Gigabyte Introduces the P2532 Series Gaming and Multimedia Notebooks

Gigabyte today announced that three extraordinary new Blu-ray gaming and multimedia notebooks in the P2532 series are now on sale in international markets. The P2532 series features three new configurations that are designed to meet the needs of a variety of users interested in mobile gaming and multimedia.
“Gigabyte has long been a leader in the gaming motherboard market and we have taken our expertise to design high-end notebooks,” said Richard Ma, Senior Executive Vice President of Gigabyte. “With the P2532 series, we have developed a line of premium products that feature exceptional performance, but at an affordable price to achieve the best value for users.”
The P2532 series is powered by a blazing fast Intel Core i7 quad-core processor and deliver extraordinary graphics with a NVIDIA GT 555M/GT 550M GPU with 2 GB VRAM. The notebooks also have a spectacular Full HD (1920×1080) display and a superior sound system that features THX TruStudio Pro audio technology. The P2532 series also features a sleek and innovative dual air vent design. Other impressive features include a Blu-ray drive (P2532F/H), a 7200 rpm hard drive with a SATA 3.0 SSD and USB 3.0. The powerful features and fantastic design make the P2532 series an exceptional choice for mobile gaming and multimedia enjoyment.
P2532F Extraordinary Gaming Notebook
The P2532F sports an Intel Core i7-2670QM quad-core processor and a NVIDIA GT 555M GPU with 2 GB of VRAM. The powerful combination provides a slick and smooth visual experience without any lag that is great for firing up the latest games and crushing the competition. The P2532F comes with a Blu-ray Combo DVD drive that provides spectacular high resolution video enjoyment and the 1080p Full HD display provide stunning images so real that you feel like you are really in the game itself.
The P2532F features an extraordinary audio system, including four stereo speakers and one woofer speaker along with THX TruStudio Pro audio technology. The crisp and clear audio makes it easy to hear every important sound – like when an opponent is sneaking up behind you, or when a teammate is outmatched and needs your help.


The P2532F packs all of its impressive features into a sleek dual air vent/dual heat sink design that provides a powerful cooling effect even during long periods of use. Keeping the notebook cool during intense gaming sessions not only makes the notebook more enjoyable to use, but also protects and extends the life of key parts.

P2532H and P2532S Thrilling Multimedia Notebooks
 
The P2532H and P2532S are designed to deliver a stunning multimedia experience. The NVIDIA GT 555M/GT 550M GPU with 2 GB VRAM provides an incredible graphics experience and the full HD (1920×1080) display produces bright and crisp images in incredible detail. The P2532H also comes with a Blu-ray Combo DVD drive that provides spectacular high resolution video enjoyment. The notebooks also support 3D image output with HDMI 1.4 so that you can create a stunning home entertainment center and enjoy lifelike 3D content.
The P2532H/S also feature an immersive audio experience where sound comes to life. The notebooks have four high-quality dual-channel stereo speakers and a woofer speaker that that provides excellent bass and powerful beats so that you can experience audio as it was intended. The P2532H/S also come with THX TruStudio Pro audio technology that fine-tunes the audio system to eliminate distortion, enhance the volume, and reinforce even the smallest sound details. With THX TruStudio Pro enabled, the sound curve reaches a more accurate representation of the original sound so that you can experience the same great audio quality found in live performances, films, and recording studios.

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NZXT Launches the Switch 810 Full Tower PC Chassis

NZXT, a company built on realizing the dreams of gamers worldwide, is proud to announce the Switch 810 hybrid chassis. Built for the hardcore PC enthusiast, Switch 810 is the most versatile and highly adaptable full tower chassis to date. It enables you to easily modify cooling performance from extreme liquid cooling, to superb airflow, or whisper-quiet silence.
Switch 810 aggressively eliminates heat, boasting support for 280 mm radiators, up to ten 140/120 mm fans. One of the most noteworthy features is an industry-first, unique hybrid fins that you can close to minimize noise and dust accumulation or open to expose passageways for maximum airflow.
NZXT ensures maximum expandability with two removable HDD cages with a potential of up to 7 HDDs equipped with two pivoting 120/140 mm fans that direct airflow at 15⁰ to the VGA and CPU. There are 9 expansion slots for installing EATX motherboards with Quad SLI, or Triple crossfire. Multimedia access is optimized with high speed dual USB 3.0, a hard drive dock, and an SD card reader.

Switch 810 offers stress-free installation with immaculate wire management and tool-less 5.25″ and 3.5″/2.5″ SSD hard drive installation for easy accessibility. Additional features that solidify Switch 810 as the PC enthusiast’s dream chassis include a rear white LED light added visibility in dark environments and an acrylic window lets you peer in at your masterful build.


“Switch 810 is truly the pinnacle of high performance computing” said Johnny Hou, Founder of NZXT. “It offers enthusiasts an array of advanced features intuitively implemented into one of the most unique designs we’ve ever created.”
The Switch 810 is available for $169.99.

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Microsoft Reveals Details on New File System

Microsft has revealed details on the sucsessor to NTFS — Resilient File System (ReFS) — which is scheduled to make its first debut on Windows 8 Server Edition.
Surendra Verma, a development manager on Microsoft’s storage and file system team, said ReFS will maintain “a high degree of compatibility with a subset of NTFS features that are widely adopted while deprecating others”.
Mr. Verma went on to state that ReFS will incorporate some of the codebase from NTFS, albeit with a newly architected engine that implements on-disk structures like the Master File Table to represent files and directories.
This new file system will compete directly against Sun/Oracle’s ZFS, which promises similar resilience through use of storage pools.
In an MSDN blog post announcing the new file system, Steven Sinofsky, the President of Microsoft’s Windows Division, explained that ReFS was developed with some key goals in mind: maintain a high degree of compatibility with NTFS; verification and auto correction of all data; optimization of extreme-scale systems; end to end resiliency architecture with the storage spaces feature; data striping for performance and redundancy for fault tolerance.


ReFS has largely been billed as the ‘killer app’ of the server iteration of the operating system as file system’s promised resilience should be able to fend off ‘bit-rot’ — an ever-present fear of enterprise users.
Microsoft’s last attempt at a file system, the ill-fated WinFS, was ditched during Windows Vista’s protracted development cycle. With the WinFS project cancelled, end-users have been stuck using FAT32, and its sucsessor NTFS, for nearly two decades.
Mr. Verma, however, outlined a possible roadmap where end-users might have a refresh of their file system saying, “We will implement ReFS in a staged evolution of the feature: first as a storage system for Windows Server, then as storage for clients, and then ultimately as a boot volume.”

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Is a Samsung – RIM Deal in the Works?

During RIM’s decline of the last year, the company has had a war of attrition with Samsung on two fronts: in unit sales as well as in loss of top staff and executives. Now rumours from reliable sources are circulating that Samsung may by the company outright.
This news comes weeks after RIM rejected a joint takeover offer by Microsoft and Nokia.
News of the possible sale, which first broke on The Boy Genius Report early this morning, have sent RIM’s shares climbing on the TSX.By 11AM eastern time, the share price had risen 6.17%.
The Boy Genius Report also claims that RIM is interested in licensing its software if an amicable sales deal cannot be reached.
Technology analyst Jeff Kagan believes a Samsung acquisition of RIM would give the company what it needs to compete head to head with Apple and Google.


“This could give Samsung what they need to compete on a more head to head basis with Apple and Google,” Mr. Kagan told Hardware Canucks. “Of course they would need to update the RIM technology which RIM itself has been unable to do. So this is not a guaranteed success strategy, but it is in the right direction.”
“RIM still has lot’s of value with all their patents and technologies. They still have a valuable brand name even though it needs updating desperately. They can resuscitate it, but they have to do it quickly,” claims Mr. Kagan.
Hardware Canucks will continue monitoring the story and provide updates as they become available.

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