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Desktops & Laptops
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Thursday May 8, 2008
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 How's this for a promotion: Sign up for a broadband package and get a free computer. Scottish carrier and IT retailer powerupmobile.com is giving user exactly that. When customers use the Edinburgh-based company to sign up for T-Mobile's Web 'n Walk mobile broadband service, they'll get a free Asus Eee PC.
Says powerupmobile.com's CEO of the portable notebook, which has recently become his company's best-selling item: "The best thing is you can connect it to the internet from anywhere using the USB modem and T-Mobile Web n Walk service. You don't need Wifi or a hot spot or anything, plug in the USB modem anywhere and you get internet access."
The package, which also includes a T-Mobile USB modem is £35 a month, for 24 months.
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Wednesday May 7, 2008
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 After blessing the Inspiron 1525 with a palette of 8 colors and 4 patterns Dell decided to turn up the funk factor by letting the Brooklyn-based artist Mike Ming adorn the laptop with his unique, graffiti-inspired design work.
Starting at $699, the Special Art Edition Inspiron covers feature Ming's contemporary pop-culture graphics such as "Bunch O Surfers" or "Sea Sky." To make each of the artist's brushstrokes as vivid as possible, Dell even devised a new coating technique which creates a fluid, tattoo-like effect.
Reminiscent of earth, water and music, Ming's artwork creates an exciting fusion of computer design and urban expression. "I wanted to create a sense of energy, playfulness, sophistication and psychedelic momentum when I started this," said Ming. "This new technique from Dell brings my inspiration--water and the energy it produces--to life and gives computer aficionados their own display of style."
Check out all of Mike Ming's Inspiron 1525 styles here.
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Tuesday May 6, 2008
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Asus North America has officially confirmed that major U.S. retailers have begun taking preorders for the new Eee PC 900, which will officially go on sale on May 12 in both Linux and Windows XP flavors. Both will be priced at $549, but Windows users are penalized with a smaller hard drive, due to the additional cost of the Windows user license. The PC has already launched in the U.K. and Singapore.
The list of retailers includes: Amazon.com,
Buy.com,
Costoco.com,
Directron.com,
Mwave.com,
Newegg.com,
Pcmall.com,
Tigerdirect.com, and
Zipzoomfly.com. Bricks-and-mortar retailers include J&R and RCS Experience in New York and Alice Computer, Central Computer, and PC Club in California.
The Eee PC 900 is an update to the original Eee PC, but with a larger 8.9-inch, 1024x600 screen and a full gigabyte of memory. Full specs after the jump.
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Monday April 28, 2008
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Apple this morning announced an update to its iMac line. The latest version of the popular all-in-one system includes new Intel Core 2 Duo processors with 6MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz front-side bus, a standard 2GB of memory on most models, and the most powerful graphics yet available on the system. The top of the line units feature a 3.06-GHz Intel processor and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics.
The system features a slew of other features, including built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, an iSight video camera, USB 2.0 ports, and a FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 port. On the software side of the equation, each new iMac ships with the iLife suite and OS 10.5 Leopard. Prices start at $1,199 for the 20-inch 2.4 GHz iMac. The 20-inch 2.66 GHz iMac will go for $1,499, and the 24-inch 2.8 GHz iMac for $1,799. [corrected pricing]
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Wednesday April 23, 2008
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Dell confirmed Tuesday that chief executive Michael Dell preannounced a "green" consumer desktop at the FORTUNE Brainstorm: GREEN conference on Earth Day.
Scheduled to be released later this year, the computer is approximately 81 percent smaller than a standard mini-tower desktop, uses 70 percent less energy and comes in recycled and recyclable packaging.
"Ten years from now, we will look back and credit 'green' IT for helping to mitigate the effects posed by climate change, strengthen global industries and chart a new and prosperous low-carbon economy," Dell said, according to a company spokeswoman. "It's a historic opportunity that we must act on now."
No word yet on the specs or pricing. It's an intriguing concept, though, and I'd bet the R&D dollars Dell put into this will pay off across its product line.
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Tuesday April 22, 2008
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Tired of calling Dell and not receiving the support you want? According to Dell, they're here to help--for a price.
The company said Monday that it will be rolling out a premium support package for consumers. The premium service offer provides household support by an advanced support team in North America for one year, Dell said. The technicians are "empowered to address a comprehensive range of issues across the breadth of Dell's product line".
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Thursday April 17, 2008
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Congratulations, ASUS.
Someone had to come out with the first laptop with a 1-terabyte hard drive--and you've managed to shove that sucker right into the M70, along with just about every other high-end amenity one could possibly want, including a 17-inch WUXGA display, four Altec Lansing speakers, an Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 ~T7700/T8100/T8300/T9300 processor, an ATI Mobile Radeon HD3650 with 1G VRAM, DDRII 667MHz, and Blu-ray "support," whatever that entails.
No word on weight, price, or battery life on the M70, but I'm sure those will all be totally reasonable, right? Right?
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Monday April 14, 2008
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Make it a Circuit City night? Blockbuster on Monday announced that it offered to acquire Circuit City Stores for $6 per share in a February 17 letter, but Circuit City is giving Blockbuster the cold shoulder.
"Unfortunately, to date, Circuit City has failed to provide due diligence necessary to allow Blockbuster to make a definitive proposal," Blockbuster said in a statement. "Blockbuster is making its proposal public because it believes the shareholders of Circuit City should have the opportunity to participate in determining the destiny of the company."
Blockbuster also warned that it could yank its offer given that the video retailer "has other strategic opportunities." The letter asked for a response by February 21.
Circuit City confirmed Monday that it received the Blockbuster offer, and said that it "continue to carefully consider and evaluate Blockbuster's unsolicited proposal" but advised shareholders not to take any action.
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