SanDisk’s 200GB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card works on mobile phones, tablets, cameras, and portable game consoles, all for $24, today only, originally $32.49. Offering up to 100MB/s transfer read speed, which means you can transfer up to 1000 photos in just one minute, while A1-rated performance lets you load apps / games much faster than traditional memory cards. The Class 10 rating is perfect for Full HD video recording and playback when used in cameras. Product page. Read more for a video showing how to use it in the Nintendo Switch.
The Raspberry Pi 3 is still widely used in DIY computer builds, but its followup,the Raspberry Pi 4, has just been announced. Featuring a Broadcom BCM2711 SoC (quad-core Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz), 500MHz VideoCore VI GPU, up to 4GB of RAM, two HDMI ports (micro HDMI format), a 2-lane MIPI DSI display port, a 2-lane MIPI CSI camera port, Bluetooth 5.0, dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, USB Type-C power port, two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, and microSD storage. It’s available now configured with either 1GB ($35), 2GB (45), or 4GB ($55) of RAM. Read more for a hands-on video, additional pictures and information.
Apple unveiled the new Mac Pro at WWDC 2019 earlier this month, and ever since that time, people have been comparing its design to a cheese grater, and rightfully so. Aerospace enthusiast and maker Winston Moy wanted to see just how an Apple cheese grater would perform if they ever made one, so he fired up the CNC machine create his very own replica. Does it do a good job? Let’s just say that Apple should stick with electronics. Read more for the video and additional information.
Logitech’s MX Master Wireless Mouse has been touted as best in its class, and you can pick one up for just $47 shipped, today only, originally $99.99. This device boasts comfortable hand-sculpted contour, a Smart speed-adaptive scroll wheel, unique thumbwheel for side-to-side scrolling, a dark field sensor for flawless tracking, and a rechargeable battery with up to 40 days battery life. Product page. Read more for another video review and additional information.
Industrial designer Benny Lee unveils his latest creation, and it’s called “Kosmos”. This 3D space mouse is designed for digital artists and puts all of their most important tools right under their fingertips, including a joystick-like controller with a scroll wheel and 6DoF movement as well as a touchscreen up top for extra intuitive controls. On the left side of the device, you’ll find a dynamic display separated into four quadrants. Read more for a video, additional pictures and information.
Apple today revealed the all-new Mac Pro with a completely redesigned chassis for professionals who push the limits of what a Mac can do. This system features workstation-class Xeon processors (up to 28 cores), a high-performance memory system with a massive 1.5TB capacity, eight PCIe expansion slots and a graphics architecture boasting the world’s most powerful graphics card, while an Apple Afterburner accelerator card enables playback of three streams of 8K ProRes RAW video simultaneously. Read more for a video, additional pictures and information.
At first glance, the ASUS Prime Utopia looks like yet another modded computer system, but in reality, it’s a motherboard. This radical design reportedly improves cooling, flexibility, modular I/O, and even sports an on-board OLED dashboard for displaying the technical information. You’ll find PCIe slots on the back, four M.2 slots with a dedicated heatsink, and even a proprietary “Hydra Cortex” fan header that lets you control individual fans independently. Read more for a video, additional pictures and information.
Sure, it may not be practical to lug around MSI’s latest entry in its Titan-series laptops, but it’s definitely something you’d want for maximum computing power on-the-go, as it boasts a desktop-class Core i9, which is most likely a K-series with an unlocked multiplier. According to MSI, the top-end model equipped with an 8-core, 16-thread configuration can be overclocked at speeds up to 5GHz. To keep things cool, there’s four fans and 11 heat pipes that generate more than twice the airflow. The company didn’t skimp out on the graphics side of things either, and that’s why it chose the GeForce RTX 2080, which features dedicated ray tracing and tensor cores. Read more for additional pictures and information.
HP launched OMEN X 2S, the world’s first dual-screen gaming laptop at the HP Gaming Festival in Beijing this week. Featuring an easy-to-use 6″ 1080p touchscreen that lets players message friends in WeChat and WhatsApp, browse in Spotify, watch Twitch and YouTube, or even serve as a hub for OMEN Command Center software, along with a 15″ 1080p display that boasts a 144Hz refresh rate with the option to upgrade to a 240Hz model or a 4K HDR panel. Other specs include an Intel 9th Gen Intel Core i9 8-core processor, up to 32GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q GPU. Read more for a hands-on video, additional pictures and information.
SanDisk’s 1TB Extreme microSDXC is now listed online for sale, but it comes at a hefty price, or $449.99 to be exact. It’s a HS-1 rated card with read speeds up to 160MB per second and write speeds up to 90MB per second, perfect for use in mobile phones for capturing 4K footage, since it boasts a sustained video capture rate of 30MB per second on UHS-enabled host devices. Product page. Read more for another video and additional information.