The New Apple MacBook is not clicking: It has issues!
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Posted by on November 2nd, 2008As heretic as that may sound, lately I have been evangelizing the use of laptops, and have converted a few of my friends but not for gaming.
The hottest $h1t in the laptop market are Apple’s New Macbooks that have just come out a few weeks ago. But they are not without with their share of problems and issues.
As CrunchGear reports, Apple Macbooks are experiencing touch pad click failure 60% of the time! That is almost 50% of the clicks you make. It’s frustating enough because the touchpad does not have buttons and as a design tradition at Apple, the right click we have in PCs, they use the Command (?) button + mouse-click.
An official thread open at Apple’s Discussion forums discusses this very problem, and people are speculating what the problem might be.
Anyone else experiencing this same problem, if they got the New Macbook?
AMD Game Aimed To Help Gamers Achieve Peak Performance
Posted by on May 20th, 2008
AMD has recently launched a new program called AMD Game that will address the issues faced today by gamers who want to achieve immaculate performance form their machines.
AMD’s Game program aims to break down the key components and hardwares from the company to allow the gamer to achieve better performance and better frame-rates on higher resolutions while playing games.
Although a brilliant marketing campaign, the need of such services was way over-due. AMD Game and AMD Game Ultra will provide two tiers of gaming system specs that will cater to different budgets and tastes.
AMD Game has been extensively discussed over at Ars Technica, read the entire article there.
What does Apple have for the gamers?
Posted by on May 9th, 2008
Currently, nothing. But in the near future, it might! That is that big question today. What does Apple have for the gamers?
It’s very true that Apple has seen a lot of success in the personal gadget arena, and have always been a good contender in the personal computing market. They also have had a lot of success with the Apple TV products and their notebooks are selling like hotcakes.
Apple has a strong presence in the hardware arena and they provide powerful personal computers. An interesting article I read on another blog notes that it might just be the time for Apple to hit the gaming market with a new product and take it by storm. They might very well be successful again.
While a major chunk of the gaming market apple has been eaten by the console vendors and personal computer vendors, I won’t be surprised if Apple woos in people with their aesthetic sense of powerful hardware design.
SteelSeries Ikari Review [Gaming Mice]
Posted by on May 6th, 2008
Been wanting to post more about gaming mice lately, but haven’t got the chance. Here is a start to that. A review of SteelSeries’ Ikari line of gaming mice done by Mahmood Ali from Global Gaming League. This is a video review, so sit back, watch and enjoy.
Ikari series is based on laser motion detection hence offers greater ‘dots per inch’ (dpi) ratings and hence more accuracy on the screen. With it’s durable build it can survive the test of time and physical abuse. Hope you like the review.
[Via SK-Gaming]
HD Camcorder for $169 [Bargain]
Posted by on April 28th, 2008
About two years ago I bought a camcorder that had a flip open 2.5 inch LCD display, mp3 player, USB 2.0 ports, 3 mega pixel still image capture, and few other features. But it wasn’t a High Definition camera, and didn’t really had a good frame rate even at 800 x 600.
This cheap HD Camcorder, DXG-569G, by DXG has a 30 fps rate on 1200 x 700 pixels and is only for $169 dollars. The one I bought 2 years ago was good for it’s price then, at $149. Here is what Engadget had to say:
While DXG has few aspirations to taste or quality, they sure know how to price this stuff. The new DXG-569V HD cam can shoot 1280 x 720 video at 30 fps, captures 5 megapixel stills and sports a 3-inch foldout LCD, all for the bargain basement price of $169. Naturally, that video quality probably won’t be putting RED ONE out of a job, and you’ll need to supply your own SD card to make the magic happen, but if that doesn’t dissuade you, you can swipe one from a Radio Shack shelf in silver or black as of today.
I would recommend this, other cameras of this kind to anyone who is looking for a cheap, quick fix, HD recording mechanism with has good portability and is light. What you do need to look into is what memory types it supports (SD Flash cards in this case), whether it has a tripod screw, and what kind of video outlets it offers. Night vision is a plus, but I don’t expect it to be that marvelous considering it’s cramped up chip for smaller size.
Even then, it’s a really good bargain. Rs. 12,000 @ Rs. 70/Dollar.
[Via Engadget]
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Details
Posted by on April 28th, 2008
Tech ARP publish in full the upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 3’s details on their website. This is last of the lot, as claimed by Microsoft.
[Via Gaming Today]
Intel Slashes Chip Prices
Posted by on April 22nd, 2008
gamerpk learns from CNet that Intel has cut prices on most of their chipsets where the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66 GHz) saw a 50% cut in the prices from $530 to $266. Intel has also announced two new chipsets; The E8300 (6MB cache, 2.83GHz) and the E7200 (3MB cache, 2.53GHz) at $163 and and $133, respectively. This comes when the manufacturer saw that it might start losing some of it’s market share to the equally competitive AMD/ATI. A good news for gamers like me who are snooping around for deals to construct a new rig.
Razer’s new low-end gamer mouse
Posted by on March 4th, 2008
Engadget reports,
It’s just the Salmosa, their new lower-end 1800 DPI, 1KHz polling gamer mouse with sensitivity adjustment and a slightly more reasonable $40 price tag. It’ll be out in Q3, but something tells us by then you’ll have found some other completely obvious way of spending two Jacksons.
The $40 price tag is quite cheap for it’s class. Most gaming mice come above $70 or $90. The name although sounds inadvertently like ‘Samosa’.
For a full feature listing, visit the Yahoo! News Report on the Salmosa.
[Via Engadget]
Tale of Two Formats: How the HD-DVD and BluRay War Played out
Posted by on February 27th, 2008
Two years of battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray: a retrospective - By Engadget.
Cool Blingy Macbook Air Covering made of Diamonds!
Posted by on February 27th, 2008
The sleek, thin, light and almost anorexic, Macbook Air has put on some weight! Well, that happens to anyone who puts on some bling. People over at Crystal Icing have just pimped out Macbook Air notebooks with custom case covering, or skin. Pictures from Crystal Icing blog sure make one want that thing more. And they are not just any crystals, they are Swarovski Crystals! A premier brand in cut-glass and diamond work.
