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Joyswag: Joystiq's Legendary Halo 3 Giveaway {Joystiq}
Sep 25th 2007 6:36PM I'd want to go up against a brute. I'd just kick it in the nads.
Win a super rare signed 300-Edition Xbox 360 Elite and 300 HD DVD! {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2007 7:36PM That scene where that guy with his shirt off kills some other guy. Oh yeah, and they scream.
Averatec's 15.4-inch 6700 "desktop replacement" {Engadget}
May 4th 2007 3:33PM eek. ...and there lies the biggest problem of feed-reading. Especially when you read two blogs that usually post simultaneous, almost-identical articles pretty consistently.
Yeah. This is Engadget. NOT Gizmodo. Sorry, guys.
Averatec's 15.4-inch 6700 "desktop replacement" {Engadget}
May 4th 2007 9:38AM What!?
How can a notebook even come CLOSE to being considered a desktop replacement with a Radeon Express 1100 chip? I could be wrong, but anytime i've seen that video chipset, it's been integrated.
So tell me why I should spend this amount of $$ on a sub-standard brand with horrible customer service and no capacity for self-service with integrated video?
How about we really take a look at the details of these things before we just throw a company's press release up on the main page? I mean, i've been searching for 15 minutes and I can't find any information that states what size memory is allocated for the graphic adapter.
Gizmodo-folksen, can you get this info? It's kind of a big deal if you're going to sell a "desktop replacement" notebook which is going to even think of running Vista Home Premium with its basic capabilities.
Come on, guys!
The 12.1-inch Averatec 2371 laptop runs Vista and AMD {Engadget}
May 4th 2007 9:29AM Yeah, and Eris help ya if you need to try and find parts for these little buggers.
They're nothing but a throw-away notebook. Cheap, and not horribly bad, but throw-away nonetheless.
They don't sell any parts, so they pretty much force you to send them in to them to get repaired at a much higher cost than you'd be able to find in a local service shop.
I recommend to my customers that they stay away from them.
Get Vista at a discount if you buy a PC now {Engadget}
Oct 25th 2006 9:15AM Keep in mind these things, though:
The "express upgrade" is a completely new SKU. So, make sure when you buy a new PC that you're getting the express upgrade option. Any OEM Windows XP SKUs floating around until the express upgrade SKU comes out on the 26th WILL NOT QUALIFY.
This isn't going to be a problem if you buy a current model from a big OEM, but if you get a clearance system or a system from a small builder, you'll want to be careful. If you try to redeem the deal with a non-express SKU, MS won't let you!
Oh yeah, from what i'm seeing, Ultimate isn't in the deal. You can go to Premium, Business, or Basic. Who cares, anyway? If you're not using a Windows domain at work AND using the same PC as a media center, why do you need Ultimate? Don't be a "Gotta have anything called Ultimate" sheep.
Engadget's relaunch giveaways: let's start with a Zune {Engadget}
Sep 19th 2006 8:43PM Cool!
"One Step Beyond" by Madness
What's in the Engadget swag bag? {Engadget}
May 4th 2006 4:17PM I'm gonna guess there'll be an Intel bunny-person in there?
