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By admin, February 15, 2011 11:28 pm

眾望所盼﹐王者終于歸來﹗

關於Pagani Zonda的故事﹐相信已經不用再費篇幅去介紹﹐因為就連很多不懂得開車的朋友現在也視它為Dream Car﹗

其實這位鼎鼎大名的Pagani很早就已經顯示出他那驚為天人的才賦﹐他在1992年成立自己公司之前﹐就曾經參與過多項Lamborghini的產品設計和改良如Countach 25週年紀念版和Diablo等經典之作。

R是Pagani Zonda系列中的完結篇﹐也代表了風之子系列裡最強的一名成員﹗

Zonda R有高達90%的車體結構是全新設計研發的﹐並且使用了最新碳纖維與金屬鈦混合材料技術。它依照風洞實驗設計出來的車體，Pagani Zonda R擁有著極為誇張的空氣力學外表﹐能令車身在高速行駛下充分獲得向下的壓力。

作為Autoart Signature系列2011年的重頭炮﹐Pagani Zonda R的做工果然沒令人失望﹗如此的精細程度我之前只在Exoto身上見過(如M. Benz C9/ Nissan R89C和Ford 40GT系列等等)﹐最誇張的連駕駛儀俵盤上細緻如IGNITION﹐WIPER ON這些字眼都清晰可見。

Pagani Zonda R可自己裝配的尾翼無疑增添了車模的整體樂趣﹐工具袋裡多附的2粒螺絲更體會出Autoart這次的細心(所以更加要小心裝配噢)。

這次的完成品終于令Autoart踏上了高端模型的台階﹐Pagani Zonda R的質量絕對配得起這個價格﹐相對與BBR之前的那堆濫竽充數的F430/ENZO來說﹐更顯得Autoart這次的定價來的十分之合理﹐難怪大陸﹑台灣的銷量是一鳴驚人﹐今天香港本地的車模店們都埋怨分不夠存貨﹐看啊﹐你QC做得好﹐價格訂的合理﹐顧客自然而然就會像潮水般地光顧﹐這是最基本的營銷手法。

最後真希望Autoart可以再接再勵﹐工藝不斷向上﹐多些推出這類精緻的“工藝品”帶給我們車模收藏者們更加多的歡樂和滿足感﹗

1/18 Autoart Pagani Zonda R – Carbon Fiber Pattern

Pagani Zonda R 如出籠猛獸

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By admin, February 14, 2011 10:12 pm

一間小的幾乎讓人忽略的小店竟然充滿了驚人的法式甜品浪漫﹐有機會你一定要試試看。

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By admin, February 12, 2011 8:58 pm

更新﹕原來Bentley Mulsanne量產黑色版本也是用綠色廠盒來包裝的﹐但價格和之前的廠版相差無幾(便宜USD20左右)﹐這樣的話那當然是買廠版的那個金屬灰值得多了。

 1/18 Minichamps Bentley Mulsanne – Black

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By admin, February 12, 2011 4:38 pm

今天發現有鄰居在測試它的最新玩具﹐原來1:1的F458真車比1:18來的更加“難看”﹐對不起﹐我真的不太會欣賞這樣另類的法拉利美感。

PS﹕

前天在灣仔NewAce看見Hotwheels Elite新出的308GTB﹐但做工粗糙﹐比幾年前京商的要差很多﹐所以沒收。

另外原來想買Elite的250 GT California Spyder﹐但CMC突然宣佈生產此車﹐那現在當然要把彈藥存起來﹐之後才進紅黑兩色也不遲。

還有就是見到了京商重新推出的NSX﹐一個字﹐真“爛”﹐門縫之大﹑油漆之差等等令人懷疑這是否10年前的倉底貨﹐跟AA那本來已經很單薄的NSX還要差幾級。

之後又在AA專賣店看到了Zonda R的貨板﹐還真精緻﹐絕對有Exoto的水準﹐最後得知Zonda R會下星期二才少量供應給香港的車模舖們﹐看來這次還真要搶貨了。

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By admin, February 10, 2011 9:53 pm

This is one nice looking classic car, remember that Eleanor from the movie “Gone in 60 seconds”?

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By admin, February 5, 2011 10:05 pm

I just came across this GREAT PowerPoint presentation today, I wish I had it 6 months ago, it really helps you to clear the sky and understand many things before making the design and purchase decision.

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By admin, February 4, 2011 4:10 pm

At first, I got very poor performance when I was trying to svMotion a 20GB VM within the same Equallogic SAN between different volumes, it took over 20 minutes to complete, I thought there must be something wrong as I’ve already enabled VAAI.

After searching the net and discovered the problem is due to Different Block Size between the two volumes (1MB vs 2MB) that will actually disabled VAAI feature.

So choosing the volumes with the same block size, I was able to reduce the time by almost 10 times!!!

See attached graph, 15:22 to 15:42 is the one without VAAI, 15:50 to 15:52 is the one with VAAI.

In additional, I have implemented Storage I/O Control today and found Storage vMotion with VAAI isn’t affected by SIOC as the whole svMotion is offloaded on to the EQL array, so SIOC won’t really kick in, you may say svMotion with VAAI is “Out of Control ”, this is another great thing about VAAI!

Finally, I do think SIOC is one of the best feature in ESX 4.1 for many cloud hosting providers as they can finally meet their storage SLA now besides the CPU and memory.

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By admin, February 3, 2011 12:29 pm

It’s nice to have this compliment plug-in for your Equallogic and VMware vCenter.

• EqualLogic Datastore Manager – Allows administrators to provision new Datastores, expand existing Datastores, and monitor storage usage in the VMware Datacenter.
• Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware® Edition 3.0 – Creates and restores Smartcopies of Hypervisor consistent Virtual Machines (VMs). Utilizes snapshots, clones, and replicas within PS Series group allowing for fast restoration or disaster recovery.
• EqualLogic Virtual Desktop Deployment Tool – VMware View aware desktop provisioning wizard which allows the deployment of manual virtual desktop pools using array based space efficient thin clones and also allows the refresh of these pools.

  
  Note: These tools can be launched from the Home screen of vCenter and also from the new context sensitive tabs and right-click menu options that are added with the plug-in.
  

Btw, I am also getting the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware very soon from my Dell account manager, can’t wait to try it!

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By admin, February 3, 2011 11:49 am

Ferrari 250 GT/ SWB California Spyder is probably one of the most beautiful Ferrari ever made in the 1960s.

 M-091 (Red) Standard Version

M-094 (Black) Limited Edition 2,500 pcs.

Update Jan 27, 2012

CMC has released the sample of Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder

M-091    Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (red), 1961 EUR337

M-092    Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (blue), 1961
Lim. Ed. 2500 pcs. (Hard top) EUR345

M-093    Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (silver), 1961
Lim. Ed. 2500 pcs. (Hard top) EUR345

M-094    Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (black), 1961
Lim. Ed. 2500 pcs. (Hard top) EUR345

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By admin, February 2, 2011 11:55 pm

Got this information from DellTechCenter:

Beginning in March 2011, Dell will launch the next generation of OptiPlex desktops. OptiPlex delivers business-class control with industry leading security, manageability and services. These systems are designed to integrate seamlessly into any office environment and provide business-class control with industry leading security, manageability and services. They will have a common ID design across our entry, mainstream and performance business segments for consistent look with the 2nd generation of Intel’s Core processors.

The new OptiPlex 990 w/Intel Q67 iCore CPU aims at delivering best-in-class productivity and business-class control. The new mainstream OptiPlex 790 w/Intel Q65 iCore CPU delivers strong Office productivity with flexible remote control. OptiPlex 390—Affordable, latest technology iCore OptiPlex packaged in our newest chassis design.

•Available in DT, MT and SFF form factors
•200W up to 265W Power Supply options
•i3-2100 up to i7-2600 CPU options
•USB3.0 ports