Mar 05
Mouse Computer is about to launch another gaming PC for the mass market, the NEXTGEAR-MICRO im520SA10-SIMC. This SimCity certified gaming PC is packed with a 3.60GHz Intel Core i5-3470 processor, an Intel B75 Express Chipset, a GeForce GTX 660 2GB graphics card, a 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a multi-card reader, a 500W power supply and runs on Windows 8 64-bit OS. The NEXTGEAR-MICRO im520SA10-SIMC will go on sale from March 7th for $79,800 Yen (about $854). [Product Page]
Since Apple computers tend to lean more towards the expensive side, it is understandable that most schools might prefer to go with a PC instead. However it looks like Apple is still interested in appealing to educational institutions and has since quietly updated their educational iMac model. This is a 21.5″ iMac and it is priced at $1,099, a good $200 cheaper than the regular iMac which is available for consumers. Granted this is slightly more expensive than its previous model introduced 18 months ago at $999, it does feature some updated specs that hopefully will be good enough to get the job done in schools. So what can education institutions expect from this updated model? Well for starters they can look forward to an Intel Core i3 processor clocked at 3.3GHz, a 1920×1080 Full HD display, 4GB of RAM, 500GB of HDD and an Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU. It’s a very basic model so don’t expect too much, but it looks like it should be more than capable of dealing with the needs of schools/colleges.
We did read about how Seagate has decided to cease manufacturing the 2.5” 7,200rpm hard drive for the notebook market yesterday, and whenever there is a “funeral” of sorts, here is an event which will celebrate the “birth”, so to speak, of the third generation hybrid drive from Seagate that is simply known as the SSHD. The SSHD was showcased at CES 2013 which happened a couple of months ago, and you are now able to pick it up for the notebook and desktop segments.
I am quite sure that many of us out there have heard of TweetDeck, let alone use it. TweetDeck has long been deemed to be the feature-rich Twitter client which was picked up by Twitter back in 2011, but it seems that it will not be available in its present form with such freedom soon. Apparently, TweetDeck seems to be on the path to function as a web-based service only, where its native Mac and Windows apps will co-exist except that they are to play second fiddle to the web and Chrome apps.
