Monthly Archives: October 2006
Intel – DG965OT
When Intel launched its superb Core 2 Duo processor (see review here), it also launched the 965 family of chipsets. The 965P was supposed to be ‘the exciting one’ as it was the performance option, but we felt that it offered very little that wasn’t available in the existing 975X, so unusually the interest lay…
HP – iPAQ hw6915
Technologists have talked the talk about mobile device convergence for the last couple of years, but the iPAQ hw6915 does its best to walk the walk. The technology, particularly GPS satellite positioning, is now sufficiently miniaturised to produce a machine without bulky fold-out aerials or the need to clip on an extra battery pack or…
Panasonic – KX-FLB851E
The KX-FLB851E is a laser-based multi-function machine, offering mono printing, copying and faxing and colour scanning. Panasonic claims it’s particularly easy to use and also points to its three output bins, which help separate out its key office functions. This is a substantial machine, looking more like a traditional office photocopier than a multifunction device….
Gigabyte – GA-965P-DS4
The key feature of Gigabyte’s GA-965P-DS4 motherboard is the chipset, but not necessarily in the way that you might expect. When Intel launched its superb Core 2 Duo processor (reviewed here), it was paired with the i975X/ICH7R chipset which worked very well and gave you four SATA ports and PCI Express as well as support…
HP – Photosmart 8750 Pro
Most A3+ printers cost many hundreds of pounds and are designed for use by printing professionals who, it’s assumed, don’t need the ease-of-use facilities lavished on consumer printers. This is daft, as graphics professionals often have to print shots from digital cameras, either via a PictBridge connection or from memory cards. HP has gone half…
In2Games – Real World Golf 2007
Golf. It’s a – sporting cliché alert – good walk spoiled. Or, in the case of computer golf, a good sit down spoiled. However, Real World Golf 2007 comes with its own peripheral club which allows you to stand up and hit the ball for real. Well, virtually. The Real World Golf plastic golf club…
Nokia – N73
Nokia does a lot of imaginative design work with handsets involving fancy shapes and sizes, twisty bits and suchlike. How nice, then, to get a Nokia handset that feels like a phone should feel in the hand and pocket (light, comfortable, unashamedly rectangular) and yet still packs in lots of features. Weighing a mere 116g…
Ascaron – Darkstar One
Back in the eighties, most of us owned a ZX Spectrum or a Commodore 64. However, if your parents bought your computer, you probably ended up with a BBC Micro (or, God help you, an Oric). This meant that while the ZX versus 64 debate raged in the playground, as kids argued about which games…
Philips – SPA9300
In a world that is awash with 5.1 surround sound speakers it makes a pleasant change to be faced with a set of 2.1 speakers such as this. The two satellites that sit on your desk look very stylish, however they are a little on the tall side at 19cm. Unusually, they are finished in…