Next Friday, the 23rd of November, shoppers on and offline will be hard at it hunting holiday deals for 2012. Black Friday this year, affords some special incentives where tech is concerned. We thought we'd bring you a few.
Inc. lists the top innovations of 2012, such things as predictive technology, HTML5, social analytics, you know, those “too techie” things most technology buffs and shoppers could care less about. While such “utility” and features as high resolution for the Apple iPad 3, on the other hand, consumers do care about. Factor in “prices” like those available only on Black Friday and after the New Year, and Voila! Here’s some tech gift ideas you maybe never heard of.
The Luxury of Gaming
For most of us who work on the web, in whatever capacity, gaming is not in the cards anymore. Sadly, even old techies like me can ill afford to pass the time shooting villains, driving fast cars, solving riddles, or role playing with the masses anymore. Time is of the essence, but! If I were to somehow be allotted four hours a day to be a virtual warrior someplace, the MAINGEAR F131 is what I would want in my Christmas stocking. This attractive, ultra fast gaming PC is on most experts’ list as a first choice to dominate whatever requires such speed and performance. The down side for Santa is the $3,000 dollar plus pricetag. But since you are making lists for St. Nicholas, here’s some specs to jot down.
- Motherboard - Asus® Maximus V Gene Featuring Lucid Virtu MVP
- CPU - Intel® Core™ i7 3930K Six-core 3.2GHz/3.8GHz
- Cooling - MAINGEAR EPIC 120 Supercooler
- Graphics - 2x AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970 6GB Total GDDR5 in CrossFire w/Eyefinity
- RAM - 32GB Corsair® Vengeance™ DDR3-1600 1.5V (4x8GB)
- Hard drives- 2x 600GB SSD (w/ TRIM) [270MB/s Reads]
For your best Black Friday deals on MAINGEAR custom PCs (so far) check the company’s offers here. The video below from PC Perspective tell the story best.
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Audiophile’s Wish List
Grado PS1000. If money is only a secondary concern, and you don’t care about Earbud-like portability, the best sounds to hit your ears in years will probably come from Grado Labs’ wonder listening product.
What makes these so special, you ask? The hybrid design of these professional series headphones are actually artwork in selected species of hand-crafted mahogany, machined metal honed to perfection, to form a near perfect “listening chamber” inside the headphones. Meticulous detail, to the extent most humans cannot imagine, produce what are in effect Ultra-Fi listening devices. For those who are not aware of the term Ultra-Fi, there is a realm of perfection in audio far beyond what the naked eye, or even what most ears are trained to hear. While Ulta Fidelity is a totally custom realm, it can safely be said these PS1000 units are as close as production headphones will ever get to real sound. For the novice out there, just think “zero distortion” and the best audio sound (depending on the source) you ever heard. Features include:
- Vented diaphragm
- Hybrid air chamber
- UHPLC copper voice coil wire
- UHPLC copper connecting cord
The price may be a Santa choker, the best we could find is $1,695.00 at Amazon.
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