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AeroCool’s S9 Pro has an aluminum front panel with a “Sand Blasted” finish with 9 mesh bay covers and rear exhaust vent which helps optimize airflow created by the huge 400m side fan(250CFM @19dBA). The S9 Pro comes with three sets of vibration dampening mounts for mounting internal 3.5” hard drives in the 5.25” bays. The combination of the extremely quiet 400mm side fan and the vibration dampers for the hard drives makes the S9 Pro whisper quiet. There is plenty of room for just about any high-end graphics card. Location of front ports and power/reset switches are in a nice easy to access location.

The overall quality of the case and materials used are good. However, there are a few points that could be improved on: The metal of the drive bays could stand to be a little heavier gauge. The mesh front grills could also stand to be a bit sturdier. Hole locations for mounting an optional fan in the rear of the case are slightly off.

The unique fairly subdued appearance coupled with the almost silent noise level makes AeroCool’s S9 Pro mid tower case a good choice for home or office. Add to this the tremendous amount of airflow directed at the components inside this case and room for large high-end graphics cards makes this a solid case for hard core gamers also. Having a price point less than a hundred dollars means this is an affordable case that can handle whatever your computer needs are. Finally, If you are one who has to have a computer that is as quiet as possible this is definitely the case for you

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The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 Netbook comes with all the essentials Windows 7 Starter operating system, built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 1.3 megapixel webcam, 160 GB hard drive, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, 1.6 GHz Intel N270 Atom Processor, 10.1” (1024×600) 16:9 LED display, Intel GMA950 Graphics, and a 6-cell Lithium-ion battery with up to 6 hours of battery life. Add to all this DolbyHeadphone Technology, 4-in-1 Media Reader, Multi-Touch pad, Quick Start,VeriFace facial recognition technology, the OneKey Rescue System, and you have a netbook that is excellent for work and play.

The VeriFace facial recognition technology is an interesting way to securely log on to your computer. Having a Multi-Touch Pad allows you to quickly zoom in and out by simply moving two fingers apart or together. Headphone sound quality is definitely enhance with the DolbyHeadphone technology.

The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2’s speed is average to good in stock configuration, however, upgrading to 2GB of RAM definitely helps. Windows 7 Starter works well but doesn’t allow for much customization. So, if you want to personalize your netbook you will need to upgrade to a full version of Windows 7 or opt for the XP version of this netbook. Battery life is approximately four hours plus during streaming video or downloaded movie viewing. While surfing the web or enjoying music will give you very close to six hours of battery life. The Six hour battery life does fall a bit short of other netbooks with 8-9.5 hours of battery life. The Keyboard on the S10-2 is only 89% of a standard keyboard and may be a bit small for some users.

The price of Lenovo’s IdeaPad S10-2 Netbook is very good when considering all of it’s features. However, most people will want to have a faster system and will need to upgrade the RAM. Not having a full version of Windows 7 is one more thing thing to consider if you want to customize a system to fit your personal preferences. The cost of upgrading these two areas lowered the rating of this netbook to 3 stars because the three most important areas to most people are Cost, Speed, and Flexibility. But even with these extra costs the IdeaPad S10-2 netbook may be worth it to get all the features offered by this netbook.

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Don’t give up the performance you need for the thin and light portability you’ll love. With responsive, energy-smart, ultra-low voltage processors from AMD® and Intel®, lots of DDR3 memory and up to 320GB* of storage, this Satellite® T100 notebook will help you go far—and keep you going strong.

Includes:

• AMD Athlon™ Neo X2 Dual-Core Processor L325
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
• 2GB DDR2 800MHz memory
• ATI® Radeon™ HD 3200
• 320GB HDD (5400rpm)
• HDMI output port
• Hard Drive Impact Sensor
• 11.6″ HD TruBrite® LED Backlit display
• 1366×768 (HD), 16:9 aspect ratio, Supports 720p content
• Built-in microphone, Standard stereo speakers, Headphone jack (stereo), Microphone jack (mono)
• Webcam and microphone built into LCD bezel
• Wi-Fi® Wireless networking (802.11b/g)
• No Bluetooth (No Antenna)
• 10/100 Ethernet LAN
• Memory Card Reader SD
• 2-USB (2.0), 1-USB (2.0) with Sleep and Charge

So what is the word? Excellent. This netbook gets high marks for putting everything you need into a single nice package at a decent price. The ATI 3200 graphics processor makes the netbook able to play a decent amount of games. The keyboard is not the best of the bunch, but gets good marks for ease of use. Well built and Toshiba quality round off an excellent buy.

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Runs your typical Integrated 4500MHD graphics processor for average performance and a HDMI port. However, this unit is fairly snappy feeling. The full sized keyboard, well full sized for a netbook, is well laid out and easy to use. Some minor complaints of the keys are flat so you can’t get a feel for your typing position.

Nice and fresh Cherry Red makes it stand out, and it includes all the nice features of a typical netbook. For the price this is worth the look.

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Valve announced today it will bring Steam, Valve’s gaming service, and Source, Valve’s gaming engine, to the Mac.

Steam and Valve’s library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series will be available in April 2010.

The importance of this news is that it will bring gaming to the Mac platform, something that Mac users have long awaited for years. Valve will have a major hold into the Mac market with this move, and will prompt other game makes to consider the Mac a solid gaming machine.

“As we transition from entertainment as a product to entertainment as a service, customers and developers need open, high-quality Internet clients,” said Gabe Newell, President of Valve. “The Mac is a great platform for entertainment services.”

“Our Steam partners, who are delivering over a thousand games to 25 million Steam clients, are very excited about adding support for the Mac,” said Jason Holtman, Director of Business Development at Valve. “Steamworks for the Mac supports all of the Steamworks APIs, and we have added a new feature, called Steam Play, which allows customers who purchase the product for the Mac or Windows to play on the other platform free of charge. For example, Steam Play, in combination with the Steam Cloud, allows a gamer playing on their work PC to go home and pick up playing the same game at the same point on their home Mac. We expect most developers and publishers to take advantage of Steam Play.”

“We looked at a variety of methods to get our games onto the Mac and in the end decided to go with native versions rather than emulation,” said John Cook, Director of Steam Development. “The inclusion of WebKit into Steam, and of OpenGL into Source gives us a lot of flexibility in how we move these technologies forward. We are treating the Mac as a tier-1 platform so all of our future games will release simultaneously on Windows, Mac, and the Xbox 360. Updates for the Mac will be available simultaneously with the Windows updates. Furthermore, Mac and Windows players will be part of the same multiplayer universe, sharing servers, lobbies, and so forth. We fully support a heterogeneous mix of servers and clients. The first Mac Steam client will be the new generation currently in beta testing on Windows.”

Portal 2 will be Valve’s first simultaneous release for Mac and Windows. “Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step,” said Josh Weier, Portal 2 Project Lead. “We’re always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC. This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac.”

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The Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110. Time to step up your game.

Ready to step up your game? With the Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110 on your side, you’ve got what you need to play faster, better and longer. Designed for serious gamers, this keyboard puts customizable controls right where you need them. Locate the correct keys—even in the dark—with backlighting colors you can select and assign. You also have 12 programmable G-keys to help you execute complex commands more rapidly than your opponents. Whether you’re running an epic raid or fragging an enemy soldier, the competition is no match for you and your Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110.

Logitech’s G110 Gaming Keyboard, as the name states, is designed to be a gaming keyboard first and foremost.The G110 definitely excels where gaming is concerned with multi color back-lit keys, headset-ready USB audio,high-speed USB 2.0 port, game mode switch, and 12 programmable G-keys with three macros each. This keyboard has a built-in macro recorder and comes with a “Key Profiler” program that is installed with the keyboard. The macro and quick key functions are easy to use and switching between macro modes as simple as pressing the M1-M3 keys. The Key Profiler program is designed to do an automatic game scan and create a profile for that game.

The microphone and audio jacks both work well. There is also a volume scroll wheel that will let you control headset volume while leaving Windows’ volume untouched. The G110 also has a set of multi-media keys designed to work with your multi-media player. The built in USB port is a powered port designed to support up to 100mA USB devices. The keyboard itself is very wide (19.5 inches) and may not fit some keyboard trays.

While the Logitech G110 Gaming Keyboard is a keyboard that is designed for gamers that play complex RTS and MMO role playing games most users will have no problem using it as their standard keyboard. The Keys are a little smaller than your standard keyboard and are soft,smooth, and quiet when typing.

The G110 does a lot of things well, however it doesn’t do everything perfectly. The USB port does have intermittent problems powering certain mice and memory sticks. The Profiler automatic “ Game Scan” doesn’t recognize and automatically create a profile for several popular games both new and old. However you can open the Key Profiler and create a new profile and navigate to the game EXE for games not automatically recognized and assigned a profile. Others have reported that the multi-media keys do not work with WinAmp or Corel’s WinDVD, however, I use Windows Media Player 11 which does work with this keyboard.

Logitech’s G110 Gaming Keyboard shares a lot of features with the other G-Series gaming keyboards Logitech makes, because of this it makes it a solid gamers keyboard. But the G110 cost is less than the G15 and less than half the cost of the G19 making it a good choice for gamers that game in low light conditions and play games that lend themselves to the use of macro keys. If you don’t plan to use this keyboard for gaming but as a standard keyboard for word processing and office work then you are just wasting your money.

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