In Portable-Electronics by Bryan
tags:
cray,
microsoft,
small,
supercomputer,
suse,
xeon
As HP almost says, “the SuperComputer is Personal!” Imagine, starting at just $25,000 USD, you could move all your computing done around the house (typically on your 320 PC’s and laptops) to just ONE little, tiny supercomputer, that one outlet describes as fitting into a broom closet, created by the legedary, Cray, name and powered by either Microsoft or Suse. Finally, you can easily manage all your earthquake tracking software predictions and automotive mechanical cyber testing to a central location!
It seems that Cray supercomputer sales fell as other retailers like DELL and HP made things a little smaller and cheaper. This is their attempt to “break back in” to the market. Wow! To their credit, it is awfully neat to see a supercomputer smaller than a vacuum cleaner. Gone are the days of building-sized number crunchers that terrified sci-fi authors.
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In Public-Display by Bryan
tags:
berkey,
concept,
future,
painting,
spaceships,
star wars
There’s only one name to know when it comes to concept ships and examining the cluttered, abstract knife strokes and brushed shadows in spaceship design, John Berkey. If his work looks similar to something cult -ish from 1970’s Hollywood, you’re right! Lucas is no fool. Just as the Alien movie makers borrowed heavily from Geiger, Lucas and the later-named ILM group borrowed wisely from John Berkey.
We all see shapes and patterns in abstract strokes and movements in paintings, Berkey was (he’s deceased I think) the primo genius to use that technique to apply the viewer’s imagination to the already detailed painting. While the books with Berkey’s work are tough to find, look’em up. You won’t be let down.
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In by Bryan
tags:
display,
graphic,
new item,
nvidia,
pci-e,
resolution,
video
The growth of GPU’s against CPU’s is revealing how important it is to have hardware that can pound frame rates and calculate for itself taking a load off the CPU (which is natively slower for graphics rendering anyway). For a very pretty penny, the nVidia Quadro FX 3700 video card will deliver more power for the buck or pound or euro. It’s rating consistently higher than nVidia video cards costing twice as much and the 3700 is just getting aged enough when the price is dropping by the week. If you have one good slot to spare, the MSRP of $1,500 can be beat with street prices often hovering around $800. This entry to the high-end nVidia cards uses the same G92GL GPU as the 8800 GT with 512MB DDR3 on a 256-bit bus so goes WAY beyond the mid-range FX 1700.
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In by Bryan
tags:
form factor,
mouse,
optical,
rechargable,
upgrade,
usb,
wireless
It might be years before Microsoft cracks open the hardware magic like Apple Computers has done, but they’re starting off with a bang. The Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 is the highly touted, big brother to Microsoft’s 6000 model. The 7000’s rechargable batteries last around five days on a charge that takes only three hours! Both the 6000 and 7000 have ranges of about 18-feet which should be quite far enough and the 7000’s scroll wheel allows for horizontal scrolling as well as typical vertical, up and down scrolling. The curvy shape of the laser mouse put this mouse at the top of reviewer’s choice for, “most comfortable” which can be a huge concern if you’re going to try to last five days straight with this mouse!
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In by Bryan
tags:
kensington,
music,
remote control,
slim design,
trackball,
usb,
wireless
Kensignton’s SlimBlade doubles as a multimedia remote control via USB connectivity. The ‘bottom’ can cleverly become the top and let you adjust volume, track postition and play/pause control up to 35-feet from the receiver. That’s definitely plenty of distance to help you manage music or videos at your next get together discreetly, and keeping this slim track ball mouse in your pocket will also help you steer clear of some obvious, “mouse in your pocket” jokes.
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