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Giz’s semi-goddess Sarah Meyers went to Maker Faire to admire all kinds of wonderful machines live and videotaped this clear explanation on how the first all-in-on beer machine works. Called The Device, it is our favorite by far. Not because its design or ingenuity but because of what it makes: lots and different types of beer. And, unlike other boutique ales, you won’t have to recover a laptop to get a life supply. The bad: it’s not as elegant as fridge with built-in draught beer system. The good: it is fresh beer, you can teach science to your kids while getting drunk, and doesn’t require a stupid bottle opener. On second thought, move “no bottle opener required” under bad. [Sarah Meyers, Rocketboom]
Original post by Jesus Diaz
The Blacbird 002 by HP looked like the gaming PC to have, with smart design including that aluminum stand. Maximum PC just gave it a 7/10 score for two main reasons: Vista OS hurts its game performance, as does its SLI implementation hacked up to use twin ATI cards…slower ATI cards. Will Smith, EIC, says his top pick is still the XPS, “It’s just faster.” [MaximumPC]
Original post by Brian Lam
It appears that Dell is making an attempt (as futile as it may be) to take on the likes of HP and Apple with the release of the XPS 420 —a rig focused on the multimedia enthusiast. Features include: Intel Core 2 Duo or Extreme processors, your choice of ATI or NVIDIA graphics cards, a max of 1TB storage, 1-4 GB of Dual DDR2 SDRAM, a 20-inch LCD monitor, and Xcelerator technology —which makes converting video quick and easy. The XPS 420 also comes bundled with Adobe Systems Elements Studio, which includes Photoshop Elements 6, Premiere Elements 4, and Soundbooth CS3. As you might have guessed the XPS 420 won’t come cheap, regardless of the options you choose. Prices range from $1500 to $2,500. [Dell via Information Week]
Original post by Sean Fallon