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Wednesday, 27 March 2002

Power Knob

I think I need the PowerMate. First I thought it would be just a useless gimmick. But then I read some more about it. And then I found out that it glows blue.

"Okay. That does it. I need that thing. Would also save me a lot of mouse clicks. "

*Checks price* "Eeek. $40. .....Well okay. It *is* made of metal. And it glows blue."

*Checks shipping cost* "Oh. Shipping to international destinations just about doubles the price. *sigh* That is a tad much for a volume knob. Even for one that glows blue and can do things other volume knobs can't. "

Buying geek stuff is really expensive for people living in the rest of the world.

[Archive Link]  Posted by Edda at 10:12 CET

Comments


[Comments Link]  1. Posted by perlmunkee on 27 March, 2002 16:01 CET

Don’t you need a mac first? ;) I must get one of these…pretty light…hypnotic pulse…

[Comments Link]  2. Posted by Edda on 27 March, 2002 16:07 CET

I’d love to have a mac but I’ll have to give plasma for the next couple of years before I’ll be able to buy one.

Apparently though ( http://www.griffintechnology.com/audio/pwrmate.html )the thing includes drivers for Win2k also. In the meantime I have found a shop in Berlin which seems to sell the knobs for 59 Euro. Maybe I’ll have time to check it out after work bounce

[Comments Link]  3. Posted by perlmunkee on 27 March, 2002 22:43 CET

How’d you come across this thing?

[Comments Link]  4. Posted by Edda on 27 March, 2002 23:15 CET

Griffintechnology have a list of dealers on their site (in America you can apparently only order directly from them). One of them is a German one who seems to be a wholesaler. But they had a list of merchants they sell their stuff to. Some of those were in Berlin and one of them is a little Apple store which usually sells the knobs. Currently they are in the process of restocking though and don’t know how long it’ll take to get them back :(

[Comments Link]  5. Posted by perlmunkee on 27 March, 2002 23:46 CET

no, no, silly…I was wondering how you came across the PowerMate original. How did you hear about this? btw…check out might site for yet another reason to get a mac ;)

[Comments Link]  6. Posted by Edda on 28 March, 2002 00:22 CET

Oh. Silly me :) Found it in my Wired newsletter I believe.

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