CES January 5th

I was thinking about trying to get to Vegas this year for CES '06. It'll be happening in just a couple of weeks, so I think I might be a bit too busy to check it out in person. However, there's something I want everyone to look at closely:

Atom Notebook

 This thing was slated out back in June or so, and everyone thought it was a hoax along the lines of Go-L or something. Atom is still listed, and have actually expanded thier line a bit to include a Tablet PC. Their main selling point is still the 4gb of RAM, 4ghz Processor, and 500gb storage in a <3lb laptop. Ridiculous specs, and a pretty steep price tag too (read $7000 loaded).

In other CES stuff, Sony may be bringing along the PS3. I personally think it's a little too early to bring that out in the US. I'd rather see a spring Japan (beta) launch, with the US getting a good supply of machines around the end of Q3. Still, I'm waiting for the PS3. It'll be just as good on the hardware side as the Xbox 360, and no MS bull to get through.

I think we'll see some good stuff from AMD and Intel aswell, and might even have a G71 launch from nVidia. Who knows, maybe ATI will paper-launch a R580 for us too. All I know is it'll be a great show and I wish I could be there. Who knows, maybe I'll start shopping for a ticket/hotel combo.