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Hands-on review: ces 2015: Dell Inspiron 23

By Joe Osborne When it comes to all-in-one PCs, Dell is in that great place of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but continues to refine its Inspiron 23 to keep ahead of the curve. Its latest model, the Dell Inspiron 23, now features a slightly larger screen and Intel’s Real Sense 3D camera.…

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Hands-on review: ces 2015: Dell Inspiron 23

By Joe Osborne When it comes to all-in-one PCs, Dell is in that great place of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but continues to refine its Inspiron 23 to keep ahead of the curve. Its latest model, the Dell Inspiron 23, now features a slightly larger screen and Intel’s Real Sense 3D camera.…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: HP Pavilion Mini

By Juan Martinez The small-footprint desktop computer market features a wide range of affordable options. At the better end of the spectrum you’ll find the Apple Mac Mini (starting at $499, £399 and AU$620), a small, quiet and energy efficient desktop. At the bottom end there are options like the Samsung Chromebox (starting at $329,…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: HP Pavilion Mini

By Juan Martinez The small-footprint desktop computer market features a wide range of affordable options. At the better end of the spectrum you’ll find the Apple Mac Mini (starting at $499, £399 and AU$620), a small, quiet and energy efficient desktop. At the bottom end there are options like the Samsung Chromebox (starting at $329,…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: MSI GS30 Shadow

By Joe Osborne Gaming laptop manufacturers have been wrestling with the issue of performance versus available power and space since their inception. While chip makers like Nvidia are quickly closing the power gap between mobile GPUs and their desktop counterparts, notebook vendors like MSI and Alienware aren’t about to sit around waiting for that day.…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: MSI GS30 Shadow

By Joe Osborne Gaming laptop manufacturers have been wrestling with the issue of performance versus available power and space since their inception. While chip makers like Nvidia are quickly closing the power gap between mobile GPUs and their desktop counterparts, notebook vendors like MSI and Alienware aren’t about to sit around waiting for that day.…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with AnyPen (8-inch)

By Matt Swider Have a pencil, scissors, fork or even moist carrot handy? That’s how we were able to control the new Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with AnyPen at CES 2015. Sure, I’ve always found Lenovo’s Yoga tablets extremely versatile given the fact that they can strike a number of poses. But this stylus-free slate…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with AnyPen (8-inch)

By Matt Swider Have a pencil, scissors, fork or even moist carrot handy? That’s how we were able to control the new Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with AnyPen at CES 2015. Sure, I’ve always found Lenovo’s Yoga tablets extremely versatile given the fact that they can strike a number of poses. But this stylus-free slate…

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CES 2015: The first day of CES 2015 saw a triumph for laptop design

By Kane Fulton With the rumoured launch of Intel’s Broadwell-U CPUs at CES 2015, it was highly likely that laptops featuring slim and portable designs would emerge — but the systems that strode the red carpet under the Las Vegas sky surpassed my already high expectations. I’m a sucker for a stylish ultraportable, and while…

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Analysis: The first day of CES 2015 saw a triumph for laptop design

By Kane Fulton With the rumoured launch of Intel’s Broadwell-U CPUs at CES 2015, it was highly likely that laptops featuring slim and portable designs would emerge — but the systems that strode the red carpet under the Las Vegas sky surpassed my already high expectations. I’m a sucker for a stylish ultraportable, and while…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Dell XPS 13 2015

By Juan Martinez The Ultrabook market is jam-packed with excellent laptops that pack a ton of power into tiny frames. The Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro (starting at $1,099, £1,099, AUS$1,254), the Acer Aspire S7 (starting at $1,349, £1,199, AU$2,599) and the Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus (starting at $1,399, £1,412, AU$2,259) are just a few…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Dell XPS 13 2015

By Juan Martinez The Ultrabook market is jam-packed with excellent laptops that pack a ton of power into tiny frames. The Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro (starting at $1,099, £1,099, AUS$1,254), the Acer Aspire S7 (starting at $1,349, £1,199, AU$2,599) and the Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus (starting at $1,399, £1,412, AU$2,259) are just a few…

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CES 2015: Linksys wants everyone to afford its classic blue-and-black router

By Kane Fulton Belkin-owned Linksys has used CES 2015 to announce a more affordable version of last year’s WRT1900AC router, which was an updated version of the company’s recognisable blue-and-black model from 2002. While something of a beast, the WRT1900AC’s $250 price tag placed it beyond the reach of many home and small business users.…

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CES 2015: Linksys wants everyone to afford its classic blue-and-black router

By Kane Fulton Belkin-owned Linksys has used CES 2015 to announce a more affordable version of last year’s WRT1900AC router, which was an updated version of the company’s recognisable blue-and-black model from 2002. While something of a beast, the WRT1900AC’s $250 price tag placed it beyond the reach of many home and small business users.…

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CES 2015: Intel Cherry Trail could bring desktop graphics to mobiles, tablets

By Desire Athow Details of the 14nm successor to the current Bay Trail family have emerged in Singapore courtesy of online website, VR-Zone. Top of the agenda for Intel’s answer to ARM’s growing armada of system-on-chip will be power saving tweaks as well as graphics performance improvement. Cherry Trail-T is likely to have twice the…

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