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December 18th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Nvidia
During the holiday marketing push, we’re inundated with ads and gift guides that celebrate the flashiest stuff, but it turns out, the nerds among us are looking for more nuanced additions to their technological lineup. So we asked tech editors and writers from around the Internet to share what it is that they really want, computer-wise, this year. Here’s what they said:
Netgear
Matt Buchanan, Gizmodo
I use my desktop PC exclusively for gaming. I need fast lag-free Internet, but router is on a different floor in my house so the wireless is kinda weak. I want Netgear’s Powerline AV500 networking kit, which I believe is the fastest one on the market. Powerline networking doesn’t reach advertised speeds but if it is more steady than my wireless, it’ll be worth it. And I’d rather do that than drill holes or wire the apartment I don’t own for Ethernet.
Evoluent
John Herrman, Popular Mechanics
I’d like the gift of a few more years without irreversible repetitive stress injuries: An Evoluent Vertical Mouse, to put into rotation with my Magic Trackpad and Logitech mouse.
I’d also love a Lian Li Pc-b10b PC case. After a five year break from PC building, I built a top-line gaming rig. My only regret is going with a cheap plastic case; this ultra-minimalist, dead-silent aluminum tower would have put a smile on 17-year-old-me’s pale weird face.
Nvidia
Todd Kenreck, msnbc.com’s In-Game
I’d like to upgrade my gaming PC with a top-of-the-line graphics card like the Nvidia EVGA GeForce GTX 580 with 512 CUDA Core and 1536MB GDDR5 at 4GHz, so that when I pwn people on “Battlefield 3,” I can see the whites of their eyes.
Apple
Will Smith, Tested
I really want a 13-inch MacBook Air with 256GB of storage and all the trimmings. I’m a well-equipped nerd, but my two-year old, 13-inch MacBook Pro is heavy, clunky and slow. Upgrading to a 13-inch MacBook Air would simultaneously give me a big performance boost and a higher resolution display, all while shaving 4.5 pounds from my daily carry. That’s technological progress I can get behind.
Samsung
Avram Piltch, Laptop
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too many pixels and, with its 1920×1200 resolution screen, the Dell Ultrasharp U2412M monitor has more desktop real estate than any other LED-backlit monitor its size.
And when it comes to computer storage, every millisecond you wait for an app to load or your PC to boot is another millisecond you won’t have to do the important things in life, like playing “Skyrim.” The fastest mainstream solid-state drive on the market, Samsung’s 830 Series SSD, allows you to launch everything from your browser to Photoshop CS 5 at least 300 percent faster than a typical hard drive. That’s like buying time.
Verizon Wireless
Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com
I’ve long considered a mobile hotspot as a luxury item. Yet I’ve continued to wind up in places where Wi-Fi isn’t a certainty; or is costly when it is available (hotels and some coffee shops); or is jammed up by others using it (airports and some coffee shops). For the holidays, I’m giving myself the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot MiFi 4510L.
I paid about $50 (after a $50 rebate). The monthly data plan on a two-year contract is $50 (although, with Verizon, you can go cheaper and use your own cellphone as a mobile hotspot for $30 a month. I chose not to do that because of phone battery drain issues). So far so good. But: I won’t hesitate to cancel the contract if it turns into more of a pain than a plus in terms of its usefulness.
Iomega
Wilson Rothman, msnbc.com
And then there’s me. Besides wanting all the children of the world to join hands and sing about peace and harmony (plus 30 million dollars in a Swiss bank account), this holiday season I’d really like the 3GB Iomega Mac Companion drive. Not only does it have FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, and enough room for me to do local Time Machine backups plus store a bunch of movies and music, it has a side USB port with enough juice to charge my iPad, without taxing my laptop. Yay.
Oh and speaking of hard drives, I recently put a Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive in my laptop (a MacBook Pro). In case you hadn’t heard about hybrid drives, they take a small amount of the expensive solid-state technology that Avram was talking about on that Samsung 830, and merge it with a cheaper magnetic hard drive, to give you most of the performance benefits without the high cost. My hybrid may have arrived before Santa did, but it still fills my heart with glee this holiday season.
What about you? Nerd or not, perhaps you’ve got some great suggestions for off-the-radar tech gifts. If so, put ’em in the comments below. And here’s wishing you a happy holiday, whichever one(s) you celebrate!
More on computer tech from msnbc.com:
- Kinect gets a makeover for PCs
- Seagate drive puts 4 TB on one disk for $250
- Wacom Inkling review: A high-tech pen you’ll use
- Seagate’s new hybrid drive: New life to old laptops
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A gallery of cases ranging from the practical to the hilarious, you’ll find the camouflaged OtterBox Defender, the beer-bottle opening Opena, the LEGO-compatible Brick and more, all covered by msnbc.com’s Wilson Rothman.
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