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Drive enclosures that turn off-the-rack Serial ATA hard disks into swappable external or desktop-drive-bay storage modules are easy to find, but Addonics' newest kit adds on-the-fly, 256-bit hardware encryption to keep your most critical business or personal information safe.
Monday , July 14, 2008 12:30:00 PM
Averatec Joins All-in-One Desktop Club
The bargain-priced laptop maker sets its sights on the iMac (and its Dell, Gateway, HP, and Sony challengers) with a 22-inch widescreen LCD/Core 2 Duo desktop priced under $1,300.
Friday , July 11, 2008 05:10:00 PM
Seagate Rolls Out 1.5-Terabyte Desktop Hard Drive
If you haven't caught up with the terabyte generation of PC hard disks, you'd better hurry -- Seagate's newest desktop drive leaps from 1TB to 1.5TB in a single bound. The company has also announced 5,400- and 7,200-rpm notebook drives that fit 500GB into the 2.5-inch form factor.
Thursday , July 10, 2008 11:00:00 AM
Acer Mini Desktop Targets Home Entertainment
Acer aims for the living room with a $450 slimline PC with AMD dual-core power, 64-bit Vista, PCI Express 2.0 expansion capability, and DirectX 10-compatible Nvidia graphics with big-screen HDMI output. Retail shoppers can also pick up a bargain bundle with 22-inch widescreen monitor.
Tuesday , July 08, 2008 10:15:00 AM
Guess What Color SteelSeries' Gaming Bundle for Women Is
Attention, female PC gamers: You don't stand a chance of winning China's giant Warcraft 3 women's tournament and being named "Super Iron Lady" unless you use SteelSeries' specially bundled laser mouse and non-skid mouse pad -- available, of course, in wedding-dress white or baby-blanket pink.
Monday , July 07, 2008 12:35:00 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 |
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HP Color LaserJet CP1215 Review A 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 |
Lenovo ThinkPad X300 ReviewFair warning: It costs $3,000. Fair warning: You won't care. Lenovo's lightweight goes toe to toe with Apple's MacBook Air -- well, it would if the Air had a DVD burner, a LAN connection, and a sharper screen. Think about a solid-state hard disk, full-sized keyboard, ample battery life, and impeccable green credentials in a 13.3-inch, just-over-3-pound slimline. Now try to be satisfied with your current notebook. Thursday , May 15, 2008 10:30:00 AM |
Samsung SCX-4500 Multifunction Printer ReviewIt's one fancy desk accessory: Samsung's 6.5-inch-high black box looks more like a jet-black piece of home theater equipment or modern sculpture than the monochrome laser printer/scanner/copier it is. The $300 all-in-one's speed, quiet operation, and output quality are impressive, too -- but small-office operators will have to decide whether to make a few sacrifices for style. Tuesday , May 06, 2008 02:00:00 PM |
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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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Platform Trends: The GeForce GTX 200 Series: Big, Bad, and Proud of It As the Incredible Hulk rampages across movie screens, Nvidia introduces a giant of a graphics processor -- the GeForce GTX 280 (and only slightly tamer GTX 260), bringing 1.4 billion transistors, 240 stream processors, and over 240GB/sec of bandwidth to smash even current dual-GPU gaming, 3D rendering, and video-encoding graphics cards. But should you wait for a smaller, less power-hungry sequel? Friday , June 20, 2008 03:00:00 PM |
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Platform Trends: Intel Does the New Chipset Thing Intel has finally filled out its lineup of supporting silicon for the 45-nanometer-process Core 2 Duo and Quad processors unveiled in January. The new 4 Series chipsets bring some of the benefits of Intel's fire-breathing X48 Express enthusiast platform to mainstream PC buyers, and the G45 Express gives a boost to the 1080p HD video bandwagon. So why does CPU guru Vince Freeman see a missed opportunity? Monday , June 09, 2008 01:30:00 PM |
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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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