eMachines (Acer) announced the availaility of two new small form factor desktops today. Available at retail outlets, the machines are described as “just the size of a dictionary”, oddly enough, and are aimed at very casual computer users.
Consumers have been wondering for some time now what traditional mechanical hard drive manufacturers would do to combat the threat represented to their industry by solid state drives (SSDs). SSDs, at least at the higher end, offer significant speed increases over rotating magnetic drives at the cost of reduced storage capacities. They’re a bit of a game-changer in the storage markets because unlike standard hard drives, the majority of which are made by a handful of large manufacturers, SSDs can be made by anyone who makes flash memory, RAM, heck, even chip-maker Intel is getting in on the action. Up until now, hard drive manufacturers haven’t had all that much to say about future plans; rumors suggest that Western Digital is working on a 20,000-RPM update to their Raptor line of speedy drives, and everyone is working to increase their storage densities.
Are you a fan of the Eee Box? Do you like its slender shape, its delicate colors, its ability to entertain and delight while only daintily sipping from the electrical outlet? Look out, then, because it’s
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We’ve heard for a while that attendees of Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference would be getting quite a substantial swag bag. Every conference-goer will be getting a 160GB hard drive with copies of much of the software that was discussed at the conference. Up to this point, the internet has been abuzz with the news that within this software bundle, Microsoft will also be including a copy of Windows 7, the next iteration of Windows. Naturally, Windows 7 will still very much be in a beta or even pre-beta form.
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