Almost as exciting as hearing about the processor speeds of which new Intel chips are capable of is finding out what the new chip's name will be. On Pentium! On Centrino! On Quad Core Duo! On. . . Core i7? BOOOOO! Boring! Core i7 is totally a lame name. of course, the name isn't why the new CPU is included in the new Rain Recording Element Core i7 audio workstation. Rain was more interested in the fact that the chip is capable of processor clock speeds of up to 3.6GHz.

The Core i7 is at the, well, the core of the newly redesigned Element, Rain Recording's flagship audio workstation. The aluminum-housed recording monster is available with a few amazing options, including:

• Up to 12GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM for the most demanding projects.
• ATI Radeon HD 4350 Video Card for flawless video performance and dual-monitor support.
• Five firewire ports with two separate Firewire cards.
• Up to 12 USB 2.0 ports, four front-loaded for easy access.
• Up to six Terabytes of storage.
• Seven PCI/PCIe slots for expansion.
• Ships with Windows XP Pro or Windows Vista Ultimate.

All this in the cool-as-ice-and-twice-as-quiet Aluminum chassis that Rain's famous for. Based price for the Element Core i7 is $2899.00 US, so start saving those "Rainy Day" pennies! AH HA HA HA HA HA!!!!