Logitech has announced two new mice under the MX name. From the Logitech Blog:
Today we announced two new premium mice, the Logitech Performance Mouse MX and the Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX. Both mice feature Logitech Darkfield Laser Tracking, which allows you to use your mouse virtually anywhere you want — including clear glass (minimum 4 mm thickness) and high-gloss surfaces. Both mice are expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe beginning in August.
Find more info and a video description on Logitech’s blog.
Apparently Logitech now doesn’t have a dealer in Saudi Arabia anymore so it’s better to buy online from Amazon and ship using mail forwarding services.
I am a Maximum PC magazine subscribers, one of the best computer magazines and one of the few magazines still surviving as a print magazine (you can still read it online).
Every year Maximum PC have their “Dream Machine” of the year which is a custom computer that they build using the best of the best hardware, and they are expensive ($17,000 last year). So this time they presented 3 different Dream Machines at the following price ranges (2,600SR, 5,400SR and 14,000SR). The specs on these machines are pretty good, even the cheapest model. Although we know how hard it is to find AMD products in the Intel-dominated Saudi market.
As for where to buy the hardware in Saudi Arabia? Most of the standard hardware can be found at regular computer stores but if you want the high end video cards, power supplies and cases then you need to visit a store such as Softland/Binaries/Techno Roof. The other solution is to import from the United States using any of the mail forwarding services listed here.
Low price Windows Home Server from Acer
Acer have an affordable way for you to backup and store your media files. The Acer easyStore is a $400 (1,500SR) Windows Home Server system with 1TB of storage, 3 hot-swappable 3.5-inch hard drive bays for up to 7TB of storage. It is powered by 1.6GHz Atom CPU.
We hope this reaches the Saudi Arabia market very soon.
Acer bypasses Dell and becomes number 2 notebook maker
Acer has beaten Dell in the global notebook market, becoming the second notebook maker after HP. HP have a worldwide market share of %24.1 and Acer is now %18.8. Netbooks was an important factor, %31.6 of Acer’s notebooks are netbooks.
Intel Pine Trail platform for Netbooks
Intel has announced the “Pine Trail” platform which will succeed the current Atom on netbooks. The CPU “pineview” as well as the GPU will be on the same die so it won’t need a graphics processor.
This means Pine Trail will be a two-chip solution, one less than Intel’s current netbook platform. In theory, this should result in cost savings and lower power consumption.
It should be released by the end of this year.
AMD Catalyst 9.5 drivers released
AMD released version 9.5 of their Catalyst video card drivers. It promises performance improvements “Performance gains of up to 11 percent for single GPU and ATI CrossFireX configurations with AA enabled in Unigine Tropics DX9″ on these Radeon cards.
You can read more and download it from AMD’s website.