Thinking Of A New Ultra Portable Purchase

I have been thinking lately it’s time to get something ultra portable.  What I’m looking for is something small and light, with enough beef to work on a remote location.  Even though I love my Toshiba, when trying to be mobile even a 15″ is too big and heavy to comfortably log around.

I have been working of my laptop for close to two years now, and besides the fact that a two year old machine is out of date, I want to be able to work anywhere.  Also the glare in the screen of this Toshiba really bothered me today when I was planing on working outside.  For the first time in years I have been looking for something else then Toshiba.  When looking at laptops to replace this one, the Lenovo line keeps popping up and I must say I love what I’m seeing there.  They are finally stepping away from that dreadful boxy look that we are used to from IBM Lenovo.  I have yet to actually put my hands on one but the design of the new Lenovo lines look really awesome.  Take the Lenovo  IdeaPad S10-3 for instance.  I love the way that keyboard looks.  But when reading Mark Shuttleworth Blog about gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10, I suddenly could also consider the IdeaPad S10-3t.  The S10-3t has you guessed it a touchscreen.  Lenovo calls it a tablet,  which you could call it even after Steve said a tabled is has no keyboard.

Apple TV, Boxee Box Or Something Else?

What to hook-up to the TV?

I have several HTPC’s that I’ve build to watch my downloaded content on. How ever in planning to buy a new TV I also want to downsize what is hooked up to the TV. We recently decabled and are now using an over-the-air digital TV box(DTV). This works great as we use a mix of Hulu, Boxee and downloads to get our TV shows. I’m not a big console gamer so we only have two of them, PS2 and Wii, hooked up to the TV. The DTV box we are using is small as well. The biggest piece of hardware in our media center is the HTPC. Which is a 4 HE PC case. I have a couple of Dell Optiplex SX280′s that I can use but I’m thinking of going even smaller.

Cooler Master CM Storm Scout Gaming Chassis Review

Cooler Master CM Storm Scout

Cooler Master sent me the CM Storm Scout. This is the  second chassis in the CM Storm series.  The  CM Storm is totally geared for the gamers.  The website for the CM Storm, features gaming hardware ranging from mouse pads to mouse and chassis to fans.  Also you can find news of the Storm teams, some of the worlds best gamers who play in tournaments organized by CM Storm.

CM Storm Sniper “The Fatboy” Case Reviewed

I’ve had the pleasure to review the CM Storm Sniper case from Cooler Master (Just in case you don’t know what the CM stands for LOL).  It’s a feature rich case and in my opinion one of Cooler Masters nicest cases.

The slick design of the case and the handles on top, which are reinforced  and attached to the chassis so these will not break, enable you take this case to LAN party’s and other venues and really stand out.

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CM Storm Sniper “The FatBoy” Computer Case Reviewed

V10 Cpu Cooler What An Awesome Piece Of Hardware

I reviewed the V10 CPU Cooler from Cooler Master for Bright Hub.  The results where unexpected extreemly good.  An improvement of 6C degrees less from the stock cooler.

The V10 CPU Cooler uses a Perltier element.  An piece of electronics I’ve always thought could do a good job at cooling the CPU.

The only problem always has been the hot side of the Peltier.  A Peltier element has a hot and a cold side.  It therefore can be used to cool down or heat up.  Cooler Master cleverly used the cold side for cooling down the CPU.  The Hot side they use a radiator like design with heat pipes to dissipate the heat away from the element.  The cool side is attached to heat pipes as well these heat pipes run over the CPU base and cool the CPU.