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AMD and Dell show off new tech backstage at ACL
While Austin City Limits festgoers were preoccupied with mud and music, Dell and AMD were both schmoozing clients and showing off some of their wares behind the scenes at their respective stages.
As reported previously, Dell early on Friday kicked off the fest by announcing a partnership with Napster to provide a year of streaming music and free MP3 downloads on certain laptops sold this holiday season.
The company also talked up its Design Studio and gave a sneak peek (but allowed no photos or video) of the next generation of its Adamo slim laptop. Dell reps hinted that the new version could be here sooner than anyone thinks, perhaps before the end of the year. The silver prototype I saw was certainly thin and light, but the company didn’t allow any hands-on time.
Over at the AMD area, the company touted its new generation of video cards which will allow up to six monitors to be hooked up at once. The current gen is a mix of DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI connections. On hand was a three-monitor setup (video below) showing off what such a setup can do for flight and racing games.
There was also a home theater setup using an AMD-powered home theater PC (HTPC), powering Windows Media Center.
Below are some snapshots from the fest:
Reps from Dell discuss Design Studio (designs from it are posted behind them).
Dell laptops of all sizes adorned the tables backstage.
Winners of Dell’s Sound and the Jury band competition, Bright Light Social Hour.
AMD shows off a home theater PC powered by its hardware.
Three-monitor setup and a racing wheel. Fun!
One of AMD/ATI’s newest video card is exposed to the world, naked and powerful, in this gaming rig.
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