New Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M/280M and GTS 150M/160M laptop GPU
The biggest newcomer is the GeForce GTX 280M, which NVIDIA claims is “the fastest laptop GPU on the market, with up to 50 percent more performance than previous generation enthusiast laptop GPUs.” The company is also pushing out the somewhat less exciting GeForce GTX 260M, GTS 160M and GTS 150M, all of which feature the company’s own CUDA compiling architecture and support PhysX gaming effects. ASUS, Clevo and MSI are all showing new laptops based on the new GeForce GTX 200M and GeForce GTS 100M Series GPUs here in Hannover, though there’s no word on when they are shipping. Read
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New iMacs, Mac Pro and Mac mini
iMac
Apple just announced new 24-inch and 20-inch iMacs, with some friendlier pricing and Mini DisplayPort video out. Prices start at $1,199 for the 20-inch and $1,499 for the 24-inch. At the base level Apple offers a 20-incher with 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB HDD and GeForce 9400M graphics, the rest of the iMacs are 24-inch numbers with 4GB of RAM standard. In the high end Apple has 2.93GHz and 3.06GHz processor for $1,799 and $2,199, respectively, with GeForce GT 120 256MB and GeForce GT 130 512MB graphics. In between there’s a 24-incher for $1,199 with 9400M graphics, a 2.66GHz processor and a 640GB HDD. On the outside it’s that same iMac look.
Mac Pro
Apple has announced a new Nehalem based Mac Pro with a starting price of $2,499. The new systems feature either a single core 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500, or a dual 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500, start with 3GB of memory, a 640GB hard drive, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of RAM. The new Mac Pro’s will be available next week.
Mac mini
Oh yes. We got the 5 USB ports right. And there’s now a Mini DisplayPort as well as a DVI plug. For $600, you’ll get a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 9400M, and a 120GB Hard Drive. For an extra $200 ($800), you’ll get 2GB of RAM and a bigger 320GB hard drive.
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Mac mini packaging + Details
- 5x USB
- 1x FireWire 800
- 1x mini DVI
- 1x Display poort
- Nvidia chipset (like the newest MacBook)
- starting at Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz
- 1 of 2 GB DDR3 memory (max 4 GB)
- 120 GB hard disk (max 320 GB)
iMac
- one 20″ model, three 24″ models
- Intel Core 2 Duo (not a quad core): 2.66 Ghz, 2.93 Ghz and 3.06 Ghz
- 1x Display port
- 20″ 2 GB DDR3 memory, 24″ 4 GB DDR3 memory (max 8 GB)
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Asus Lamborghini VX5 Laptop with 1TB SSD!
The Asus Lamborghini VX5 laptop is slated to debut tomorrow alongs with other products in CeBit at Hannover, will sport a 1TB SSD, a Core 2 Quad CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 16-inch “Full HD” display. You’ll also find a GeForce GT 130M graphics card with 1GB of GDDR3 memory, an illuminated “chiclet” style keyboard and a Blu-ray optical drive to boot. Read
Josh’s Verdict: I’ll have an empty wallet after buying this.
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Rumor: Apple Event on March 24th?
Josh’s Verdict: Cough, cough. We know. New iMacs and Mac mini are coming.
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What’s New in Safari 4?
The new public beta is available as a free download from Apple’s website for both Mac and Windows.
Apple details the new features found in Safari 4:
- Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages to easily return to sites they’ve seen before;
- Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes;
- Tabs on Top, for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones;
- Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history;
- Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches;
- Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site’s layout and text;
- Developer Tools – built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and
- Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications.
WTF: $10k crocodile laptop
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Rumor: Windows 7 Release Candidate on April 10th
Whoa. Time flies. We gave you the direct download links. We taught you how to get a Beta Key. Now, multiple sites, including Ars Technica and Neowin.net, are claiming that the Release Candidate will be a public one, and be released on April 10th. The Release Candidate will have the build 7048, while the first public beta version had a build number of 7000.
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