Gateway is pretty popular thanks to their powerful laptops, and they have announced 2 new desktop models: the FX6710-01 and LX6200-01. The first one is made for gamers, while the second is made to have a better multimedia experience.

The FX6710-01 is a real beast, featuring an Intel Core 2 Quad Processor, and an uncommon amount of RAM memory set at 6GB. The graphics card is powered by an ATI Radeon 4850, while the operative system is the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium, with service pack 1.

The hard-drive storage capacity is huge - 750GB - and the extras include 6 USB ports, 2 located in the front and 4 in the rear, an eSATA port, and a 15-in-1 media card reader. Priced at $1,200.

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Acer has added a new Consumer Desktop to their Lifestyle Line, named X3200. The computer is available in two configurations and its price starts at $680.

Both versions feature an AMD Phenom Triple-Core X3 processor, 4GB of RAM memory, and a NVIDIA GeFoce 8200 graphics card. The only difference seems to be the hard-drive that varies from 500GB to 640GB, and the inclusion of a 22-inch LCD.

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If you’re still not impressed with any of the latest MacBooks, you might want a desktop like the Alienware Aurora from Dell. The new gaming PC will come exclusively from Best Buy for an exclusive price of only $1,699.99. For that exclusive price you will get some exclusive components like the AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz quad-core processor, the dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 video card with a total of 1GB GDDR3 RAM and the 4GB DDR2 RAM. The exclusive hard drive is a 500GB spinning at 7,200rpm. Other features are gigabit Ethernet, no less than 8 USB 2.0 ports, 2 Firewire ports, 2 S-video ports and 4 DVI ports.

The exclusive Aurora has Windows Vista on but it will probably be a mean gaming machine. So go get one if you’re a hardcore gamer looking for a new gadget.

We’re waiting for the first touchscreen Eee PC netbook to arrive sometime next year and it’s probably going to see everyone’s netbook getting a touchscreen. If you want to experience the touchscreen Asus PC in about a month or so, head on over to England. Play.com is taking preorders for the Eee All-in-One Touch-Screen PC. The PC costs $399.99 or about $681 and it’s going to ship on November 20.

The Eee All-in-One Touch-Screen PC will have the following features:

• 15.6-inch display
• a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU
• 1GB of RAM
• a 160GB hard drive
• a Webcam
• Windows XP
• a single (not multi) touchscreen display
• a wired keyboard and mouse
• stereo speakers
• an optical drive
• 802.11b/g/n WiFi
• Gigabit Ethernet.

Would you buy one?

And the world moves one step closer to a hard drive-less existence.

Seagate has announced that it will enter the market for solid-state drives next year, slowly replacing hard drives. The company is defensive of the move, stating that it will take things slowly, first targeting corporate customers. Once it has won over cubicle commandos, it will then target consumers.

Despite all this, the company comes late to the party, as Intel has already started shipping SSDs for both enterprise and consumer markets, and Samsung is now the current consumer market champion. However, Seagate is a big company and a major player in the HDD market, so let’s see how well things play out for them.

eMachines has announced its new line of slim tower PCs. Its more or less the same with HP’s Pavilion SlimLine and Dell’s Inspiron 530s desktops. However, eMachines allow users more upgrade flexibility and what’s even better is its still in the range of budget PC territory. The EL1200 features two configuration, one can cost about $298 and the other is $349.

The configuration specs are as follows:

EL1200-05w ($298)
-1.5GHz AMD Athlon 2650e CPU
-1GB DDR2 SDRAM
-Nvidia GeForce 6150SE integrated graphics chip
-160GB 7,200rpm hard drive
-18x dual-layer DVD burner with Labelflash
-14-in-1 digital media card reader
-Windows XP Home

EL1200-01e ($349)
-1.5GHz AMD Athlon 2650e CPU
-2GB DDR2 SDRAM
-Nvidia GeForce 8200 integrated graphics chip
-320GB 7,200rpm hard drive
-18x dual-layer DVD burner with Labelflash
-14-in-1 digital media card reader
-Windows Vista Home Premium
-HDMI port
-eSATA port

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If you have money to burn and are looking for a gaming mouse, then look no further! SteelSeries’ World of Warcraft MMO mouse has just been announced for fans of the popular MMO. It has fifteen programmable buttons (holy shit!) and has flashing lights to confuse the hell out of you.

Dropping in next month for a cool $90, the mouse will let users create macros or use predefined ones for their treks through Blizzard’s soul-eater. It also has 800-3000 CPI and a 3.6mm lift distance. Oh, did I mention you get to have 16 million illumination choices through those disco lights? No? Now you know.

Patent number 7,434,177 named “User interface for providing consolidation and access” has been granted to Apple by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the dock invented by Steve Jobs. It was about the time for that to happen. Apple has been waiting for it for almost 10 years or so.

Now Apple has exclusive rights to prevent others from making, using, selling or otherwise employing replicas of their technology for 20 from now. I am pretty sure I have seen some Apple-like docks in other systems already. That happened before the patent was granted right? What will happen to those docks?

Tired of your plain old keyboard but strapped for cash? Always wanted a Razer keyboard? Well, you are in luck then, as Razer has announced a new pair of keyboards, both spins on their Lycosa keyboard.

One of them is Arctosa, a stripped down model that retains the form factor, macro capabilities, anti-ghosting and response time of its big-brother model, all the while dumping the flashing bells and whistles like backlighting to achieve a price tag of $40.

The other keyboard is double that price, but swaps out the rubber coating of the Lycosa keyboard for a glossy, shiny approach, though everything else is the same under the hood.

Whichever one you want, the Arctosa is the cheapest you can get a Razer.

A really good ergonomic mouse is something hard to find these days, but Hippus has made that task easier by presenting the HandshoeMouse.

As you can see by the image the mouse has an awkward design, but in the end it becomes very comfortable to use because people can place their whole palm on it. According to Hippus and their extended research, the hand stays in a relaxed position, causing no harm if you use the mouse for long periods of time:

Only a minor contraction of the muscles of the fingers is required to operate switches and scroll wheel.

On traditional mouses users need to lift the fingers to work, but not with the Hippus HandshoeMouse.

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Dell has recently launched its netbook line. The Inspiron Mini 9 entered the market a little late, but I am confident it will catch the competition soon. And Dell went ahead and made its netbook available with Linux OS but with a twist. If you want to choose Ubuntu 8.04 as your default operating system then you will automatically choose the 8GB SSD model. If you want more memory, better get a card or an external hard drive.

The Mini 9 Linux version costs £269 or $472 while the Windows XP version costs £299 or $525.

Windows XP was supposed to be officially discontinued starting with January 31, 2009. According to a leaked email from a PC OEM, Microsoft has decided to postpone the XP retirement. The new rumored date is July 31, 2009. That gives us a whole six extra months to buy XP instead of Vista. After that you will probably be more likely to choose the future Windows 7 instead of Vista. That’s a nice trick Microsoft is pulling. Especially since they are working hard on promoting Vista.

Kingston is ready for the next DDR RAM level. I am talking about DDR3 memory modules which are already shipping in the USA. The model you should be looking for is the HyperX from Kingston. They will be the fastest DDR3 made so far with speeds of 2GHz. The 2GB model will feature CL9-9-9-27 @ 1.9v and their price will start from $227.

I’d expect the competition to come up with similar DDR3 modules soon which will lead to a price decrease. Not that $227 is that expensive for the speed the new RAM promises.

Tell the truth: just how much use did you get out of that overpriced PlayStation 3 webcam that the marketing druids call the “PlayStation Eye”? Not much, I guess.

Here to give you a reason not to throw that overpriced piece of plastic away, a bunch of programmers have come up with drivers for the PS3 Eye to make it operate as a standard webcam for your PC.

The PS Eye is actually a pretty good webcam, considering it pushes 60fps over USB 2.0, good wide viewing angle and low distortion, and more.

Be sure to wipe the dust off of it before you plug it in.

Marking the entry of Hollywood in PC manufacturing, Dell and Paramount Pictures have teamed up to allow consumers to preload Iron Man into newly purchased computers. This is the only film currently being offered, and consumers will be able to purchase it for an additional $20 on the price of their newly configured Dell computers.

"The key focus here is to lead off our slow immersion into content as a major piece of the puzzle in terms of what consumers want from a PC," said Rachna Bhasin, director of content for Dell’s global consumer group.

The movie will be preinstalled on Dell’s Inspiron, Studio and XPS laptop and desktop models. Surely crippled with DRM, consumers will be able to watch it on their computers, their TVs and burn one copy to DVD. Dell hopes to increase the selection of movies in the future.

MLC technology or multi-level-cell technology has been included in the new Toshiba SSD drives. These come in 8G, 16GB, 32GB and 250GB. What happened with the gap? Nothing in between 32GB and 256GB? Netbooks and desktops/laptops versions right? (more…)

We’ve heard about this mini projector all along. I mean we didn’t know that much but we know Dell had one on the pipe. The M109S is exactly the mini projector you were looking for.

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Where is this world heading too? I mean sure netbooks are popular but eventually a better product will be created. When it comes to portable tiny computers I’m going to assume we’re going to have smaller and smaller laptops with possibly holographic LCDs. Leaving Sci-Fi gadgets aside , I really can’t understand why a person would choose to get a PC box like the Shuttle D10 ten which would have a 7 inch incorporated touchscreen LCD in it. Why not get one of the Eee clones available today? (more…)

Dell, Microsoft and now HP have each launched at least a new pair of keyboard and mouse. Some look better and some are definitely more efficient. Today we came across HP’s Wireless Comfort Keyboard and Mouse. (more…)

Creative has a new gadget that might interest you. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! is exactly what you need to carry with you when traveling. It’s an USB sound stick card which will instantly upgrade that laptop of yours. (more…)