Desktops

By EZ Bardeguez Introduction and specs As a lover of technology, I’ve bought a bunch of portable hard drives and flash drives. Unfortunately, I always find myself wishing for something bigger or faster. It looks like I don’t have to wish any longer. The Samsung T1 SSD drive is everything I’ve ever wanted in an…

By Kevin Lee Introduction Thin gaming laptops are in. We’ve already seen a few spectacularly slim and powerful mobile rigs including the Origin EVO15-S and MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K. Not to mention the Gigabyte P35W v2 from yesteryear, which managed to stuff an optical drive into a laptop chassis measuring a mere 0.83 inches…

By Kevin Lee Introduction Thin gaming laptops are in. We’ve already seen a few spectacularly slim and powerful mobile rigs including the Origin EVO15-S and MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K. Not to mention the Gigabyte P35W v2 from yesteryear, which managed to stuff an optical drive into a laptop chassis measuring a mere 0.83 inches…

By Max Parker Introduction Tablets are in an odd place right now. Sales are slumping for both Android and iOS devices and with phones growing in size every few months the need for a separate, similarly sized device that lacks all the smartphone features is definitely waning. But that isn’t stopping Amazon, in fact the…

By Max Parker Introduction Tablets are in an odd place right now. Sales are slumping for both Android and iOS devices and with phones growing in size every few months the need for a separate, similarly sized device that lacks all the smartphone features is definitely waning. But that isn’t stopping Amazon, in fact the…

By Juan Martinez For those of you in the market for an affordable printer that runs quickly, produces high-quality images and provides a host of excellent connectivity features, you can’t do better than the Canon Pixma MG7520 ($129.99/£83/AU$158) and the Epson Expression Premium XP-820 “Small-in-One” All-in-One Printer ($199/£170/AU$219). If you’re looking for a workhorse that…

By Juan Martinez For those of you in the market for an affordable printer that runs quickly, produces high-quality images and provides a host of excellent connectivity features, you can’t do better than the Canon Pixma MG7520 ($129.99/£83/AU$158) and the Epson Expression Premium XP-820 “Small-in-One” All-in-One Printer ($199/£170/AU$219). If you’re looking for a workhorse that…

By Jeff Parsons Introduction and design When Asus built the Nexus 7 for Google, it produced one of the best budget tablets we’d seen. Clearly the Taiwanese manufacturer knows better than to mess with a winning formula. The Asus MemoPad 7 ME572C then, is the spiritual successor to the Nexus 7 and builds on it…

By Desire Athow Introduction and design Netbooks, it seems, are making a remarkable comeback thanks to the likes of Asus. The Taiwanese manufacturer single-handedly kickstarted that revolution back in 2007 when it launched the Eee PC range. Over the next five years, millions of these low-cost, small form factor laptops were sold until Android tablets…

By Desire Athow Introduction and design Netbooks, it seems, are making a remarkable comeback thanks to the likes of Asus. The Taiwanese manufacturer single-handedly kickstarted that revolution back in 2007 when it launched the Eee PC range. Over the next five years, millions of these low-cost, small form factor laptops were sold until Android tablets…

By Juan Martinez If you’re in the market for a home office or enterprise printer that can handle anything you throw at it, the Sharp MX-C301W printer is a 72.8 lb. unit that handles copying, printing, scanning, and faxing, all with a footprint of just 17″ (w) x 22½” (d) x 18½” (h) (prices vary).…

By Juan Martinez If you’re in the market for a home office or enterprise printer that can handle anything you throw at it, the Sharp MX-C301W printer is a 72.8 lb. unit that handles copying, printing, scanning, and faxing, all with a footprint of just 17″ (w) x 22½” (d) x 18½” (h) (prices vary).…

By Desire Athow Hard disk vendors are no longer content selling vanilla drives and they’re now looking for higher margin products, which explains why so many have rushed to unveil wireless hard disk drives. We have had models from Seagate, LaCiE (a Seagate company) and Western Digital already sent over for review, and Buffalo’s Ministation…

By Desire Athow Hard disk vendors are no longer content selling vanilla drives and they’re now looking for higher margin products, which explains why so many have rushed to unveil wireless hard disk drives. We have had models from Seagate, LaCiE (a Seagate company) and Western Digital already sent over for review, and Buffalo’s Ministation…

By Alan Stevens Introduction and performance Desktop workstations can be both big and expensive, but not so the Fujitsu Celsius W530, a compact and affordable entry-level workstation designed to bridge the gap between high-end PCs and much more expensive professional models. Okay, so it’s only got one processor, but that’s reflected in the £1,430 recommended…