The Core i7 processor from Intel is something I’d want to test as soon as possible. It might not be as hot as some people say, but it’s certainly the processor we’ll be using in the future.

Dell has decided it was time it inserted it in some of its desktop systems. And let’s take a look at the first two, the XPS Studio and the XPS 730x. The Studio XPS desktop base model will get you 3GB memory, 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3450 GPU and a 500GB HDD for $949. Willing to pay more? $1,499 will get you 6GB of RAM, a 512MB2 ATI Radeon HD 4850, a 750GB HDD and a 24-inch S2409W Flat panel monitor.

The XPS 730x is gaming-ready. It can hold up to 6GB DDR3 memory, an updated thermal monitoring system and chasis and a choice between ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1024MB. The 730x starts somewhere around $2,599 and no matter what hardware you choose, Vista and i7 will be there.

What do you think? Waiting for the Core i7?

The USB 3.0 might be closer than it appears. The USB Promoter Group finalized the “SuperSpeed” USB 3.0 specification today and we are to expect more details to emerge soon.

Flash drives and hard drives are expected to be the first devices to take advantage of the new technology but we’re at least 8 months away from an USB 3.0 product release. The second half of 2009 or even later will bring us the new USB 3.0 ready drives.

How fast is USB 3.0 you ask? Well imagine a 25GB HD movie. With USB 1.0 you would copy it in 9.3 hours. With current USB 2.0 you would do it in 13.9 minutes while with USB 3.0 the job is reduced to 70 seconds. We’re looking forward to a hands-on experience, whenever that will happen! Let’s see what Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Texas Instruments are going to do with the whole USB 3.0 thing!

USB 3.0 is something we’ve been waiting for quite a while now. And it looks like we’re going to get the official specs later this month. USB-IF president Jeff Ravencraft said, at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles, that the “final specifications to be made public on November 17″. Anxious to get them? Willing to change your current computer? We’ll find out more about the USB 3.0 at the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in San Jose in 10 days or so.

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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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.

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 has designed a new mouse and a new keyboard for your future desktop systems. As you can see in the picture above, the mouse doesn’t look special. What’s special about it is the fact that it will sport the LaserStream Technology developed by Agilent Technologies and currently used in various Logitech G-series mice. That means the boring Dell mouse will have a second-generation laser sensor which will run at around 2000 DPI. (more…)

The LoCO2PC PC from Akhter looks like an LCD monitor. Well a rather big one. And it’s supposed to be an environment friendly all-in-one PC too. Inside there’s a Celeron dual-core or a Core 2 Duo processor, SXGA (1,280 X 1,024 ) resolution, a 250GB hard drive and 802.11b/g WiFi. The whole “mechanism” uses 55 Watts while in use and only 3 Watts when in sleep mode.

This PC will certainly leave its mark on your wallet. Depending on what you choose to arrange inside you will be paying from $975 to $1,156 to get one.

If you’re looking for that special touch for your office, make sure you check out this Crystal Speakers which will connect to your laptop or dektop via USB. Not only do they look good, but they are really portable. Take them with you whenever you need to add sound to your current environement. The speakers, with their 1 watt per channel, won’t get the party started unless we’re talking about a party of one. They are available for order for $39.99 and I’d get them just for their looks.

Do you like what you see so far? Would you like such a desktop PC? Are you a Lego freak? Well Luke Andersen surely is. He is also a computer science major and he created his own PC made out of Lego bricks. He paid $140 for 1,238 Lego pieces and then put them together following his previously done plans. (more…)

The Studio Hybrid isn’t a car running both on gas and electricity. Nope, that’s the Toyota Prius and its followers. The Study Hybrid is an upcoming Dell mini desktop also called Nausicaa.
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It’s not my birthday yet to come around offering chocolate and drinks, so I’ll just throw a Mini Chocolate your way to digest. This Chocolate isn’t a smaller LG version but another mini PC. When I say mini PC I mean mini desktop. We’ve had more than enough netbooks.

What’s so special about this Mini Chocolate that’s worth mentioning? It’s a desktop featuring a 1.6 Atom processor with support for up to 2GB of RAM, four USB ports, two SATA sockets and one IDE socket. If needed there’s room for a slot-loading optical drive. You have a choice of three colors, regular black, white and red.

The manufacturer is Ripple from Korea, and it will charge about $200 for every unit. Let me see if I get this right. I get to buy a mini empty case? Well if I don’t count the processor…

If storage space is your problem, Seagate’s 1.5 Terabyte hard drive for PC will surely solve it. I am talking about the the Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB hard drive for desktop PCs which has just become the biggest hard drive on the market surpassing all 1TB previous models.
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We’ve seen quite a few desktop PCs today and we have one more for you guys. The ipower X2.0 from Packard Bell has gotten our attention. It’s a gaming laptop with personality from what we can see. The design clearly indicates it means business. This baby will arrive anywhere in Q4 this year, maybe just in time for Christmas. The price will vary from the cheapest $1,563 version to the $2,816 top of the class.
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Here’s an All in One PC from Averatec. It’s a similar iMac concept but I am not sure it will be as popular and dependable as the Apple is. And the name is quite ‘original’ too: “All-In-One PC”.
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In this mini gadgets euphoria Acer unveils their new x1200 Mini PC line. And besides being really small, it’s also very powerful. What say you Eee Box? Do you feel threatened in any way?
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Remember the weird but cool looking Predator gaming desktop from Acer? With that strangely shaped Orange case to hide a very reliable system made for gamers but not only? Well Acer came up with a monitor for us to match the Predator. The G24 powered by a Predator might be exactly what you need to beat your friends in those multiplayer skirmishes.
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It looks like MSI and their Wind are taking the path to the Dark Side. Remember how Asus started pissing everyone off by labeling their Eee trademark on whatever gadget as long as it was small and computer related? We have the Eee mini laptop line, the Eee Monitor, the Eee Box, the Eee Stick. Are we to see the Wind Monitor, or the Wind Stick? Because the Wind Desktop PC is here.

I understand the need for a laptop to be really strong while really easy to move around. What’s the point in creating a really portable desktop? Besides dropping the price? I’m not going to take it with me am I? Sure I will get a few more inches of free space around my workplace, but do I really need it?

Let’s see what MSI has in mind for their Wind desktop line. The mini desktop should sell anywhere from $200 to $300 and it will be released in Asia and Europe in July while the USA will get it in September.

The full specs aren’t available for now but the Wind desktop should pack a 1.6GHz Intel Atom, up to 2 GB of RAM, up to 160GB hard drive, WiFi and a DVD drive.

Want one? Yeah, me neither!

Not only did HP launch a whole new line of laptops that mean business and pleasure, but they are also working on their current desktop offers. Their xw4550 series has just been upgraded and you might want a piece of that.
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How small this PC right here do you think it is? Doesn’t it look like an Eee Box? Is it smaller? Rumored in April, this Dell Studio Hybrid has finally appeared. I don’t know if I like it yet. Apparently this was supposed to be an eco friendly PC but things don’t always turn as planned right?
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