Gaming PC The Beast, a 4.5 GHz Gaming PC for Those Who Like Overkill

Gaming PC has formally introduced a system whose name may or may not be a play on the mythical yet only vaguely defined creature described in the Book of Revelation. “The Beast” used to be a name, of sorts, for the most terrifying creature in the Bible, but the word “beast” has been used so often that it doesn't mean anything anymore, except a creature larger than life, with or without the scariness factor. Gaming PC definitely doesn't want people running scared from its newest high-end desktop computer, although the price may send them fleeing anyway. The starting sum is of $5,484.30, or 4,232-5,484.30 Euro, and while it can be brought down, it won't change the fact that The Beast is very expensive. Of course, when...

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Lenovo, World's Greatest PC Maker to Build Assembly Lines in the US

One might wonder why Lenovo would feel the need to increase the number of active factories. After all, it already is the greatest PC supplier in the world. Then again, that it overcame HP wasn't purely its own merit. HP's own flagging interest in PCs narrowed the gap between the corporations as well. Whether because of this or not, Lenovo has decided, according to Digitimes anyway, to build some assembly lines in the United States, rather than stick solely to China (five factories), Mexico (one factory) and India (again, one factory). Lenovo doesn't make all its PCs. There are plenty of contract suppliers. Its goal is to increase the in-house production from 20% to 50% by the end of 2013. In the meantime, the company...

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