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Acer prepping three Windows 7 touchscreen devices

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 19th 2009 No Comments

acer aspire z5600 Acer are working on three touch-enabled devices, according to a project manager from their mobile computer department, which will take advantage of Windows 7’s native touchscreen support. While no specific product details were mentioned, the employee did suggest that touch-sensitive netbooks could better take market share if they were positioned as “cheaper alternatives to tablet PCs”, which may indicate that one or more of the Acer devices are just such a netbook.

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Dell Inspiron Zino HD: nettop size, desktop power?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 13th 2009 No Comments

Dell’s latest mini-desktop, the Inspiron Zino HD, has broken cover, but the company obviously has some blackmail-quality information about Engadget and Gizmodo as neither site are spilling the details of what’s inside the low-profile box. Known so far is that there’s an optical drive, plenty of ports and interchangeable top covers with various patterns and finishes.

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Lenovo IdeaCentre C300 gets unboxed: sturdy build but potentially underpowered

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 13th 2009 No Comments

A whole lot bigger than the IdeaCentre Q700, but ironically packing less potent components, the Lenovo IdeaCentre C300 is the company’s entry-level all-in-one and relies on Intel’s Atom 230 or 330 1.6GHz CPU for its (limited) grunt. Over at Nettop Review they’ve been unboxing the 20-inch widescreen nettop, finding that while it may lack power, it doesn’t cut corners on build quality.

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Dell Vostro All-in-One Starts Shipping to North America

By Evan Selleck on Tuesday, Aug 11th 2009 No Comments

The Dell Vostro was already released in China and Japan, sporting a 19″ display and VESA mounting compatibility for wall-mounts or an accessory arm-stand. But as promised, now Dell is letting the United States join in the fun.

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eMachines EZ1601-01 All-in-One Desktop Review

By Ewdison Then on Monday, Aug 3rd 2009 No Comments

A reasonably stylish all-in-one with a sub-$400 price-tag and 18.5-inch widescreen display: too good to be true or bargain of the century? The eMachines EZ1601-01 poaches Intel’s trusty Atom processor for some desktop duty, offering a squint-free LCD and full-sized peripherals. SlashGear have been testing it out.

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HP Z400 Workstation Review

By Daniel Lim on Friday, Jul 31st 2009 No Comments

Earlier this year we covered the launch of HP’s latest Intel Nehalem-based workstations, and soon enough HP had a Z400 test unit for us to try out. The entry-point to the new range, the Z400 misses out on some of the more innovative design features of its bigger siblings, but arguably the most important thing – the Xeon processor – is there front and center. Read on for our benchmarks and impressions.

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Averatec D1133 puts AMD Athlon 3250e 1.5Ghz CPU into 18.4-inch all-in-one

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 27th 2009 No Comments

TriGem have updated their Averatec D1100-series 18.4-inch desktop all-in-one, by dropping in AMD’s 1.5GHz Athlon X2 3250e low-voltage processor. Sitting alongside the existing Intel Atom N270 machines in the D1100-series, the AMD-based Averatec D1133AH1E-1 has 2GB of RAM and a 250GB hard-drive.

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Corsair Dominator GT ultra-performance DRAM re-launches

By Ewdison Then on Wednesday, Jul 22nd 2009 No Comments

Corsair are today re-releasing their Dominator GT ultra-performance DRAM, after pulling the chips from the market earlier this year due to "unacceptable failure levels of the Elpida "Hyper" components" used in their manufacturer. Now using new new materials, the re-launched Dominator GT chips are available in 4GB and 6GB kits for Intel and AMD high-performance processors.

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Dell Vostro all-in-one desktop revealed

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Jul 16th 2009 1 Comment

Dell did something quite different today by adding an all-in-one desktop model to their Vostro line. This new PC is aptly called the Vostro All In One and is meant for those seeking a strictly business option.

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eMachines ET1300-02, ET1810-01 and ET1810-03 budget desktops

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 1st 2009 No Comments

eMachines have rolled out three new desktop PCs, and the color-scheme is decidedly white. The eMachines ET1300-02, ET1810-01 and ET1810-03 all have a mini-tower and use AMD’s Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz processor, Intel’s Celeron 420 1.6GHz and Intel’s Pentium dual-core E2210 2.2GHz respectively.

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