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Review: Toshiba Satellite Pro C50-A-1MM

By Desire Athow Introduction and performance Toshiba announced back in September 2014 that it was backing off certain consumer markets to focus on the more lucrative business ones. While that means that its Qosmio, Kira, Chromebook and Satellite brands might fade over the next 12 months, other brands like Tecra, Portégé and Satellite Pro might…

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Review: Toshiba Satellite Pro C50-A-1MM

By Desire Athow Introduction and performance Toshiba announced back in September 2014 that it was backing off certain consumer markets to focus on the more lucrative business ones. While that means that its Qosmio, Kira, Chromebook and Satellite brands might fade over the next 12 months, other brands like Tecra, Portégé and Satellite Pro might…

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Review: Pipo X7

By Desire Athow Introduction and performance We first encountered the Pipo brand when we reviewed the W2 a few months ago. The tablet left us with a good impression of the China-based company, especially when it came to value for money. So much so that we’ve asked for another device from them, the X7, which…

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Review: Pipo X7

By Desire Athow Introduction and performance We first encountered the Pipo brand when we reviewed the W2 a few months ago. The tablet left us with a good impression of the China-based company, especially when it came to value for money. So much so that we’ve asked for another device from them, the X7, which…

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Review: Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark S review

By Simon Crisp Introduction and benchmarks So, you want to stand out from the crowd and build an all-white PC? Well let’s see how far you can get. Case, no problem. Many case manufacturers make them. PSU? Check. There’s a few of those around as well. Graphics card? Tick. Harder to find but there are…

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Review: Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark S review

By Simon Crisp Introduction and benchmarks So, you want to stand out from the crowd and build an all-white PC? Well let’s see how far you can get. Case, no problem. Many case manufacturers make them. PSU? Check. There’s a few of those around as well. Graphics card? Tick. Harder to find but there are…

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Review: Dell XPS 18

By Steven Wong Introduction, design and features There’s a conundrum these days in choosing between a desktop, a notebook or a tablet. Starting at $599 (about £395, AU$758), the Dell XPS 18 makes the decision easier by offering a little of everything (or at least two of the three) in one package. Not all configurations…

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Review: Dell XPS 18

By Steven Wong Introduction, design and features There’s a conundrum these days in choosing between a desktop, a notebook or a tablet. Starting at $599 (about £395, AU$758), the Dell XPS 18 makes the decision easier by offering a little of everything (or at least two of the three) in one package. Not all configurations…

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Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer review

By Gary Marshall Introduction Introduction The MFC-J5720DW is the king of Brother’s newly refreshed small office/home office range, with a list of features that could fill its 580-sheet paper capacity. It offers duplex printing, A3, scanning, copying and faxing, wired, wireless and USB connectivity and uses high capacity cartridges that promise to cut the often…

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Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer

By Gary Marshall Introduction and performance The MFC-J5720DW is the king of Brother’s newly refreshed small office/home office range, with a list of features that could fill its 580-sheet paper capacity. It offers duplex printing, A3, scanning, copying and faxing, wired, wireless and USB connectivity and uses high capacity cartridges that promise to cut the…

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Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer

By Gary Marshall Introduction and performance The MFC-J5720DW is the king of Brother’s newly refreshed small office/home office range, with a list of features that could fill its 580-sheet paper capacity. It offers duplex printing, A3, scanning, copying and faxing, wired, wireless and USB connectivity and uses high capacity cartridges that promise to cut the…

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Review: Philips BDM4065UC review

By Jeremy Laird Introduction and specs Ten years. It’s a staggeringly long time in tech. Back in 2005, you’d be looking at a dual-core Intel Pentium D and its craptastic NetBurst architecture. On the graphics side, it’s Nvidia GeForce 6800 and 16 pixel pipes. Wowee. As for storage, the notion of an SSD wasn’t even…

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Review: Philips BDM4065UC review

By Jeremy Laird Introduction and specs Ten years. It’s a staggeringly long time in tech. Back in 2005, you’d be looking at a dual-core Intel Pentium D and its craptastic NetBurst architecture. On the graphics side, it’s Nvidia GeForce 6800 and 16 pixel pipes. Wowee. As for storage, the notion of an SSD wasn’t even…

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Hands-on review: HP Pro Tablet 408 G1

By Juan Martinez HP’s new lineup of enterprise tablets and convertibles is led by the HP Pro Slate 12 ($529, £349, or AUS$646), a large format tablet that can turn physical pen-to-paper drawings into digital files. Well below the Pro Slate 12 is the HP Pro Tab 10 EE ($279, £184, AUS$340), a 10.10-inch tablet…

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Hands-on review: HP Pro Tablet 408 G1

By Juan Martinez HP’s new lineup of enterprise tablets and convertibles is led by the HP Pro Slate 12 ($529, £349, or AUS$646), a large format tablet that can turn physical pen-to-paper drawings into digital files. Well below the Pro Slate 12 is the HP Pro Tab 10 EE ($279, £184, AUS$340), a 10.10-inch tablet…

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