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We put this here, because this is one of the first drool-worthy things we have seen launched this year (pending the launch of Apple’s tablet). Maingear, a New Jersey-based maker of boutique PC hardware, brings you a wonderful year-opener in the F1X series of gaming PCs. Saw it here first at DigitalTrends.com: Boutique high-end PC maker Continue reading Maingear F1X Gaming PCs We don’t really understand how outfits like Alienware, VooDooPC, Falcon Northwest, and OverdrivePC survive economic climates like today, what with people overly netbook- cenric (even though netbooks are more likely to break) in today’s “cheapest-is-greatest” environment. But we have another entry into the “money is not an object” models of boutique gaming PCs — ORIGIN. Continue reading ORIGIN ventures into boutique gaming PCs
Read more on the new Dell Zino HD from Mac PC Wiz after the break.
Read more inside about the new PX-B940SA from PlextorM, only here at MacPCWiz.
Read more from MacPCWiz. Most people are used to standard DVD playback, and we don’t blame them for it — DVD has been the undisputed movie format champion for the past few years. But for those HD fanatics and early Blu-Ray jumpers, here are some Blu-ray playback requirements for your desktop and laptop PCs. As the resident tech guy for my family and friends, I always get this: “So I bought that Blu-Ray drive I saw on the Internet. I can read Blu-Ray discs, but I still can’t play them expensive Blu-Ray movies. What’s the deal?” Inside, we discuss how you can playback Blu-Ray movie on your Windows PC computer using your Blu-ray drive . In as far as the tug of war between nVidia and AMD for the GPU “king of the hill” title, it has been a close contest these past years. Currently, with AMD/ATI’s HD400o series now done and nVidia’s GT200 project all over as well, both are priming for their new releases. nVidia, in a bid to Continue reading nVidia hypes up their new FERMI architecture GPUs
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Dell this morning officially unveiled its most direct attempt at claiming the ultra-compact desktop space currently held by the Mac Mini. Shown after multiple teases, the Inspiron Zino HD occupies roughly the same footprint as its Apple counterpart but uses AMD processors to keep the costs low while still supplying options its rival doesn’t have. The micro PC is seen as a home theater PC and comes with native HDMI output as well as options of discrete Radeon HD 4330 graphics and a Blu-ray drive.
Plextor jumps into the world of 12x Blu-Ray burning with its new PX-B940SA 12x Blu-ray Writer.The PX-B940SA not only uses the latest Blu-ray technology, but also a dual-layer DVD-ROM that combines multiple formats – DVD R/RW and RAM – into one. It accepts disk of 8cm and 12cm (in horizontal position) and has an 8MB buffer, to ensure continuity of data.
Austin-based PC manufacturer Dell continues the vision for a Home Theater PC with the Dell Zino HD. Confirmed specs are scarce, but we’re taking the term “desktop parts” — about the only info Dell will spill so far — to heart. Hopefully this new Zino HD mini PC from Dell can live up to its name and kick the sometimes sluggish, laptop-inspired Studio Hybrid to the curb as Dell’s home theater PC of choice. 
A big clunky external DVD writer, with all its accompanying cords (power cords and interface cords — USB, Firewire, etc.), is enough to give you a mild de-cluttering crisis. I believe giving up on an external DVD burner may not be entirely the solution. Enter the DIGISTOR Self-Powered external DVD burner. DIGISTOR has employed into this drive a nifty self-powering solution so that the drive itself — already slim and very sleek-looking — does not need a power cord for its use. Read more from MacPCWiz.