Monthly Archives: January 2003
Aopen – DVRW-2412 PRO
Producing your own DVD movies always required a high performance system with plenty of fast storage and a deep pocket. Pioneer’s early DVD writers would set you back a couple of grand on top of the cost of a decent SCSI system. However, the performance and capacity of modern computers can comfortably handle the workload…
Evesham Technology – NAS 2108 Wireless
Small companies installing their first network nearly always buy a general purpose file server, only to find it takes a lot of time and expertise to install and manage. A far simpler, and often cheaper, alternative is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliance, such as the NAS 2108 Wireless from Evesham Technology. This is a…
IBM – Thinkpad X30
IBM seems to have settled into the same style of product development with much of its notebook range that characterises certain other savvy manufacturers. Oddly enough, the first comparison that springs to mind is Rolex. This is not as left-field as it might seem. Both companies advance cautiously, making relatively small, incremental changes to tried…
Microsoft – Age of Mythology
Playing God is rather fun – chucking out a plague of locusts here and there, maybe whipping up a massive hurricane, or perhaps smiting a particularly odious individual with a well-aimed lightning bolt. It’s the sort of job you take on for the pure enjoyment of the vocation, as the pay isn’t up to much…
Toshiba – Portégé 3500 Tablet PC
Microsoft’s recent push to promote the so-called Tablet Edition of Windows XP was supported by a number of notebook manufacturers, including Toshiba, which unveiled its Portégé 3500 Tablet PC. There are two varieties of Tablet PC; those which are entirely dependent on pen input and those with a keyboard like a conventional notebook. The Portégé…
Logitech – Freedom 2.4 Cordless Joystick
Some games simply don’t work properly if you use the traditional mouse and keyboard combination. It’s no coincidence that this reviewer has recently acquired Microsoft’s Combat Flight Simulator 3, and as a result the subject of joysticks has been looming large. Zooming around the clouds to shoot down the jolly old Bosche is all well…