Logitech G110 Gaming Keyboard Has More Purple Lights Than a Discoteque [Gaming]
Logitech’s more basic counterpart to the ridiculous G19 gaming keyboard, the G110 is screenless, playing up custom lighting with “red, blue, or pretty much any shade of purple you can imagine.” Mostly, I’m glad they finally integrated some headset jacks.
The price you pay is that it’s got a single hi-speed USB port instead of a pair, which has been de rigeur on gaming keyboards lately. And of course, it’s got space for 36 macros. It’s $80, and works with PC or Mac. [Logitech]
Acer Aspire Z5610 Emphasizes Style Over Speed [Desktops]
The Z5610 seems like a better-looking, but less powerful version of the Gateway ZX6800. Both all-in-one PCs have 23-inch (1080p) multi-touch displays, and Windows 7. But the Z5610’s 2.6GHz Pentium E5300 processor won’t match the Gateway’s Core 2 Quad chip.
This initial $900 Z5610 also lacks the built-in Blu-ray drive or TV tuner we saw in our April preview. If you’re after an all-in-one that doubles as a TV, you might be better off looking at HP’s TouchSmart 600 or Sony’s Vaio L. The $1400 Gateway ZX6800 has a TV tuner, but not Blu-ray.
In terms of looks, the Z5610 holds its own. An ambient lighting strip between the display and sound bar illuminates the keyboard in the dark, and the PC’s chrome legs create room to stow away the keyboard and tilt the display 10-20 degrees.
The rest of the specs are pretty basic, though: 4GB DDR3-800 RAM (expandable to 8GB), 320GB hard disk, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 graphics, SuperMulti optical drive, 6 USB slots, and one eSATA port. You also get 802.11n and Gigabit networking, plus a bundled wireless keyboard and mouse.
Underpowered, yes. But not bad for the price. The Aspire Z5610 arrives sometime before Christmas for $800.
Posted: October 15th, 2009
at 7:41am by Danny Allen
Topics: 7, All, Desktops, In, Multi-touch, PC, Windows, Z5610, acer, acer Aspire Z5610, all-in-one, all-in-ones, aspire, multitouch, one, ones
Acer fulfills prophecy, overtakes Dell as number two PC maker worldwide (update)
As if on cue, here’s some new data research firm Gartner lending credence to Lanci’s boasting. Looks like Acer has leapfrogged over Dell for the number two spot in global market share for the third quarter of 2009, from 12.5 to 15.4 percent of the Big Pie Chart[TM]. Meanwhile Dell is just below at 12.8 percent, and HP is sitting happily atop with a 19.9 percent ownership.
Update: Let us adjust our glasses a bit. According to the charts, Acer is number two in worldwide PC sales, not in US as this previously reported. Stateside, the company is sitting at number three at 13.9 percent, behind HP (25.7 percent) and Dell (26.2 percent). Apologies for the confusion, the person responsible for eyesight has been subsequently sacked, the person responsible for the sacking has been sacked, etc.
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Posted: October 14th, 2009
at 9:14pm by Ross Miller
Topics: DellInc, Desktops, HewlettPackard, HewlittPackard, Hp, PC, Sales, acer, business, dell, dell inc, desktop, gartner, hewlett packard, hewlitt packard, laptop, laptops, lenovo, toshiba
Acer: we’ll overtake Dell as world’s number two PC maker… soon
Acer’s President Gianfranco Lanci is talking some big talk these days, but not completely without reason. The Taiwan-based computer manufacturer says it does not expect to see a decline in revenue this year over last, meaning that it should clear somewhere in the realm of $17 billion — its 2008 revenue figure. Much of the good news (and sales) hails from Asia, where retail markets have not been as hard hit by the economic insanity of the last year. Moreover, Lanci also said that with these figures, Acer “can finally pass Dell” sometime between this quarter and the next. He also added that the company expects to “breach the gap with HP” when it comes to notebooks, netbooks, and smartphones. So… that means we can expect a ton of Acers this year, right? Right.
Update: Well, that was fast.
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Posted: October 14th, 2009
at 12:24pm by Laura June
Topics: Desktops, Gianfranco Lanci, GianfrancoLanci, PC, Sales, SalesFigures, acer, laptops, sales figures
Acer Says “We Can Finally Pass Dell” [Blockquote]
Acer’s president says that increasing demand from Asia is going to push them over the edge, all the way to number two on the worldwide PC maker’s shipping list.
Between this quarter and the next, we can finally pass Dell
Not only that, they think they can “breach the gap” with HP as well. [WSJ]
