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HP's Mini All-in-One REVIEW |
Solo and small-business operators are savvy enough to ignore inkjet printers' advertised low-quality draft-mode speeds, but Epson's latest printer and all-in-one advertise laser-quality regular-mode speeds instead. Other features in the lineup range from wired and wireless networking to faxing as fast as three seconds per page.
Tuesday , August 19, 2008 11:55:00 AM
Comfortable Desk Set, Clip-On Mouse from Logitech
Logitech's newest precision PC controls include a mouse that snaps onto the side of a laptop so both notebook and rodent can be carried one-handed, as well as boasting up to 18 months' battery life. An ultra-ergonomic keyboard and mouse set will satisfy desktop users.
Tuesday , August 19, 2008 10:15:00 AM
Lenovo Revs ThinkPad X300 With New CPUs, DisplayPort
It's still an ultra-slim ultralight with the onboard optical drive that Apple's MacBook Air forgot, but now Lenovo's 13.3-inch flagship gets a Core 2 Duo ULV transplant, larger solid-state drive, and high-definition DisplayPort output to become the ThinkPad X301. You can start lining up now for shipments next week.
Tuesday , August 19, 2008 09:35:00 AM
Serial ATA 3.0 Will Hit 6Gb/sec
Actually, we're supposed to call the new specification Serial ATA 6Gb/s instead of Serial ATA III or 3.0, but then, the industry consortium behind the SATA standard had no luck getting people to call the existing 3Gb/s standard something other than Serial ATA II.
Monday , August 18, 2008 11:10:00 AM
Gateway's First Centrino 2 Notebook Flaunts GeForce Graphics
Best Buy shoppers will pay less than they expected for a 17-inch, 1,920 by 1,200-resolution laptop with Nvidia's GeForce 9800M GTS; up-to-date HDMI, eSATA, and 802.11 Draft-N connections; and 4GB of memory plus a 200GB hard drive.
Friday , August 15, 2008 03:50:00 PM
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Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review "Why don't you put a little hot-rod red in there?" -- Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), designing his super-suit in the movie Iron Man. "Why don't we make a red little hot rod?" -- Lenovo engineers, designing an 11.1-inch, 2.5-pound notebook that brings the swanky style of the company's ThinkPad X300 or of Apple's or Sony's high-priced ultralights to a lower-priced consumer laptop. Okay, slightly lower-priced. Friday , August 08, 2008 07:00:00 PM |
Lenovo ThinkPad X200 ReviewThe advent of Intel's Centrino 2 mobile platform gives Lenovo an excuse to replace the ThinkPad X61 with a 12.1-inch widescreen ultralight with better performance, a slew of configuration and communication options, and a keyboard to die for. SmallBusinessComputing.com's Jamie Bsales takes the mini for a spin. Tuesday , July 29, 2008 03:10:00 PM |
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HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One Review You know you can get a versatile inkjet printer/scanner/copier for $300 or $400. But for a fraction of that ($130)? In a fraction of the size (9 inches high)? HP's small-business breadbox is full of surprises -- yes, it has fax as well as the usual three functions; yes, it has built-in WiFi; no, they didn't forget the automatic document feeder. It's a one-person office's one peripheral. Tuesday , July 22, 2008 11:00:00 AM |
HP Color LaserJet CP1215 ReviewA color laser printer for $300 is a pretty good deal, but depending on where and when you buy (hint: there's a rebate offer that expires at the end of this month), HP's colorful compact can be yours for as little as $200. Don't expect onboard Ethernet or blazing speed -- the USB desktop device is rated at 12 ppm for monochrome and 8 ppm for color, with minimal paper-handling and software options -- but expect to be tempted. Monday , June 23, 2008 10:00:00 AM |
Gateway M-1626 ReviewRetail laptop prices are so low these days that Gateway's 15.4-inch notebook looks like a prestige model at $850 as opposed to $599 or $699. And the six-pound, AMD dual-core-powered portable does indeed exceed the run of the mill with a spacious 4GB of memory and the 64-bit version of Windows Vista as opposed to the usual 32-bit. But do its battery life and graphics performance suit its suitable-for-power-users positioning? Tuesday , June 17, 2008 01:15:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: Intel Gets Up and Atom Suddenly, no small, light, low-priced notebook -- a.k.a. netbook, a.k.a. Asus Eee 901, Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind, or Dell Comingsoon -- is complete without Intel's battery-sipping Atom N270 processor. Actually, that 1.6GHz, Hyper-Threading CPU is just one of seven Atoms, with thermal design power as low as 0.65 watt, and they're destined for more than just netbooks. Here's a look under the hood. Sunday , August 17, 2008 11:15:00 AM |
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Platform Trends: Nvidia Reseeds its Mainstream Line Though its flagship GeForce 200 Series holds the spotlight, Nvidia Corp. has taken the opportunity of a switch to 55-nanometer-process engineering to perk up its formerly-elite-now-everyday GeForce 9 lineup of graphics processing units. You'll see some graphics cards that look awfully familiar, others that will put a grin on the faces of gamers with only $100 to spend, and still others in between. Vince Freeman helps you keep score. Monday , August 04, 2008 11:35:00 AM |
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Platform Trends: The Year of Serious Storage One and one-half terabytes, people! Most of us remember when such storage capacity stretched the limits of a server RAID array, but next month Seagate will ship a 1.5TB desktop hard disk. Meanwhile, both old-fashioned and newfangled storage tech heats up the notebook market -- and PC enthusiasts and upgraders are getting their hands on the speedy solid-state drives once reserved for the most exotic, elite laptops. Saturday , July 19, 2008 04:30:00 PM |
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Montevina Mania: Intel Unveils Centrino 2 Notebook Platform New 45-nanometer CPUs are only part of the story as Intel revamps its dominant laptop processor/chipset/WiFi bundling program. The nearly 250 new notebooks slated to wear the Centrino 2 sticker will flaunt faster, more far-reaching wireless; more game-worthy graphics (plus the option of switching between integrated and discrete graphics), and multimedia enhancements designed to let travelers enjoy a high-definition Blu-ray movie -- on one battery charge. Tuesday , July 15, 2008 02:05:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: AMD's Massive Retaliation: The Radeon HD 4000 Series Just nine days after Nvidia's launch of a new flagship GeForce GTX 200 series, AMD grabs the spotlight with formidable -- and more affordable -- ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 graphics cards, packing a whopping 956 million transistors, 800 stream processors, and (for the 4870) unbelievably fast GDDR5 memory. The company also dusts off the classic All-in-Wonder name for a new DirectX 10.1 graphics/HDTV tuner combo. Monday , July 07, 2008 11:25:00 AM |
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Mini Mobile PCs: Now Comes the Hard Part It's a myth that lightning never strikes the same place twice, but what are the odds against catching lightning in a bottle twice? The ultralight, ultra-affordable subnotebook PC category that the Asus Eee ignited last winter will soon see a second generation of what are now called netbooks -- but this time around, it might be Eee II: The Laptop Strikes Back. Tuesday , July 01, 2008 02:30:00 PM |
Falling Off the CatwalkThe economy's in a slump and PCs are in danger of becoming interchangeable commodity products anyway. So how can hardware manufacturers perk up sales and prop up profit margins? Chrome trim and pretty colors, of course, as vendors ranging from Dell to Staples introduce limited-edition artistic cases and fashionable decorations. HardwareCentral editor Eric is bemused. Apple is unworried. Friday , May 23, 2008 12:00:00 PM |
The Best, the Worst, and the Ugliest: 2007Asleep by 10:30? Not at the Labs, Weather, & Sports Desk, where New Year's Eve is like any other midnight -- time to start a fresh count of the day's Diet Pepsis, along with a last look over the, uh, vista of the dozen months past. Our seventh annual flashback bounces from nifty notebooks and cool Web tools to HDTV headaches, poorly launched processors, and a surprise pick for Product of the Year. Tuesday , December 18, 2007 10:30:00 AM |
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The Tick-Tock of Doom, or For Whom Intel Tolls Processor upgrades: just say no? HardwareCentral editor Eric won't go that far, but finds reasons not to tie your purchases to Intel's newly announced policy of scheduling new CPU designs and less radical manufacturing and power-saving improvements for alternate years. He also covets a 433MHz notebook and considers the apocalypse: putting a Mac on the Labs, Weather, & Sports Desk. Tuesday , September 25, 2007 10:10:00 AM |
Get Ready To Gain Two PoundsLast week, Palm sounded the trumpets and threw confetti for what it described as a new category of portable technology -- only to get an immediate, unimpressed "Uh, no thanks" in response. But while the Treo manufacturer's new Foleo may falter, Intel, VIA, and other vendors are betting you'll crave a real, live Windows PC that weighs in at the same two pounds for way under $1,000. Friday , June 08, 2007 10:40:00 AM |
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