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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]

9:12 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Matt Hickey
4,800 views, 42 comments

Latest 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 the street wearing goggles and a cowboy hat and spontaneously combusting. more »

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 »

12:01 AM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Benny Goldman
15,955 views, 50 comments

Latest by n/a: @MrBlahBlah: shut up more »

mods

Caption Contest: The Poor Leopard PC

My attempt: "Hunting season really needs to start earlier this year."

Surely, you can do better. [MetkuMods via Unplggd]

11:10 AM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Mark Wilson
6,232 views, 173 comments

Latest by n/a: Eye see what you did there... more »

msi wind

MSI Wind Getting Desktopified

Just as MSI saw the opportunity to create an Eee of their own with the Wind, so too will they create an Eee Box with their Wind mini-desktop. The internals will be very similar between each version of the Wind, with the desktop featuring the same 1.6Ghz Atom processor and 35W power supply as the laptop, along with Windows XP, 1GB of RAM (expandable to 2), DVD (burner?), up to 160GB of storage and Wi-Fi. Priced between $199 and $299, the Wind mini-desktop is not slated for a US release when it hits this September...but were the Eee Box a huge success in the States, it wouldn't be crazy for that to change. [infoworld]

8:49 AM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Mark Wilson
2,629 views, 6 comments

Latest by Zlevee: @godwhacker: and @strider_mt2k:Actually you can get excellent basics for $400 and then keep adding to it as you get the cash. If you gut your existing case and go the self-built route, it'd be even cheaper. Add a component once a more »

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.
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12:00 AM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Adrian Covert
23,556 views, 52 comments

Sony Vaio LT Review

Lightning Review: Sony Vaio LT All-In-One (Powerful, But Expensive)

The Gadget: The Sony VAIO LT is an attractive all-in-one that has a 22-inch, 1680x1050 widescreen display, BD-RW drive, integrated webcam, wireless keyboard and mouse, an external cable card tuner and Vista Media Center, powered by a 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB RAM.
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9:10 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Adrian Covert
6,916 views, 43 comments

Latest by hezz05: Now that is a beautifully designed PC! Gorgeous, but really expensive. Not a chance here. more »

voodoo omen

Inside Voodoo's Gorgeous Omen Gaming Desktop: Totally Tubular

Voodoo's Omen gaming desktop is the best-looking one around. But we (and gamers) care about inner beauty too, and the insides shot by Pocket Lint look like the Matrix's people farm with all of the magenta tubes and cables flying around—a far cry from its clean, steely exterior, though about as neat as one can expect of such an intricate cooling system. It's definitely designed around heat dissipation, though I'm not totally sold on the whole rotated motherboard. More »

7:20 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By matt buchanan
14,385 views, 42 comments

Latest by Step666: @banmojo: wow, $1800 and you didn't even get a graphics card :P ;) more »

desktops

First Details on the Asus Eee Box

Asustek has dropped some details on that Eee Desktop PC EP20 we've seen floating around. First off, it has a more catchy name—the Asus Eee Box. More »

8:40 AM on Thu May 29 2008
By Mark Wilson
12,898 views, 37 comments

Latest by n/a: WEee? more »

question of the day

Question of the Day: Are Desktops Dead?

Last night when I was chatting with Jesus, I mentioned I wanted to get out of the Giz virtual office so I could build my new gaming desktop. He laughed and mocked me for being "so 1990s." It bothered me, but he's right: Barely anyone I know has a full-size, honkin' desktop anymore. By all appearances, they're a dying breed on the consumer end, being pushed into extinction by notebooks (which have long outsold desktops and even call themselves gaming machines now) and all-in-ones. But is the desktop really at the end of the line? You tell us. More »

7:00 PM on Wed May 21 2008
By matt buchanan
35,173 views, 203 comments

Latest by n/a: Main-stream consumers who no nothing about what a computer consists of will be more than satisfied with a laptop. I'm sure there fine paying more for lower performing product when they shop without researching the products. Most are buying the pretty more »

motherboards

VIA's Tiny Pico-ITX Motherboards Get Even Smaller

The Pico-ITX motherboards were already small, but they are getting another downgrade in size thanks to the EPIA PX5000EG—a 500MHz board that can be cooled without the bulky fan—which helps bring the form factor down to a minuscule 3.9" x 2.8." As you might have guessed, the drop in processor speed from 1GHz means that this board won't be tearing up any substantial software, but it should prove extremely popular with the embedded market. More »

2:46 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Sean Fallon
7,098 views, 21 comments

Latest by soggy_cheerio: I picked up two of the Artigo's yesterday. They are for lack of a better word, "cute." It makes the mini-itx and nano-itx systems look like porkers. For those having a hard time grasping the size, the chassis can fit in more »

question of the day

Question of the Day: Which Company Has The Worst Computer Tech Support?

If you have ever dealt with tech support for a computer issue, chances are you have a story or two that recounts a very frustrating experience. With much of the tech support industry working overseas and the seemingly infinite amount of things that could go wrong, it really should come as no surprise when things don't run smoothly. That having been said, which of the following computer companies has the worst tech support? Feel free to recount your experiences in the comments—and check out who Consumer Reports ranked as #1 this year. More »

5:00 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
32,462 views, 165 comments

Latest by n/a: Symantec ranks up there. have you noticed it is almost impossible to find a phone number to call for any of their enterprise products?Their licensing resolution bites also. more »

gaming

Alienware's Updated Aurora Gaming Desktop Starts at $999

Alienware has injected life into the Aurora line with a new gaming rig fitted with quad-core AMD Phenom 9850 processors, your choice of ATI Radeon 3870 X2, HD3850, or HD3870 graphics cards (single or CrossFire configuration), up to 4GB Dual Channel DDR2, and tons of HDD space. Naturally, tricking this thing out with all of the higher-end options is going to make the price ridiculous in a hurry, but a $999 base is about as good as it will get for an Alienware. [Alienware via PC Mag]

8:30 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Sean Fallon
10,092 views, 43 comments

Latest by takeshi: @gqcarrick: No one cares. As M.A.S. says it's the same old same old response we see every time. It was old the first time anyone ever bothered to post it. more »

news

Eee PC Touchscreen Coming This Summer, Asus Confirms

Asus' president of sales, Kevin Lin, has announced the upcoming 8.9-inch Eee PC will have a touchscreen incorporated. Lin also speculated that the device may have GPS functionality, too, however this was not confirmed. The announcement has us a little confused, as earlier reports suggested otherwise. Still, Lin went on to say the expected starting price for an 8.9-inch touchscreen toting Eee will be around $500, and he also added that the Eee Desktop PC will begin retailing at the $199 mark. Put that in your Eee PC news pipe and puff it. [DigiTimes]

4:27 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Haroon Malik
6,098 views, 19 comments

Latest by phoghat: @pagercam: At first I got hot and bothered by the Eee and all I really wanted was a touchscreen. Did some digging at the Eee users site and was going to try to DIY until I heard that Asus was more »

concepts

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Designer Nuno Teixeira has redesigned the iMac, giving it a curved screen, second display at the back (not sure what that's good for—educating the mice who live behind the skirting board in the office, perhaps?) and a second webcam. Apparently, he was inspired by the wraparound Cinerama screens from the '50s. [Yanko]

6:56 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By AddyDugdale
10,547 views, 37 comments

rumor smashed

Rumor Smashed: Dell Still Stocks AMD-Based Computers Online

Only one consumer desktop—the Energy Star 4.0 Inspiron 531, but still a smattering of business wares, from notebooks to servers. [Dell]

2:13 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By matt buchanan
1,797 views, 9 comments

hp

HP Updates Slimline Desktop With Dual Blu-ray/HD Player, Offers New Monitors

HP is also dropping a pair of updated desktops and monitors for CES. First up, the HP Pavilion Slimline s3330f is a media-oriented machine, now with a sweet Dual Format Blu-Ray and HD-DVD player, plus a TV tuner and GeForce 8500 vid card with an HDMI port to connect to an HDTV. It comes in at under a grand, which is nice with the Dual Format HD drive. More »

12:01 AM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By matt buchanan
3,967 views, 2 comments

desktops

ARTiGO DIY Mini-PC Kit for an Awesome Hacker Holiday

Starting this Friday, Via Technologies will roll out their ARTiGO do-it-yourself mini-pc kit for any hacker looking for a fun (but brief) holiday project. The package includes an EPIA PX10000 Pico-ITX motherboard with a1-GHz C7 Via processor, a chassis, power adapter, and essential accessories—but you are on your own as far as a hard drive and memory are concerned. More info and a video of the build are available after the break. More »

9:00 PM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Sean Fallon
14,676 views, 27 comments

Latest by n/a: @omg-ponies: c) Jolie as the prize FTW. @jrghoull: Ok, am i mistaken? didn't you see the requirements for putting this all together? a) A pair of fully functioning hands (with aligning and using screwdriver abilities), b) Watching the video c) Some more »

small

Asus Shows Off Nova P22 mini-PC, Looks Like a Mac mini Dressed Up in Orange

It's probably not going to take the desktop world by storm like the Eee has with notebooks—cause it's not $400 for one—but Asus's Nova P22 mini-PC certainly isn't a bad looking machine. It's got a form factor sorta like the Mac mini but it's more angular and less curvy, with a Sunkist accent wrapped around it. More »

8:40 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Matt Buchanan
14,591 views, 23 comments

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