows 7—the future. More » -
pcs
This Is the Sexiest Computer BMW and HP Could Come Up With?
This is HP's new z800 flagship workstation, which was designed by BMW DesignWorksUSA. And uhh, yeah. This is the best you guys could do? Really? It looks like a Packard Bell.
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Comment by Sean Murray: 196 GB of RAM?! really?! you could buy a BMW if that was Apple RAM! 16 Responses | Other threads
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dell
Dell Inspiron Towers Are Like Skittles: Cheap, Tiny and Rainbow-y
Dell's Inspiron towers are what cheap computers should be—uh, cheap, customizable and colorful. They start at $300, but are oddly stopping over in China first before coming to the US "this spring."
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Comment by DayWeSpilledThePaint_GitEmSteveDave: I like the green one. I'm thinking of painting a case I have that color to match the room... 5 Responses | Other threads
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rumor smash
"New" 17-inch iMac Is Actually The "Old" 17-inch iMac
Not surprisingly, the "new" 17-inch iMac that turned up on Apple's education site is actually the old polycarbonate 17-inch iMac. New, old...what's the difference? [Apple via Techtree via Wired Gadget Lab]
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By Sean FallonComment by Kaiser-Machead: Wow... So is the hardware updated in the same fashion as the white Macbook, or is it just dusting off old... 11 Responses | Other threads
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fire
Acer Predator Desktop Gaming Units Recalled For Minor House Burning Issue
About 215 of Acer's ASG7200 and ASG7700 units were just recalled by the consumer product safety commission because their internal wiring could get "bent or stripped", causing them to overheat and create a "burn hazard." More »
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By Jason ChenComment by DayWeSpilledThePaint_GitEmSteveDave: So is the new meme going to be, "But can it broil?"? 8 Responses | Other threads
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psystar
Psystar Ignores Every Lawyer In The Entire World, Debuts New Compact OS X Desktop
Somehow, between filing bogus legal claims and getting sued into oblivion by one of the most powerful companies in the industry, Psystar managed to design another flagrantly-infringing hackintosh desktop—this time, a tiny one.
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By John HerrmanComment by Andre Ondre: apples always first and best first phone with copy cut and past > iphone first touch screen phone > iphone first laptop >... 21 Responses | Other threads
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Windows 2019
Microsoft Enthusiast Creates His Own Windows 2019 Desktop in 2009
Remember that Microsoft 2019 video? Lifehacker found someone so enamored with the computer desktop in the video that he went ahead and skinned his own desktop (presumably Vista), so that looks and (kinda) functions similarly. More »
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Comment by Is my Avatar inappropriate?: where's the pic of this one? Sorry, and don't care (and actually hope it's not) a first post) 6 Responses | Other threads
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computers
CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 3D Desktops
Extreme with an "X" huh? You know these new CyberPower desktops are bad ass. And by "bad ass" I mean yet another overpriced rig with a gimmicky case and some 3D glasses. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by Saad Baig: Whoa, Beats my Beastly Pentium 4 533MHz 512MB RAM powerhouse :P 9 Responses | Other threads
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dell
Multitouch Dell Studio One Just Slightly Too Sexy For American Shores
What's that feeling you get when a beautiful, generously specced, 19" multitouch all-in-one PC from a major manufacturer is reported to be available only in Japan? Ahh, right. Disappointment. UPDATED.
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By John HerrmanComment by ohcyt: "The price could be a hitch though, as the Japanese version is expected to cost the equivalent of about $1900-much... 12 Responses | Other threads
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nvidia
NVidia's Ion Netbook Platform First Appearing in a...Desktop
Although Ion was pitched as a fast netbook platform, its poor battery life makes it a better mini desktop. And that's what it will first appear in. This confirms the suspicions of many. [electronista]
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By Brian LamComment by OMG! Bacon!: I wouldn't mind an ultra-low power, small computer to always run torrents 24/7 so I can turn off my main... 8 Responses | Other threads
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concepts
Would You Be Happy With This As Your Next Mac Pro?
The Mac Pro hasn't seen a design overhaul in ages—since before the Intel switchover—so MacBlogz put together their next gen dream machine. Is it your ideal Mac Pro, too?
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By Mark WilsonComment by Milton Allemand: Ditch the slot-loading drives. They're neat but it's so much more convenient to be able to put any 'ol Tray-loading... 9 Responses | Other threads
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ces 2009
Lenovo IdeaCentre 600 All-in-One and Motion Controller Hands On: Ain't No Wii
In person, Lenovo's IdeaCentre 600 all-in-one PC is not as beautiful as we'd hoped, with a bulbous ass. But its do-it-all remote, with Wii-like gaming, is exactly like we expected: crap. More »
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Comment by Junginator: How do you gay "garbage" in Chinese? Lenovo, perchance? 7 Responses | Other threads
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desktops
Gallery: Check Out the HP Firebird 803's Liquid-cooled Innards
News of HP's Firebird 803 may have leaked out over the holidays, but now that its been officially announced, we have a batch of photos, including the freakishly tidy insides, as well as pricing details. More »
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Comment by Mark Simpson: omg from the front it looks like a va-jay-jay! 11 Responses | Other threads
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ces 2009
Lenovo IdeaCentre 600: Thinnest (Hottest?) All-in-One PC on the Block
Lenovo's IdeaCentre 600 is a pretty splashy debut: Its first ever all-in-one is a simple curved slab that's supposedly the thinnest all-in-one in the industry. More »
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Comment by medopal: i thought PC users preferred customizable cases? Isnt that the reason why they keep saying iMac is useless. 6 Responses | Other threads
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giz explains
Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
Condensed explanation: Digital rights management is a corporate pain in the ass that stops you from doing whatever you want with music and movies in the name of fighting piracy. But there's more to it. -
logitech
Question of the Day: What's Your Favorite Mouse of All Time?
Today is the 40th anniversary of the mouse. Since then, it's evolved into different shapes, sprouted buttons, lost its tail and mutated all kinds of other crazy ways. But everyone has a favorite.
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Comment by OMG! Ponies!: Microsoft Optical Trackball. It never had the highest resolution, but it's comfortable and built to last. I've had... 17 Responses | Other threads
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mods
Beautiful Walnut Radio Is Actually Artful PC Casemod
I've always wanted an old radio, like this 1946 Stromberg Carlson recreation. But it would just be something that I looked at, like, "ooh, neat...now what?" But old tyme modder Jeffrey Stephenson has another idea.
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By Mark WilsonComment by admoseremic: Yeah I like it when people do creative things while I sit on my fat butt eating taco bell. 2 Responses | Other threads
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logitech
Crazy Never Before Seen Logitech Mutant Mouse Prototypes
I love Logitech mice, so I actually dug their shameless mouse timeline. Even more awesome, though, are these amazing prototypes that never left their lab, like the three-scroll wheel monstrosity and hockey puck above.
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Comment by jonizzzle: Logitec mice are so comfortable to use. I wish apple made their mighty mice ergonomically correct and not just look... 10 Responses | Other threads
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windows
People Buying Used PCs for Salvage Copies of Windows XP
Hey, what the hell people? I thought we were finally cool with Vista. We're all PCs, right? So why are analysts yapping about people buying used computers just for copies of Windows XP? More »
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Comment by pettiblay: Never thought about that... If you wanna go 100% legit it is actually cheaper to buy a crappy used computer... 9 Responses | Other threads
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processors
AMD Still Going 'Asset Light', Poops Out 500 Employees
Spinning off their entire manufacturing arm wasn't the end of AMD's new "asset light" business plan — the manufacturer has cut 500 jobs from its remaining workforce around the world. The worst news is that these cuts were planned before everyone became poor last month, so it's hard to shake the feeling that things still aren't going too well for AMD. It'd be sad to see processors become a one horse race, but that's what it's starting to look like. [Reuters]
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By John HerrmanComment by fusiongt: I feel bad for the employees but AMD really hasn't answered Intel back and their acquisition of ATI still hasn't... 5 Responses | Other threads
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good call
Windows 7 Will Only Have One 'Ready' Sticker, Down From Vista's Four
After receiving endless flak for their silly tiered Vista Compatibility scheme, Microsoft has decided to issue a single "Windows 7 Capable" sticker for hardware that works with the new OS. That means no more "Windows Home Basic", "Windows Ready", "Certified for Windows" and "Windows Ready When You Are, Asshole" labels slapped on every piece of hardware in the computer aisle at Best Buy. More » -
vaio js1
Sony Vaio JS Series All-in-One PC Now Shipping
Sony has begun shipping their Vaio VGC-JS110J/S 20.1-inch all-in-one desktop PC—the base model in the JS-1 series with a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB RAM and a 320GB HDD running Vista Home Premium. This particular model will run you $1000 (and stocks are low), but if you are holding out for something a little beefier, the higher-end models in the series are now available for pre-order. [Amazon via Computermonger]
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By Sean FallonComment by NIN10DO_FANBOI: That looks so familiar? I swear I've seen that before with some sort of fruit logo on it. Maybe it's... 6 Responses | Other threads
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desktops
Acer Releases AX3200 Blu-Ray Desktop PC and P244W 1080p LCD Display
WIth their Blu-ray-playing AX3200 desktop PC and accompanying 24-inch, 1080p monitor, Acer just released two affordable, HD-friendly products at a combined price that sits just over $1000. With the compact dimensions of around 10"x4"x14", the AX3200 desktop has 2.1 GHZ AMD Phenom X3 8450 processor, HDMI-out, Dolby Home Theater 5.1 sound and nine USB ports. A 640 GB HDD, multi-card reader and 4 GB RAM round out the internal specs for the Windows Vista machine. More »
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Comment by Z4N5H1N: I'm skeptical of the build quality of anything with those specs, at that price. It seems like a stellar deal,... 2 Responses | Other threads
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touchscreen eee
Asus Eee Touchscreen All-in-One Pops Up for Pre-Order, Looks Vaguely Apple-y
The many, many promises that Asus would release a touchscreen Eee by the end of this year have been fulfilled—by pasting an Eee sticker on a touchscreen all-in-one (also promised, though not with touchiness). This all-in-one touchscreen Eee, which you can pre-order in the UK for £399.99, is pretty hobbled: 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive and 15-inch screen running Windows XP. I can only imagine how atrocious the touch experience is, but we'll find out on Nov. 20, or thereabouts, according to Play. And it only kinda apes the old-school iMac aesthetic. Update: It'll be called the Eee Top and it'll hit the US for just $450, which sounds like a deal. [Play via Engadget] -
pcs
Dell Continues Stylish Trend with Studio Slim Desktops
While not quite as stylish as the Studio Hybrid, Dell's new Studio Slim line is a promising update to their standard PCs for those of us ever-interested in an inexpensive media PC. Starting at $549, systems begin with 2.53GHz Core2Duo processors, 2GB of RAM and integrated graphics, but include HDMI out and are pumpable with Blu-ray. Plus, at less than 4 inches tall (on its side), a Studio Slim shouldn't be much more obnoxious than your current DVR setup...even if it doesn't have its own matching stand like the Hybrid. [Dell via Electronista]
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By Mark WilsonComment by Windhawk: Run silent, run deep -- Glad to finally see a mini-Dell that's got decent graphics and a 1GB Ethernet port... 3 Responses | Other threads
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touchsmart
HP Touchsmart IQ816 Adds Bigger Screen, Blu-ray, VESA Wall Mount
HPs Touchsmart all-in-one, launched earlier this summer, was a pretty good all-in-one PC, and now it got a few more features that sweeten the deal. The key updates for the Touchsmart IQ816 are that it now comes with a 25.5-inch LCD, Blu-ray drive and VESA wall mount capability. More »
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Comment by Elijah: Am I the only one who really doesn't see the point of a touch screen on a large display? I mean,... 11 Responses | Other threads
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vaios
Sony Has Upgrade Frenzy: Tweaks many Vaio PCs, Including A-Series Mega Laptop
We brought you a three new Vaios last week, but Sony Japan seems to be in the mood to tweak much of the rest of its Vaio line of laptops and desktops. There are new machines in the A-series, C-series, L-series and R-series. The RT50 is aimed at professional users, labeled "photo edition," with an anti-glare screen and a screen shield. CS60B is a 14.1-inch laptop in numerous colors and 802.11n Wi-Fi, and the LJ53B is one of Sony's stylish desktop all-in-one media-players. But the AW70 and AW50 are the most interesting: monster, 18.4-inch powerful laptops with Blu-ray burners and HDMI-out, designed as desktop replacements. More » -
cedia 2008
Sony VAIO RT All-In-One PC Is A 25.5" Widescreen, HDMI-Filled, Video Editing Monster
The VAIO RT is Sony's beast of an all-in-one PC, an "extra-widescreen" (read: 16:9) 25.5" display, created with designers and video editors in mind. It's big feature is that it not only has an HDMI-in port in order to work with HD content, but it also has an HDMI-out, for connecting a second monitor. Other features include a Blu-ray recordable drive and up to 1TB of hard drive space. It also comes loaded with 8GB RAM, a multi-card reader and a built-in digital TV tuner. Of course, you're still stuck with Vista, but with all that power underneath you should do just fine. Unfortunately, the RT has a beastly price tag to match—it starts at $3300—when it arrives this fall. Press release down below. [Sony] More » -
dell studio hybrid
Dell Studio Hybrid Mini-PC Officially Makes Hippies Smile for $499
Dell's Hybrid mini PC is pretty much their worst kept secret ever (which is kinda sayin' something!) but as of now it can officially adorn the desktop corners of eco- and space-conscious college freshmen or slip into entertainment centers for $499. It's 80 percent smaller than a standard desktop while slurping 70 percent less power, and 95 percent of the packaging is recyclable, plus it comes with a system recycling kit.
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cloud computing
CherryPal PC Offers Subscription-free Cloud Computing That Runs Off Two Watts of Power
CherryPal's cloud-based computer is unique because it offers the technology without subscription costs, and only draws two watts of power. The machine has no moving parts, and uses hardware encrpytion to provide a secure link to the cloud (which is run by Amazon).
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Comment by loserboy: @Adrian Covert: Only if you've a) got cheap (or free) storage and b) unlimited bandwidth on a fast pipe. I can't... more » | Other threads
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packard bell
Packard Bell (!?) Launches Gaming Desktop Line
Packard Bell—previously referred to as Packard Hell and Packard Smell—is diving head-first into the gaming PC market with the ipower X2.0, a gaming rig that features full customization at a decent price. It's aimed squarely at offerings from Acer and Ares. The Intel-based machines give customers their choice of ATI or Nvidia graphics, disk drives, audio options, TV tuners and other add-ons. In addition, the PC features advanced cooling, including a silent water cooling system. The boxes are expected for this holiday season at about $2000, and we're hoping they're nothing like the PBs of the past. [Trusted Reviews]
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By Matt HickeyComment by videoCWK: Packard Bell? I don't know how to react to this, but I guess I'll start by sitting in the middle of... more » | Other threads
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desktops
Acer Aspire X1200 Series Mini-PCs Stuff HDMI Jack, 9 USB Ports and More in a Tiny Space
If you gotta go the desktop route, Acer's got three mini-PCs packed heavy with ports that don't take up a ton of space. Measuring 10.6" x 4" x 14.4", about the same as a hardcover book, the X1200s have an HDMI port—like Dell's leaked mini, aka the green PC, but unlike the smaller Asus Eee Box, which only has DVI—plus two PCIes, nine(!!) USBs, FireWire, front and back audio jacks, a DVD SuperMulti drive and a 14-in-1 card reader. Under the hood, it comes standard with 4GB RAM, the better to power the AMD dual-core processor with Nvidia GeForce 8200 integrated graphics to run Vista (now with SP1!). The PCs are out now for $450 to $700, a config which includes a 500GB drive and 22" LCD monitor. Check out the press release after the jump. [Acer] More »
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Comment by socioecoboy: Nevermind a search for X1200 doesn't bring anything but blogs up...but a search for the specific model numbers does. more » | Other threads
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mods
Caption Contest: The Poor Leopard PC
My attempt: "Hunting season really needs to start earlier this year." More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by feezy23: "You can put lipstick on a pig...but it's still a PC".. I'm Feezy23 and I approve this message. more » | Other threads
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HP Touchsmart Review
Review: HP Touchsmart IQ506 PC is NOT Just an Imitation iMac
The Gadget: The Touchsmart IQ506 is HP's second gen, touch-sensitive computer. In addition to its all-in-one design, built-in webcam, TV tuner and wireless keyboard and mouse, the selling point here is the custom touch interface created by frog design. Here's why this is not just an imitation iMac. More »
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