NewsLenovo IdeaCentre K210 Sports Stylish Design and Fights Germs
Posted 06/30/08 at 09:26:54 PM by Paul Lilly
Buying an OEM computer used to mean being tied down to proprietary parts, paying too much for too little, and having to find a place to hide an unsightly beige box so as not to offend guests. Or scare the cat. And while proprietary restrictions are still the norm rather than the exception, OEM systems continue to drop in price and look good doing it. We can now add Lenovo to the list of system builders following this trend of affordable sex appeal.
Lenovo, who feels comfortable concentrating on the Chinese market, first began having global inspirations with its IdeaPad series of notebooks released earlier this year. Sensing the grass might very well be greener on the other side, or at least pull in more green, the once sheltered OEM now looks to march into the global consumer desktop market with its newly announced IdeaCentre K210. And the timing couldn't be better. As Lenovo points out in its press release, demand for worldwide consumer PCs is up, and according to the IDC, will show a 10 percent increase from 2007 to 2011. Even still, the global market remains crowded, and Lenovo hopes a few key technologies will separate itself from the pack.
To see what interesting twists Lenovo brings to the table, including one that will have hyperchondriacs jumping for joy, you'll first have to click through the jump.
ReviewsCyberPower Gamer Ultimate SLI Quad
Posted 06/18/08 at 05:39:51 PM by Gordon Mah Ung
For all those readers who have added up the price of the parts in an OEM box and screamed into the night air: “Hell, I can build it cheaper than that!” CyberPower has a retort: Beat this one, sucker! While you might think you’re up to the challenge, we suspect the price-to-performance ratio of the CyberPower Gamer Ultimate SLI Quad is impossible to match—unless you’re using boosted parts. In fact, we’re not sure how CyberPower is making a profit off this stacked and packed rig.
FROM THE ARCHIVEDaily News Brief: Creative Class Action Lawsuit
Posted 05/01/08 at 07:06:05 PM by Paul "One4yu2c" Lilly
Class action suit alleges Creative exaggerated MP3 storage capacities, HP's new discovery could challenge flash memory, MSI jumps into the low-cost PC arena, and more!
ReviewsFalcon Northwest FragBox II
Posted 04/04/08 at 05:28:37 PM by Gordon Mah Ung
Can you get Ferrari performance for the price of a Camaro? That’s the question we asked when we uncrated Falcon Northwest’s small formfactor FragBox II. Falcon, the recognized father of the modern gaming PC's, normally throws us lustworthy $9,000 gaming rigs. At $1,500, the FragBox II is no such home wrecker.
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NewsDell Drop Kicks Proprietary Parts
Posted 02/26/08 at 01:25:52 PM by Gordon Mah Ung
What's worse than the F-word? The P-word. Dell decides to join the crowd by just saying no to proprietary parts.
ReviewsiBuyPower Gamer's Fire
Posted 10/20/06 at 05:45:48 PM by Gordon Mah Ung
You can look at every PC as having its own personality—an essence comprising its strengths, quirks, and flaws. Take iBuyPower’s Gamer’s Fire PC, for example: It’s a crossbreed of Rodney Dangerfield and Steven Seagal. You might not respect its pot belly and ugly golf clothes, but it can snap a suite of benchmarks like a twig.
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FROM THE ARCHIVEFalcon Northwest Mach V
Posted 09/17/06 at 10:08:37 AM by Gordon Mah Ung
There's an annual event here at the magazine: We set performance records every September with the Dream Machine and before we can finish guzzling the celebratory beer, Falcon Northwest shows up to pee on our parade.
FROM THE ARCHIVEMonarch Computer Systems Nemesis 2
Posted 06/30/06 at 01:36:56 PM by Gordon Mah Ung
Get your green on with Monarch's newest showing, Nemesis 2. The big green giant will be pleased.
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