Monthly Archives: March 2004
Dell – Inspiron 510M
Dell’s Inspiron range of notebooks goes from the mobile to the desktop replacement. The latest addition to the line-up, the twin-spindle Inspiron 510M, sits at the higher weight limit of what you might consider ‘mobile’. Although Dell claims it to be thin and light, this laptop is still pretty heavy to carry around all day,…
C & C Graphics – Invisible Mouse Mat
Permission to get all the cheap gags out the way in the first paragraph? Ah, splendid. We can’t see the point of an invisible mouse mat, it’s a transparent concept, it’s clear what its problems are, we’ve seen right through this one… Pick your favourite, and we’ll move swiftly on. The invisible mouse mat, then….
Sharp – Zaurus SL-C860
The generally accepted route to obtaining a PDA is to look through lists of the devices available from particular suppliers and make your choice. In doing this you are working with officially imported devices. However the universe of PDAs contains more models than those currently available in the UK. As a case in point let’s…
Canon – CanoScan 3200F
So all flatbed scanners are grey monoliths with not a hint of style? One look at Canon’s latest CanoScan, the 3200F, may change your mind. Not only does it look good, it has a 1,200 x 2,400dpi resolution, works in 48-bit colour depth, produces scans without too much hanging about, can scan negatives and has…
Fujitsu Siemens – Amilo D8830
Perhaps the ultimate in space-saving PC design, the desktop replacement notebook goes from strength to strength, with popularity showing no signs of waning. And with prices falling they are becoming a reasonable option for the home too. One of the latest to hit the shelves is the Amilo D8830 from Fujitsu Siemens, powered almost unbelievably…
KCorp – KLS-520
Who worries about setting up a modem these days? You just plug it into the wall and it works. Three or four years ago things were a lot more complicated, but now you expect it all to be automated. Wireless networking is only just making this transition from black art to no-brain science and some…
Digital Jesters – Savage
Purely online gaming has been heavily promoted in the past few years as the next Great Leap Forward for serious gamers wanting to expand their horizons and their skills, but only a relatively small fraction of the gaming community that has taken up the challenge. Part of the reason for that is the comparatively low…
Samsung – X30 HWC 1700
It’s quite entertaining watching the notebook industry cast around for new ideas. After all, the scope is actually fairly limited: that original orange plasma screen Toshiba is still very recognisably a notebook, for all the technological developments of the last two decades. Recently though, a new trick has been added to the repertoire. Now, the…
HP – Scanjet 3970
You wouldn’t think it possible, but HP has found a gap in its blanket coverage of flatbed scanners. With over twenty products in the Scanjet range you may have thought this was impossible, but HP’s done it. The latest addition to the range is the Scanjet 3970. Pitched as a high-end, home user’s scanner, the…
AMD – Athlon 64 FX-53
On the 18th of March the CeBIT 2004 show opened in Hannover, Germany and for the first time in living memory processor company AMD won’t have a stand. However, it will be launching a number of new processors including ‘the fastest desktop processor in the world’, the Athlon 64 FX-53. That may sound like a…