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• OCZ RevoDrive x2 240GB PCIe SSD – bigger and faster! @ PC Perspective

News:

CyberPower Offers “Early Bird” Deals Through Thanksgiving

— Jump Start Holiday Shopping With Special Deals, Rebates on Gaming Rigs

BALDWIN PARK, CA (November 12, 2010) — CyberPower Inc., (www.cyberpowerpc.com) a leader in custom desktop gaming PCs, is offering immediate deals across its entire gaming rig line through the Thanksgiving weekend with special promotions, extra mail-in rebates, and special discounts off the entire order whether customers choose a base model or customize their gaming rig through CyberPower’s “configurator.”

CyberPower is bringing the latest platforms and technology featuring great brands you all know and love to all of its “Early Bird” holiday specials. Customers will find a system to please everyone on their gift list from AMD Athlon II systems starting at $439 to Intel Core i7-based systems, which offer uncompromising power, overclocking friendly CPUs, liquid cooling, and Direct X 11 graphics for $835.

Every system ordered through the Thanksgiving weekend features special promos, rebates and discounts. All CyberPower gaming rigs can be easily customized with a number of hard drive and/or SSD, optical drive, memory, and other peripheral components options at the company website and still qualify for the special promos. All systems are also pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Operating System to enhance your gaming and multimedia experience. http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/LandingPages/MegaSpecial/EarlyThanksgiving/

Among the scores of deals, upgrades, $1,000 in rebates, and giveaways are:

* FREE Intel Core i7-950 processor upgrade from i7-930 processor
* FREE DDR3/1600 Memory Upgrade from DDR3/1333
* $100 off on Corsair Obsidian 700D Gaming Chassis.
* $200 off on selected CSX Gaming Chassis
* FREE NZXT USB 6-Port Expansion Module
* Free Asus USB Wireless Network Interface Adapter
* FREE Asetek Liquid Cooling Kit
* FREE Shipping – FREE GROUND SHIPPING on selected gaming PCs.
* FREE MS Office 2010 Starter Edition for all MS Windows 7 OS desktops and notebooks

For customers looking for a pre-built system ready for delivery, CyberPower has special Black Friday price cuts on systems at mega e-tailers and retailers such as Newegg and Walmart.

Keep your eyes open for those Black Friday deals, could be your chance to get some CyberPowerPC stuff on the cheap.

Activision shoots to the top with “Black Ops” Release

Activision Blizzard on Tuesday sold 5.6 million copies in North America and the United Kingdom of “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” its latest addition to the venerable shooter franchise. The game, which generated first-day revenue in those markets of $360 million, broke the industry record for opening-day sales, according to the company.

5.6 million copies. . . wow! Well on its way to some record breaking there. Activision has to be happy with that. Im still waiting on the helicopter to take me on a vacation here.

Report: AT&T will introduce Galaxy Tab on Nov. 21

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab went on sale with Verizon Wireless on Thursday, is due at Sprint stores on Sunday and an Internet report says AT&T will launch the tablet on Nov. 21 at a $650 price tag. The same source reports that Samsung may introduce an Android phone that features a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED 2 screen in early 2011.

We have seen an absolute flurry of aftermarket devices and news about the Galaxy Tab. For a device is not even on the market yet it shows a real vested interest from manufacturers.

10 Trend-Setting Laptop Designs

Laptops have come a long way in the last few years. Plastic is out, metal is in, and laptop manufacturers are finding new ways for their laptops to stand out on the store shelves or in your browser’s window. Indeed, some of the laptops that passed through PC Labs recently and made us stop and stare at the fine craftsmanship. You will find ten of them listed below. More here.

Good article, this is a must read for those considering a laptop purchase.