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HP Blackbird Gaming PC Dinged for Vista OS and Slow ATI Video cards

The Blackbird 002 by HP looked like the gaming PC to have, with smart design including that aluminum stand. Maximum PC just gave it a 7/10 score for two main reasons: Vista OS hurts its game performance, as does its SLI implementation hacked up to use twin ATI cards...slower ATI cards. Will Smith, EIC, says his top pick is still the XPS, "It's just faster." [MaximumPC]

9:38 PM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By Brian Lam
4,991 views, 22 comments

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HP's Voodoo-Powered Blackbird 002 Unveiled By Creator (Video)

Tonight in New York, VoodooPC cofounder (and HP employee) Rahul Sood shows off his newest miracle of PC science, the Blackbird 002. It's a little long (7min, 30sec or so) so you might want to grab a beverage. –Video by Richard Blakeley

9:18 PM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Wilson Rothman
28,096 views, 38 comments

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The Love Child of HP and Voodoo: Blackbird 002 Gaming PC Photos and Impressions

When HP acquired Voodoo PC, the boutique gaming maker, I could think of only one thing: What would a creative PC maker like Rahul Sood do with the resources of a small platoon of HP engineers? The Blackbird 002 is the first collaboration, built with lots of HP workstation and server innovations, and a few neat tricks like the foot that keeps the PC off the ground for a sixth side of cooling. Unlike the Dell XPS line with its proprietary-sized components, this is fully standards compliant for when you want to rip out the guts and upgrade a few years later. The crazy thing is, this is the HP branded gaming PC with VoodooDNA: The gnarly Voodoo branded stuff is yet to come. The details:

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7:30 PM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Brian Lam
14,848 views, 17 comments

Latest by FrankenPC: Wow, that looks like every other custom built PC rig out there. So, what you are telling me is that there really is a market to sell tricked out rigs? more »

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Blackbird Rider: Carbon Fiber Guitar Waited for this Moment to Arise

The Blackbird Rider is a guitar made out of carbon fiber that was designed using 3D CAD software. It's 2/3 the size of an ordinary guitar but makes up for that by being hollow throughout—even in its neck and head—making the entire guitar a sound box. The goal of this design was to get the sound of a big acoustic guitar in a smaller form factor that's easily portable. More »

8:28 AM on Wed Jan 24 2007
By Charlie White
9,943 views, 24 comments