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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Asus Lamborghini VX5 with 1 terabyte SSD, 4GB RAM, core 2 quad

Asus Lamborghini VX5 LaptopThe Asus Lamborghini VX5 will undoubtedly be the baddest laptop on the market. With a 1 Terabyte SSD (solid state drive) from pureSilicon, an intel core 2 quad processor, and 4GB of RAM. The SSD drive pushes an impressive 300 MB/second burst speed, as well as sustained read/write of 240 and 215 MB/Second, respectively. The laptop also features a blu-ray optical drive, as well as an HDMI output. The laptop also has an impressive "full HD" resolution of 1920 by 1080 and an nVidia GeForce GT 130M graphics card with 1GB of GDDR3.

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Monday, April 07, 2008

My trusty canon A70 finally bit the dust... or did it?

canon powershot A70
The camera I use in situations where things getting beat up is a likely possibility, i.e. snowboarding or midget tossing, finally bit the dust after something like half a decade of use. Actually, it didn't really die, the CCD just went out, rendering the camera useless, and merely showing black and white flickering on the screen when in shooting mode. But - alas - there is hope! Perhaps my trusty canon powershot A70 shall live once more! Apparently there is a recall on the CCD chip on this camera and a bunch of others. Rad! In fact, my brother got his fixed not too long ago and so did my mom. So I actually knew I could get it fixed, I just wanted you to think that my poor little camera was gone for good.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

graphics tablets - alternatives to Wacom

LaPazz 6x8 graphics tablet
Any seasoned graphic designer, digital artist, and illustrator knows the value of having a graphics tablet. But what if you don't want to spend tons of money on one? Wacom, the industry standard, does represent quality - but you will pay a premium for the name "Wacom", just as you would pay more for an Abercrombie and Fitch shirt simply because of the brand.

I'm not saying you never get what you pay for. However, in this case, I have noticed no significant quality difference between a Wacom tablet and the lesser known brand that I use: LaPazz. Sounds lame, but it is a great tablet, and buying one instead of a Wacom 8"x6" tablet could save you up to $220. Check it out!

Specifications of the LaPazz WP8060:
  • 8" by 6" size
  • USB interface
  • 1024 pressure sensitivity levels
  • 2000 LPI resolution
  • 100 RPS report rate
  • Supported in Windows 98SE / 2000 / XP / Vista
Other alternatives:

8" x 6" tablets:
Other sizes (larger than 8x6"):

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