Monthly Archives: August 2001
Eidos – Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Junior Edition
Rich people, eh? Who needs ‘em… redistribute the wealth, that’s what we say! At least while we’re still relatively poor anyway. Now there’s an idea for a game show – Who Wants to Live in an Equally Privileged Society Free from the Ties of Materialism and the Shackles of Capitalism? Don’t know if Chris Tarrant…
Gainward – CardExpert GeForce 3 PowerPack Golden Sample
This GeForce 3 card from Gainward – not a well-known name in the UK, but better established in Germany – is distinct from its competitors in several ways, most notably its colour. It’s a rich, deep red, and may remind more experienced readers of the Gravis Ultrasound card of old. But that’s merely a cosmetic…
AJP – 2200C
This notebook, which uses a 1GHz Intel Pentium III processor and 128MB of RAM, features rather too much plastic for its own good, but it is well made and thoughtfully specified, with a price that should appeal to corporate IT buyers. In fact, several of this notebook’s components are more suited to the larger office…
Leadtek – WinFast GeForce 3
Leadtek is not a familiar name in the UK, but the company has entered the market with a splash by going straight for top 3D performance, via Nvidia’s GeForce 3 chip. This graphics processor sits at the heart of the card, covered by a huge heat sink and cooling fan, while the 64MB of DDR…
Paysan – M-Series
This is certainly one of the smallest ‘desktop’ PCs we’ve ever seen. It’s small enough to put into a jacket pocket and carry around with you, as long as you have a keyboard, mouse and monitor to plug it into when you arrive at your destination. Claimed by Paysan to be the smallest PC in…
Digital cameras group test
This 2.1Mpixel camera looks very much like a typical compact 35mm. A 3x optical zoom lens telescopes out of the front face when you press an indented power button on the back and the image is zoomed to a full 7.5x with a see-saw digital zoom button at top right. You can use either the…
Connectix – Virtual PC
One of the hassles of working in software/hardware development or product support is running multiple operating systems to check that what works under, say, Windows ME, will also work under Windows 2000. You can do it by swapping hard drives or by using multiple partitions, but a more elegant solution is Virtual PC. Like vmware…
Sagem – WA3050 PDA phone
If you’ve ever dreamed of a pocket computer that doubles as a mobile phone, then read on. Sagem’s WA3050 combines a dual-band GSM mobile phone with a powerful hand-held computer. It’s also ready for higher-speed GPRS wireless data services. Last year’s re-launch of Windows CE in version 3.0 guise finally delivered many of the improvements…
Take 2 Interactive – Leadfoot Stadium Off-road Racing
The world of off-road stadium racing is the subject matter for this particular racing game – and we’re not talking about zooming into Old Trafford or Wembley for a speedy spin. No, this is the fast-paced world of off-road buggy and pick-up truck racing. Leadfoot offers a number of options to the would be off-roader….
Dantz – Retrospect Express / Server 5.5
The new versions of the Retrospect Express and Server backup tools add ‘roll-back’ functionality to the backup process, allowing IT managers and end-users to restore the ‘last good’ state of one or more PCs with very little effort. While the Express version is designed for single-user PCs, the Server edition can handle more than 100…