NYConvergence ORIGINAL
By: Andrew Graham
Semiconductor maker AMD let myself and some other writers-slash-bloggers mess around with its technology [Monday] night at Greenhouse in Manhattan.
Reductively, AMD’s VISION technology is what powers the upgrades in
performance and useability Microsoft has been touting in its
advertising for Windows 7. The chips support new video formats like
Blu-Ray, touch-screen monitors, multiple-monitor setups, and other neat
consumer technologies.
The new Dell Inspiron Zino HD,
a small computer that runs AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors and
could compete with Apple’s Mac Mini, was on display as well. One of the
reps there told me that the product would start shipping next week and
that pricing, sans monitor, keyboard, et cetera, begins at around $250,
while the Mac Mini
starts at $600. These “mini” computers look like useful consumer
products, and the shivering masses might be most turned on by the fact
that the Dell Zino comes with interchangeable covers so that OMG YOU
CAN CHANGE ITS COLOR!, but either way, they’re good for your living
room, not hardcore computing.
Organizers also put the AMD Fusion Media Explorer, a free multimedia
search engine and browser for Windows-based computers, on display.
AMD’s blog has a post about that product and what it aims to do, along with video from one of the developers.
[Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Andrew Graham's Tumblr blog and is published here in its entirety with the permission of the author.]
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