Rumors that Dell is going to drop AMD doesn’t seem to be true and Dell is preparing to release two desktops featuring triple-core AMD Phenom. This new computers are code-named “Heineken” and officially called OptiPlex 740 and OptiPlex 740 Enhanced. The OptiPlex 740 will feature a single-core or dual-core AMD Athlon 64 with GeForce 6150LE graphics/chipset, while the OptiPlex 740 Enhanced will sport a triple or quad-core AMD Phenom processor, GeForce 6150LE/nForce 430 motherboard.
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 Onkyo, a company known for producing HD audio PCs has just finished a new version, named the APX-2 and built in partnership with SOTEC. The APX-2 features a 1.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo T5500, a 500GB HDD, 1GB of RAM and a digital audio amplifier. Also, being made especially for sound, it’s extremely silent, with the HDD stored in a Super Floating HDD unit that ensures an excellent noise cancellation of up to 22dB.
Onkyo doesn’t use Vista’s volume mixer, due to it’s poor HD audio support, but comes with Pure …

HP has just unveiled it’s Blackbird 002, being their best system ever sold, that features an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650. Also they have plans to release a model with the processor we’re all waiting for, the QX9770. But currently, the Blackbird features a Dual 1GB CrossFire ATI Radeon XT graphics card, a PhysX card. It comes with Home Premium and 2Gb of RAM standard and can be upgraded to 4GB and Vista Ultimate, but actually everything is upgradeable in it. If you already fell in love, prepare to get …

Another desktop has joined the sub-$200 battle, being released by Mirus. I’m sure you don’t have high expectations, but this one seems to use grandma’s decade components, that won’t let you do much before freezing.
The laptop is priced at $199 after a mail-in rebate and it features a 1.6Ghz Intel Celeron 420 CPU, 80Gb HDD, 1GB of RAM, a 56k modem, a CD-RW drive, a 15-in-1 memory card reader, an Ethernet port and it also comes with a keyboard, mouse and a pack of speakers.
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Apple has just updated the Mac Pro, being the fastest Mac ever produced, with Intel’s new Penryn Xeon. The new Mac Pro, as we’ve said, sports Intel’s 45nm quad core Penryn Xeon 5400 ( Stoakley ) processor, at up to 3.2Ghz and uses two of those, being an 8-core.
It also features a 256MB Ati Radeon HD 2600 XT, 2GB of 800Mhz DDR2 RAM, 320Gb HDD, 16x DVDRW, two PCI Express 2.0, two PCI Express, Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR and the recently released Apple keyboard.It’s prices start at $2,800 and can be …

SiCortex announced a new computer: the SC072 Catapult. It sports 72 processors, 48GB of RAM, three PCIExpress slots and Linux environment. This is a computer of high performance that uses a power of no more than 200 watts and has enough room for six internal hard drives and a pair of gigabit Ethernet ports. The SC072 is priced at $15,000, which may seem a lot but compared to its performance it isn’t that much at all.

Everybody will agree that the computer of the moment is the new iMac but this does not stop Sony from trying to get more money from consumers with a similar idea. The company just launched their new all in one computer with a small but important update. Once again we have the same problem: price! The new PC/Monitor from Sony is expensive if compared with the iMac at its $2,899 sales price. On the other hand it holds better specifications:

Widescreen LCD at a maximum of 1,680X1,050 resolution with 22 inch …

The new Jabra BT8030 is a device that could turn very popular. The company is renowned for their innovative design solutions and this one is interesting as they basically created a transformable product that can be used in different locations and with different purposes. The first design was that of laptop speakers and as a teleconverencing speaker phone for the cubical. Now the BT8030 can transform into headphones as well. It can be used with narrow bands on VOIP, thus making it perfect for SKYPE use.
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The updated Mac Mini comes in two configurations, one features a Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83Ghz, 1Gb of DDRAM and a 80GB HDD. It’s priced at $599 and it can be upgraded to a 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and a 120GB HDD, the memory remaining the same for $200, for a final price of $799.
Both Minis sport Apple Remote, iLife ‘08, Front Row, DVI-to-VGA adapter, OS X 10.4. Optionally, they also can be upgraded with one more GB of DDRAM and increase the HDD’s capacity to 160GB. They will …

When Nvidia released its graphics cards especially for Windows Vista users there was no competition. We had to wait six months for the 512MB ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 3D video card from AMD to appear, with its price tag at 399$, and start competing with Nvidia’s 640MB GeForce 8800 GTS, who was a already winning product since November. HD video processing is also important near gaming performance best implemented in AMD and Nvidia card’s. Even if it has a strong performance, the Radeon HD 2900 XT does not bring …

Dell’s Chinese department has announced a new Mini-ITX PC, at a low price, low sizes and low power. The Dell EC280 comes with a 1.2Ghz Intel Celeron M 205 CPU, 256 or 512MB of RAM, a 40GB or 80GB HDDm a CD or DVD-ROM and comes with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled.
The EC280 will be priced at $340 and it’s a low-end PC, that can only manage general tasks, excluding games, video editing and stuff like this.
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Ironically named ABS Ultimate X8 Stealth Extreme is very noisey and inovative. Looking less like a computer and more like a modem design housing concept because of its bulky case. If you forget about this you may actually start to like this new PC for its low budget performance. Its price can stand up strongly against other high-end gaming PCs. If you’re only want to get the most PC for your money then this ABS makes a perfect argument with this $3,120 system, but after purchasing it you would be …

Despite not having overwhelming success in any one category, almost everything has tried to take advantage of traveling on pre-existing power lines, but Icron seems to be the first one trying to offer USB 2.0 connectivity using this medium. Taking advantage of Panasonic’s HD-PLC technology (High Definition Power Line Communication - lets you transfer video through the power lines in your house -) and it’s ExtremeUSB communication that we can observe in a wireless USB endeavor, Icron’s connectivity solution extends common USB cables using direct connection via pre-existing power lines, …

At Compulex , Taipei , Global Link has presented a ‘Ring Mouse’ . It sounds a bit strange, but , in fact, it’s a very revolutionary idea . It straps to your finger , it makes a very nice cursoring on the most surfaces , even your thumb.You don’t need any mousepad, or any plat surface to make it work . The design is very attractive , the case and the strap are from plastic , so passers-by in a restaurant will understand why are …

HP desktops announced today, HP’s Pavilion Media Center TV m8000n PC only features a basic cosmetic redesign. Aside from the classier black coloring, the case looks largely the same as the older Pavilion Media Centers. HP also updated the configuration on this retail-only model, taking advantage of the ongoing AMD/Intel price war to deliver what we expect will be strong performance for its $950 price tag.
HP includes a 2.6GHz Athlon 64 X2 5200+ dual core processor in this Windows Vista Home Premium-based system, along with 2GB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM …