I can’t believe we’ve filmed over 40 Tech Tips in the short 2 years that we’ve been running this project. I guess a lot of them were in that month where we filmed like 7, but we’re looking at getting back on track in terms of release schedule so that we can bring you more like 4 per month.

This is an interesting product in the sense that it’s a unique offering in the market. I think for me personally I’d rather have the blu-ray drive in my PC and a regular 4 bay NAS, but I definitely see the purpose of having the drive in there because it gives you that many more options for archiving your data.

Well, I wasn’t expecting to get this kind of treatment after the initial arrangement with Razer to get a Mamba sample to demonstrate on Tech Tips!

Today our full reviewer kit arrived in a fancy metal briefcase and it included the Razer Mamba, Razer Carcharias, and (I requested a “recommended mouse pad” from them as well) a Razer Destructor mousing surface. There were also some other little goodies inside that I wasn’t expecting. I guess this attention to detail shouldn’t surprise me that much when the box that the Mamba comes packaged in is rumoured to cost as much as $20USD

I see I’m not the only one on the web who was so impressed by this reviewer kit that they simply had to take pictures of it. Engadget has an enormous gallery of this mouse and the unboxing experience. I just wanted to make this blog post to tease the readers and viewers of Tech Tips and give them an idea of what’s coming down the pipe.

A brief history of mice that I have owned:

Logitech MX700 – My first “expensive” set of peripherals was the Logitech MX Duo. Man that thing was sweet back in the day! I had gone from a generic BALL mouse to what felt like heaven.
Logitech G7 – Then I upgraded my monitor. All of a sudden I’m running at 1920×1200 and it feels SOOO laggy. I couldn’t figure out what it was at first, but turning down the resolution seemed to fix it. The MX700 had to go.
Razer DeathAdder – My first G7 died. I used the DeathAdder only briefly while I waited for my G7 to get back from RMA. I didn’t really like it. It felt kinda… cheap to me, and the tracking didn’t feel that impressive, and it died.
Logitech G5 – I bought one of these after the DeathAdder died and I couldn’t believe what I’d been missing out on. Wired is the way to go for sure!
Logitech G9 – This mouse still sits on my work desk, and I spend about 1/2 of my “mousing time” using it. I no longer use it for gaming though.
SteelSeries Ikari Laser – SteelSeries sent me one of these for the recent Tech Tips we did on “Gaming Essentials”. Its tracking is superior to the G9, and it’s FAR more comfortable to use

The Mamba is a unique product. It has no direct competitors because it is both a corded and a cordless mouse but I will be subjectively putting up against every mouse I have on hand. That means you’ll find out how it compares to the G9, Ikari Laser, and the G7 (the closest thing to a wireless competitor). I’m very excited to try it out, but alas I’m still at work…

Wow. Three video posts in a row here! We’ve been very busy with these GPU launches, and we’re very proud of the results (except for maybe Monitor Man… You’ll have to watch the video to see what I’m talking about :p).

Check it out!

Another Tech Tips already! We actually shot these both on the same day (you can kinda tell from the fact that the horrible zit is still on my chin… I refuse to wear make-up for this) and that’s been part of what’s made this such a busy launch.

A lot goes into a product launch besides fun things like YouTube videos, so I’m glad we still had time to get these out the door. I hope you enjoy part II of our January 8th launch videos.

We just released a new NCIX Tech Tips about the Phenom II & AMD Dragon platform.

I failed and got the required chipset wrong (should be 790GX, not 790FX), but other than that, I’m very happy with the results. Hopefully you enjoy the video!

Well a new Tech Tips is finally here. It’s not what we wanted to release (frankly) and we have some very exciting other stuff coming up soon, but we saw the weather outside, and it’s something I’ve toyed with a few times, so we thought “What the hey” and packed our junk outside.

Look for the Domino ALC to show up at an NCIX near you in the coming weeks!

This was actually filmed over 5 weeks ago before the rain season took hold of Vancouver. Recently the weather’s been lousy enough that I don’t even think I would have wanted to film this outside…

I’m very proud of this Tech Tips because it marks a continuation of our success in keeping the episodes shorter, and also packing in more information. Check it out below.

Quite honestly this is one thing I really never thought would be an occupational hazard of working at a computer store….

Mike, if you’re reading this, no I do not frequent California, USA…

Well another day another Tech Tips. This one was actually able to launch while I was gone. I realize we’ve done a lot of coverage on these sub-notebooks, but honestly I think it’s a very relevant topic because the product category is so new and exciting to many people.

We’ve got a lot of exciting things coming up for Tech Tips and we’re making constant efforts to improve our release schedule. Thank you for your viewing and the feedback that has allowed Tech Tips to keep improving.

Well it looks like I’ll be attending Fragapalooza as an NCIX representative. I’m going to bring along the Tech Tips camera so if you’re wanting to make a guest appearance to show off a talent on Tech Tips and you’re going to be at Fragapalooza, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.