My First Impression After Returning From The PC Show 2017

Hi Huneybees,

Singapore’s longest running annual consumer technology and electronics fair, The PC Show, returns at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, starting from today until end of this weekend!

To bring people back to the fair this year, the organizer has introduced #Techgether as a theme to get visitors together to enjoy and experience new technology products while shopping for bargain. The Amazing Tech Hunt is one such initiative that get visitors to follow a set of clues from a yellow card that can be collected at the lucky draw booth outside Hall B to the latest products and bargains as well as a chance to win a 1-night staycation at the iconic Marina Bay Sands hotel.
There are also special zones set up at this year's fair for gamers at the GG Gaming Zone and Know Your Tech no-sales zone for exhibitors such as Creative to showcase their latest technology and hottest products to visitors.

For Huneybees who are looking to find good buy in gaming or video rendering laptop, here are some recommended deals that I have uncovered at The PC Show today! Do note the prices listed below are accurate as of 1st June 2017:

HP OMEN Notebook 15-ax213TX $1719 @ HP Booth

i7-7700HQ, 8GB DDR4 SRAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce 1050Ti Graphics, 15.6" IPS FHD display

ASUS FX553VD-DM462T $1399 CASH @ Gamepro Shop Booth

i7-7700HQ, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce 1050 2GB Graphics, 15.6" FHD display

ACER VN7-592G-7633 $1498 @ Newstead Booth

i7-6700HQ, 8GB DDR4 SRAM, 256GB SATA SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 960 Graphics, 15.6" IPS FHD display

ACER VN7-593G $2098 @ Newstead Booth

i7-7700HQ, 16GB DDR4 SRAM, 256GB SATA SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 1060 Graphics, 15.6" IPS FHD display

ALIENWARE 17 AW17R4-770816G-GTX1060 $2750 @ Newstead Booth

i7-7700HQ, 8GB DDR4 2667 SRAM, 128B SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 1060 Graphics, 17.3" IPS FHD display

AFTERSHOCK PRIME-15 $2272 @ Aftershock Booth

i7-7700HQ, 16GB DDR4 SRAM, 500GB SATA SSD, NVIDIA GeForce 1060 Graphics, 15.6" IPS FHD display

Overall while credit must be given to the organizer for trying to keep the PC Show exciting after 26 years with "refreshing" ideas like Amazing Tech Hunt, I left the fair feeling disappointed.

For one, uniqueness of the fair is fast fading as the products and their suggested selling prices are identical to the competing fair running concurrently at Suntec City Convention Center.

3D printers are available from $699 at The PC Show at Newstead Booth

Check out the XYZ Robot customizable for service/F&B industry at Newstead Booth 

Also, apart from Newstead showcasing 3D printers and Service Robots at the fair, all other major retailers are practically selling the same models of laptop and PC in the same space and that's boring!... less Aftershock and HP, which own their own booths.

Last but not least, the traditional software and peripheral brands are visibly missing at a "PC" Show and what replaces them are credit cards and insurance companies that doesn't seem to fit this year's theme of #Techgether.

Shop and Win at The PC Show 2017

Nevertheless, do prepare for the expect human jam come this weekend at The PC Show. The opening hours are from 12 noon to 9 pm, Thursday to Sunday, 1 – 4 June.
More information about  The PC Show  can be found at www.thepcshow.com.sg/

Have a great bargaining weekend ahead!

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The World’s First 27” All-in-One Workstation - HP Z1

Hi Huneybees,

Last Friday, HP unveiled the world’s first 27-inch All-in-One Workstation, the HP Z1; alongside new additions to its powerful, industry leading line of HP Z Workstations, during their annual Workstations Solutions World event in Asia Pacific.

"As the workstation industry leader, HP continues to invest in technology that allows our customers to push the limits of innovation. Our investments in R&D and technology have led to workstations that meet and exceed the needs of the world’s most demanding customers.” --- Jim Zafarana, Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Solutions Business Unit, HP

 Introduction by Miss Serena Yong (GM of HP)

Miss Anneliese Olson (VP of HP Client Solutions, Accesories and Services) told us the many uses & advantages of choosing HP Workstations

 

Attentive listening to customers feedback and innovative technology, HP Workstations have evolved over the years.

 

Companies use HP workstations to design everything from running shoes to race cars, animated characters to deep-sea submersibles, and to manage everything from billions of dollars of tradable securities to mission-critical IT environments.

HP Workstations are definitely the choice for people who does heavy duty computer work, graphics, stocks, animations and even medical. One such example would be Dreamworks' big screen animations are always done using HP workstations. That's where Shrek is born!

Miss Serena Yong together with her colleagues revealing the super WOW 27" All-in-One Workstation: HP Z1. It's designed like no other and functions without the need of a Tower - CPU.

HP Z1 – The World’s First 27” All-in-One Workstation

 

  
The display of the new HP Z1 Workstation snaps open so users can easily swap out parts and make upgrades without any tools required. It combines a sleek industrial design with accelerated performance featuring Intel^® Xeon^® processors, NVIDIA Quadro graphics, support for more than 1 billion colors and HP’s world-class reliability. 

 

The HP Z1 can even be mounted to save space especially when you are working within a cubicle! Architects can now lay their drawings flat on table or artists can have their tablets on the table, drawing freely!  Built for computer-aided design, digital media and entertainment professionals, the HP Z1 provides blazingly fast rendering and performance. It offers a full range of workstation-class graphics cards and processors, and is thoroughly tested and certified to work with today’s leading industry applications. 

Whether it’s an engineer creating 3-D components, an architect designing buildings or a videographer editing event footage, the HP Z1 gives creative professionals the power they need to bring ideas to life faster.  

“The revolutionary HP Z1 sets a new industry standard for workstation design, performance and serviceability. With its game-changing design and an experience that optimizes visual and computing performance, the HP Z1 will help attract new customers and expand our market leadership.” --- Jim Zafarana, vice president and general manager, Commercial Solutions Business Unit, HP

 

You can now bring your disk drives everywhere you go. Save the trouble of having to stick labels on you CDs and end up jamming the disk drives.

 

 

 

 Hmmm, it's like playing with LEGOs!

 

 

HP Z1 is a workstation that performs without compromise where you can customize it the way you want to with a variety of I/O options, including USB 3.0 for blazing fast speeds and your choice of optical drives, like the slot-load Blu-ray Writer. Choose from a variety of storage types, including 7.2K and 10K SATA, SSD Options, optional RAID configurations and a media card reader.

Space for 2 hard drives.

The speakers are standalone and away from the components, so that your blasting music will not vibrate and "injure" the components.

• Workstation performance Features professional NVIDIA Quadro graphics, ECC memory, quad-core Intel^® Xeon^® processors, independent software vendor solutions and whisper-quiet acoustics.
• Tool-less chassis Users can easily add a hard drive, upgrade memory or access the graphics card by snapping open the chassis to swap out parts.
• Workstation-class storage Users can choose from a variety of storage types, including 7.2K and 10K SATA, SSD, optional RAID configurations, removable drives (AMO), a multiformat media card reader and optical drives including a slot-load Blu-ray Writer.
• Professional display The 27-inch diagonal wide LED display supports more than 1 billion colors and features a wide, 178-degree viewing angle and an in-plane switching (IPS) panel.
• High-fidelity audio Front-facing dual-cone speakers and SRS Premium Sound offer high-fidelity audio.
• HD Webcam Have face-to-face meetings and see every detail right down to the twinkle of an eye. Also captures HD-quality video.
• HP Remote Graphics Software Users can work remotely while still accessing the high-performance 2-D, 3-D, video and media-rich applications they count on.
• HP Performance Advisor  Reduces the time spent troubleshooting by providing a consolidated report of the workstation’s hardware and software configuration that can be used to tune the workstation for specifically professional application workloads with just one click.

Then, there's also the announcement of the  new Z820, Z620 and Z420 that feature the latest eight-core Intel^® Xeon^® processor E5-2600 product family, offer up to 512 gigabytes (GB) of DDR3 memory, and support multithreaded workstation applications that professionals rely on. 

 

The latest additions to the industry-leading line of HP Z Workstations also feature third generation PCI Express technology, providing customers increased performance and seamless integration of new graphics cards.

 

Check out the difference between the old Towers and the new ones. It's so much cleaner, air flow is easyily reached for cooling aid and every component is easy to move for customization to every users' need.

The new Z820, Z620 and Z420 feature the latest eight-core Intel^® Xeon^® processor E5-2600 product family, offer up to 512 gigabytes (GB) of DDR3 memory, and support multithreaded workstation applications that professionals rely on.

There's also USB 3.0 ports too.

The latest additions to the industry-leading line of HP Z Workstations also feature third-generation PCI Express technology, providing customers increased performance and seamless integration of new graphics cards.

The disk drive holder.

Engineered to meet mainstream computing and visualization needs for customers in CAD, architecture, video editing and photography, the HP Z420 includes up to eight processing cores using the latest Intel^® Xeon^® processor E5-1600 and E5-2600 product families, providing up to 64 GB of ECC memory, up to 11 TB of high-speed storage, and up to NVIDIA Quadro 5000 or dual NVIDIA Quadro 2000 graphics.

Power button on the front and back for easy restart while fixing comps. Save the trouble of going back and forth.

For quiet ennironments with minimal space, the HP Z620 is a great choice for customers in 
financial services, video, animation, architecture and midrange CAD. Updated to support both 
single and dual-socket processors, the powerful and versatile HP Z620 provides up to 16 
processing cores, up to 96 GB of ECC memory, up to 11 TB of high-speed storage, and 
professional 2-D and 3-D graphics up to NVIDIA Quadro 6000 or dual NVIDIA Quadro 5000 
graphics.

 

 

Check out the number of fans for cooling! But don't worry about noise, they are all so minimal, never interfere with you video or sound editing works. 

Cooling Pad.

Engineered for the most demanding and computer-intensive visualization needs, the HP Z820 is ideal for customers in oil and gas, mechanical computer-aided design (CAD), mechanical computer-aided engineering, medical, video and animation. The HP Z820 provides up to 16 processing cores, up to 512 GB of ECC memory, up to 15 terabytes (TB) of high-speed storage and up to dual NVIDIA Quadro 6000 graphics.  

 

HP Monitors provide crisp and accurate colours from any angle of viewing, making use of the 

In-Plane Switching (IPS) Technology and also with the HP DreamColor Engine technology, colour 

accuracy is achieved. 

The new HP Z Workstations include 90-percent-efficient power supplies – reducing both overall energy usage and the amount of waste heat released. The HP Z line is registered EPEAT Gold and offers ENERGY STAR^® qualified configurations. All HP Z Workstations offer BFR/PVC free configurations and more than 90 percent recyclable by weight.

The HP Z1 Workstation and the HP Z420, Z620 and Z820 will be available in Singapore from mid-April. Pricing will be advised at a later date.

Additional information is available at www.hp.com.sg. 

Psst, other than desktop Workstations, HP also offers a range of powerful mobile workstations and accessories for your computer needs.

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