Could this be the framework for a fun and useful device that will tell us where we are, keep in touch with the office and our family, gather the news from all over the world, and play the music we want wherever we happen to be? Some of us liked the UMPC better when it was a merrily bouncing pixilated mass of nothingness skipping over an endless array of Corbis stock footage. What Intel and Microsoft originally wanted to do, O'Donnell explained, was to create a new category of PC that could spark its own market segment, in-between a handheld and a notebook, using relatively inexpensive, easily mass-produced components. But there's a lot of versatility in that [notebook] market," argues Rubin, "and there's not a very thick line separating Origami devices from something like a Fujitsu LifeBook, which has a 9" screen and has Tablet PC functionality, where the screen can twist around [over] the keyboard. Once the price starts working its way down to that $500 "sweet spot," then with a few new applications having (hopefully) been introduced by that time, the burden of coming up with a single compelling reason for anyone to own this thing, becomes less and less of an issue, Rubin reasoned....

With the new Radeon X850 XT PE, XT and Pro and the Radeon X800 XL and X800, product bottlenecks should soon be a thing of the past: good news for PC enthusiasts!. The previous R423-core PCIe models in the Radeon X800 Pro and XT (PE) line are still on the books, but will fade from the market over time. The new X850 XT PE sets itself apart from the previous X800 cards with a new dual-slot fan, but in terms of 3D capabilities, everything is the same. Performance differences are solely due to the differing clock speeds of the graphics chip and memory; only the Radeon X800 XL and X800 are really new. As far as 3D features go, again, there is nothing newover the previous models....

December Review and January Updates: In December, the biggest news in the graphics card world was the preview of Nvidia's upcoming GeForce GTX 295 card, which comprises two slightly underclocked GeForce GTX 280 GPUs on a single card with 55 nm dies. And we might also expect Nvidia to launch some new cards based on the new die-shrunk GPU and perhaps new versions of the GTX 260 and GTX 280. But at the same time, there hasn't been a lot of graphics card newsover the holiday season. In other countries or at retail stores, your mileage will most certainly vary; These are new card prices....

Here is a first test of the new Radeon 9800 PRO and an outlook on the 9600/9200.. The Radeon 9800 PRO makes an impressive showing, nullifying the slim lead NVIDIA's FX 5800 Ultra held over the Radeon 9700 PRO. This chip offers nothing newover its predecessor, aside from an AGP8x interface....

With the new socket AM2 platform from AMD, consumers can expect faster systems from the guys who really know how to build them.. The system is like new all over again, including your game settings if you so choose. Falcon includes a small note to all new owners, along with a Falcon Northwest Logo mouse pad, T-shirt and coffee mug....

The system is resurrected like new all over again, including the game settings Falcon installed for you (if you chose to have them set them up). The company's owner Kelt Reeves likes all of his customers to love their new system, and with each order, he includes a small note to all new owners along with a Falcon Northwest Logo mouse pad, t-shirt and coffee mug....