1.02.2007
What a Year!
Posted by Randy Copeland - President & CEO

In saying farewell to 2006, I couldn’t help but reflect on what an incredible year it was - a tremendous year of explosive growth and achievement, which would not have been possible without the support of the many people who contribute daily to Velocity Micro’s success.

First, I would like to thank our many happy customers. You are the reason that Velocity Micro exists and continues to grow. By demanding the best, you inspire us to deliver the best and constantly look for new ways to exceed your expectations. I hope that you will continue to give us the privilege of building your PCs.

I thank our partners for working with us to provide the latest innovations and cutting-edge technology in our award-winning PCs, and Best Buy for continuing to work with us to deliver our ultra performance PCs to mainstream users online and in their stores.

I am grateful for the recognition and praise we have received from the industry press, and I appreciate the time you take to review our products. Your input constantly raises the bar in quality and performance, always driving us to create the most innovative and highest performing PCs available.

To the Velocity team: Thank you for your passion and dedication, and for putting in 150% every day to provide our customers with the ultimate PC experience.

Finally, I thank our competitors for keeping us on our toes and empowering us to work even harder to build the perfect PCs and the perfect PC experience.

Here’s a look back at 2006:

January - Velocity Micro launches the AMD Athlon FX-60 processor in its gaming PCs and digital media systems. The Raptor 64 DualX wins PC Magazine’s Editors’ Choice award.

March - The Velocity Raptor Signature Edition becomes the first PC to include Quad SLI.

May – Best Buy and Velocity Micro launch a revolutionary Build to Order Program on bestbuy.com

July – Intel Core 2 processors launch. Velocity Micro is the world’s first to offer Core 2-based systems on retail shelves. PC World awards the Vector GX Campus Edition its “Best Buy” designation. PC Magazine gives the system an Editors’ Choice award.

August - Velocity Micro moves to its new headquarters in Richmond, VA with more than four times the space of our previous facility. Chris Morley from [H]ardOCP and Iggy Castillo from Alienware join the Product Development team. Velocity Micro releases its first Core 2 Duo notebook, the NoteMagix L80 Ultra.

September – Introduction of the new Vector Pro line of performance desktop PCs for business with Intel vPro technology. Velocity Micro releases its first retail notebook at Best Buy, the NoteMagix L80x Ultra. At IDF, we unveil Velocity Micro PCs based on Intel Core 2 QX6700 processors (with four processing cores).

November - Velocity Micro launches workstations and gaming PCs based on quad core processors from Intel and AMD. [H]ardOCP recognizes Velocity Micro with its coveted Editors’ Choice award for the Gamers’ Edge PCX.

December - Velocity Micro wins Consumer Reports’ Best Specialty PC Award and the Best Overall Value Award in the “[H] Consumer Best of the Best Awards – 2006.”

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