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Engadget on the $10,000 computer here in Asheville

Jason Sandford January 18, 2008

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Engadget takes a look at Lumenlab’s fancy new Qmax computer, manufactured right here in Asheville:

Qmax still maintains a 42-inch 1080p LCD display, but we now know that you’ll find an overclocked Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor (humming along at 3.3GHz), 768MB GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics card by PNY (also overclocked), 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a trio of 1TB hard drives, the company’s own Hotwire powerline networking technology, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi and a fairly swank cooling system for good measure.

Reportedly, this beast is handmade in Asheville, North Carolina and can be tweaked to your heart’s content, but the general configuration will set you back around $10,000. The only question left, it seems, is why?

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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zen January 19, 2008

why indeed when the industry itself overturns every couple of years or so. I guess there are MIPS geeks out there…

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arratik January 19, 2008

I hope that they don’t "pull an Apple" and decide to lower the price by a grand or two after dozens of early adopters run right out and buy one.

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