Jim Getten is planning to buy a netbook. Should he go with Linux or Windows? That's a good question, and one that I haven't yet decided for myself. Here's how I see it: Linux is smaller, faster, free, less prone to crashes, and much less likely to get infected with malware. On the other hand, yo...
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Review of the Week Netbooks Acer Advent Asus Dell Elonex FSC HP MSI Samsung ZooStorm Philip Barker - 17 May 2009 - 3:50pm When netbooks first arrived on the scene, no one 鈥?manufacturers or consumers alike 鈥?expected them to take the world by storm. We鈥檇 ...
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Laptops Tommy Melville - 15 May 2009 - 11:00am Sony's聽VAIO Z-series offers some of the聽most complete ultraportable laptops聽currently available, with聽tiny dimensions, incredible screens and equally impressive perfrormance.聽We've managed to get our hands on the latest model, the VAIO聽Z31, ...
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General Review Netbooks 8.9-inch screen Asus Intel Super-TFT Under 2kg Philip Barker - 15 May 2009 - 5:19pm We tried a pre-production Asus Eee PC T91 鈥?the Taiwanese company鈥檚 first netbook with a touchscreen display 鈥?a short while ago, but while it gave us a general i...
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News Tommy Melville - 14 May 2009 - 11:51am Last week we were invited by EA to a hands-on session with the highly anticipated Sims 3 for PC. For the uninitiated, the Sims is a life simulation game which lets you create characters, families, homes and lives which you then play out in the ...
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Laptops Philip Barker - 13 May 2009 - 2:10pm We鈥檝e seen most laptop manufacturers completely refresh their model line-ups over the past few months, following the widespread adoption of the 16:9 widescreen display. Samsung is one of the latest, and with a 15.6-inch screen the R522 is aim...
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Apple released today three new Get A Mac ads in reply to Microsoft's Laptop Hunters campaign. The ads take a stab at the prolific Lauren from the first Laptop Hunters ad and ridicule customer care (or the lack of) for PC users. One of the ads, titled Elimination, suggests that there are no...
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General Review Laptops Acer Business Intel Super-TFT Under 2kg Philip Barker - 11 May 2009 - 3:55pm We鈥檝e had Acer鈥檚 Aspire Timeline 4810T for over a week now, and have had a proper opportunity to get to grips with it. One of its most impressive features is the portabilit...
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General Review First looks Business Dell Intel Super-TFT Under 2kg Philip Barker - 12 May 2009 - 3:40pm Dell鈥檚 Adamo range aims to bring luxury to the laptop market, with the Adamo 13 proving the most visually arresting and exquisitely made laptop we鈥檝e seen so far. The...
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Alex Bentley - 8 May 2009 - 11:01am Acronis True Image Home 2009 is a powerful and easy-to-use backup solution, that lets you easily safeguard the entire contents of your laptop鈥檚 hard drive, including the operating system, applications, user settings, and your personal data. Allowing you to cre...
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Microsoft has released the beta version of its Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor , a free utility that tells you if your PC is ready to run Windows 7. It scans your computer, checking internal components, external peripherals, and programs, and alerts you to potential compatibility issues. It also offers...
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Alex Bentley - 8 May 2009 - 10:40am Renowned audio specialist Teufel offers a range of high-performance speakers and decoders ideal for use with your laptop or home PC and has teamed up with What Laptop to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a Decoderstation 5 integrated digital decoder and...
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News Tommy Melville - 7 May 2009 - 5:09pm Samsung has followed up its extremely successful NC10 netbook with the N310. Introducing an all new look, the machine provides good portability and a new pebble design keyboard. The 10.1-inch screen boasts the netbook-standard 1024 x 600 pixel r...
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Netbooks Asus Eee PC Intel Super-TFT Under 2kg Philip Barker - 6 May 2009 - 5:30pm Asus was the company that took the netbook mainstream with it鈥檚 original Eee PC, but since then, in a bid to offer enhanced battery life, models have been getting bigger and bigger. The Eee PC ...
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Laptops Philip Barker - 7 May 2009 - 5:05pm Bucking the recent trends for budget laptops or large multimedia systems, Acer鈥檚 Aspire Timeline range features high quality laptops that are highly portable. The Aspire Timeline 4810T epitomises this, with thin dimensions and aluminium used in...
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Netbooks Philip Barker - 5 May 2009 - 11:41am After just one year the netbook market is already overcrowded, with a bewildering array of models available. If existing 7-inch machines are too small, 12-inch netbooks too big, and 8.9, 10.1 and 10.2-inch models too in the middle, then Acer ...
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Smartphones Nokia Philip Barker - 30 April 2009 - 4:57pm Nokia鈥檚 E-range is aimed firmly at corporate users, with the E71 offering a full QWERTY keypad to make emailing easier, and loads of features that help to make it a great out of office tool. Build quality is among the best that...
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Laptops Philip Barker - 28 April 2009 - 3:40pm We鈥檝e been seeing more and more laptops with ultra widescreen 16:9 aspect ratios recently 鈥?with many proving ideal for movie playback and media use. Samsung鈥檚 Q320 is the latest 鈥?a 13.4-inch machine that looks like an ideal choice for the ...
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News Tommy Melville - 28 April 2009 - 3:50pm HP has today announced the existence of their new s-series (standard) range of laptops. Called the ProBook range 鈥?we can鈥檛 imagine where they got the name from 鈥?the line is comprised of four machines, the ProBook 4415s, 4510s, 4515s and 4710...
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General Review Smartphones LG Philip Barker - 27 April 2009 - 11:30am LG鈥檚 Arena KM900 is the company鈥檚 flagship touchscreen phone, offering loads of features and a 3-inch screen wrapped in a stylish and well-made casing. The display is excellent, with colours that jump out at you...
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