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Written by Martin Regtien | 07 December 2011
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Samsung made the announcement of the new Chronos series of notebooks a few months ago but availability in Australia was non-existent until very recently. I was happy to see that finally JB hi-fi got these great business notebooks in stock.
Today I will give you our first impressions having used this machine for about a week. Hint: it's by far the best business notebook I've had the pleasure to use. And here is why.

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Written by Martin van Zanten | 06 September 2011
Posted in Reviews - PC Hardware

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This morning I woke up, and felt ready to write my review for the Linutop 4. If you expect some pprp (polished public relations prose) here, I will disappoint you! I am going to write a real life story of what I have experienced, and offer you my opinion from my perspective.

I have taken the Linutop 4 - this great, small example of ict-engineering - for some thorough test drives these last few weeks, and experienced many ups and some downs with it. Testing a system, I like to take it to the limits! In this sequence most tests were positive, a few left me with questions. I also feel I have some ideas to improve the product in the next version.

 

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Written by Ronald | 22 August 2011
Posted in Reviews - PC Hardware

 

Cooler Master Notepal U Stand Box

Having a notebook on your lap can be uncomfortable.  The heat from the bottom of the notebook can make your lap warm and it isn't healthy either.  Also, using a notebook on your lap isn't the most ergonomic either.  For those who might wonder why you might need a notebook cooler when you don't have one to begin with, consider this...heat is one of the primary factors of notebook degradation and failure.  No matter if you have a compact, mainstream, or a heavy gaming notebook, heat is an issue and the bottom of the notebook is bound to get warm or sometimes even hot.  Today, we will be reviewing one of CoolerMaster's latest notebook coolers, the Notepal U Stand.  With an aluminum frame, and moveable fans, we have flexible product that helps to get the most in cooling your notebook.

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Written by Jake Vander Ende | 10 October 2010
Posted in Reviews - PC Hardware

Apricorn EZ Writer II

Apricorn recently released a new portable, dual-layer DVD burner, the EZ Writer II and I got my hands on it to give it a try. Here’s what it was like.

 

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Written by Joe Baker | 06 January 2010
Posted in Reviews - PC Hardware

The VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB has higher performance than that of the previous generation, WD3000GLFS 300GB and the designers have also changed the fining arrangement to horizontal rather than vertical as shown in the GLFS model.

Following the successful tried and proven build lines of previous WD Raptors with the 3 GB/s interface, we found that with the 16 MB cache the 3.5-inch SATA Hard Drive Raptors can deliver staggering performance.  They are approximately 35% faster than the older models but with a commensurate percentage drop in power requirements.
 
I guess the name “Raptors” came from the prehistoric carnivore that could out run anything on the planet and just hunt the prey down.  Well these hard drives are fast, spinning at 10,000 rpm, so it’s little wonder that they benchmark so well.  It’s obvious that the VelociRaptor has retained a lot of the performance based on its 10,000 rpm spindle speed.

 

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Written by Martin Regtien | 04 January 2010
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Written by Richard | 17 July 2009
Posted in Reviews - PC Hardware

The Wacom Intuos 4 is an excellent professional pen tablet that allows creative professionals or even consumers to have their movement captured so precisely in digital form.  With an excellent sense of style while bringing in productivity features, this product allows you to get your drawings in digital from more accurately and more quickly than ever.

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