Gizmodo: supply

Desktop PC Sales Decline For the First Time Since 2001

Jason Chen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EDT

The last decline in PC shipments was a 5.1 decrease back in 2001 due to the crazy dot com bubble, so it's not like PC sales decline regularly. That makes this 4% drop quite unusual.

What does this mean? Most likely, it means we were right: the desktop PC is sputtering out. Not all the decrease can be attributed to the weak economy, seeing as notebook PC shipments raised by 11.7%. Pretty soon we're going to see desktops become a niche market, reserved only for pros, dental assistants and gamers. [iSuppli]

Gamestop Says Wii Supply Is Finally Meeting Demand

Mark Wilson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:40:00 EDT

It took about three years, but Gamestop's Senior Vice President of Merchandising Bob McKenzie has declared their Wii stock adequate to meet consumer demand:

You know, three years later, we finally have enough inventory on the shelf, and we've got a couple of weeks in supply of this.That's good because we can finally determine and gauge it before we get into the fourth holiday season.

McKenzie also added that he doesn't feel a price drop is necessary, as if anyone ever implied such a thing. [Gamasutra via Kotaku]

Nintendo Says Wii Still in Short Supply This Christmas, We Call Them Out

Jason Chen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

If you read what Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said about Wii shortages this holiday season and didn't get angry, well, you're not paying enough attention. Forbes paraphrases him as saying "demand for the device in the U.S. is unusually high in contrast to either Europe or Asia," which is why you might not be able to get one this Christmas. Oh really?

It's because demand is so high here that Wiis only sit on shelves for about an hour before they're bought when people in Europe have been saying they can walk in to stores and buy a Wii at any time of day? It's not because you're allocating more inventory on your products to Europe and Japan because the weak US dollar is causing smaller revenues on units sold here? So when you say, "What I can commit myself to is that Nintendo is going to do its best to supply as many Wii hardware units as possible in order to meet demand there," we don't have reason to think that you're a liar and kind of a scumbag? Gotcha. [Forbes via Kotaku]

Jesus's take:

Foot Warmers Are Only a Power Source Away

Haroon Malik — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:10:00 EST

Holy crap! We've just solved one of life's great mysteries, and wanted to let you in on it. Keeping your feet warm when you cannot be bothered/are too much of a cheapskate to invest in a gadget based solution has always been a problem, but we've sussed it. Here's how: get your feet up close and personal to your PSUs. That's all there is to it. Nothing more, we promise you.

We've been doing it subconsciously for months, but now we have realized, we thought we'd let you in on the foot warming action. Unless you want your power supplies to smell like macaroni cheese, we suggest keeping your tootsies covered/clean. (Quick tip; socks usually do a good job of covering up feet. For proof of this assertion, check out my most excellent sock, complete with fluffy poodle head, in the pic above.) Added bonus; if you have ice cold feet that are about to drop off from frost bite, they'll cool your power supplies—everyone's a winner this Christmas!

Japanese Wii Supply Normalizing - US Soon Too?

Jason Chen — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:00:02 EDT

Akiba blog is reporting that the Nintendo Wii is showing up in Japanese retailers in "semi-normal" numbers, meaning that the incredible demand may have finally faded enough to match the supply. If this holds true for the US, people may be able to get Wiis without stomping and punching each other in the face in stores. Probably not, though. [Akiba Blog via Kotaku]

Xbox 360 Thief Calls Tech Support, Gets Caught

Jason Chen — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:50:15 EST

What's the first thing you would do if you stole an Xbox 360 but forgot to grab the power supply? If you answered "call Microsoft tech support and give them my full contact information", you're probably in a jail in Wellington, New Zealand right now. – Jason Chen

Microsoft privacy defence delays police [Stuff via Kotaku]

CES 2007: 2000W ATX Power Supply From Ultra Products

Jason Chen — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:10:31 EST

If you feel the need to have a nuclear reactor in your gaming case, the 2000W ATX Power Supply from Ultra Products should be enough for you. Being unveiled at CES, the 2000W PS is modular, and feeds up to 1800W on the 12V connection alone.

With all that power, you're going to be able to support quad core, quad GPU cards, or a gigantic RAID system to store all your homemade movies. No word on price, but we're guessing somewhere around the PlayStation 3's price tag. – Jason Chen

Product Site [Ultra Products]