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HP Pavilion DM3 ultra-slim laptop
September 16, 2009
Riddle me this: what's less than an inch thick, weighs 1.9kg and starts at around £470? If you read the headline, you might have already figured this one out - it's HP's new Pavilion DM3.
Darren Gladstone | Read more...
nVidia Ion boosts netbook and nettop graphics power
August 28, 2009
A picture can tell a thousand words. And if you display enough pictures every second, you get a good illusion of 2D reality. That's how we all enjoy film and TV, and it's increasingly how we find ourselves interacting with our PCs.
Andrew Harrison | Read more...
Two thirds of PC Advisor readers still use Windows XP
July 16, 2009
In the final months of Windows Vista's reign as the top dog at Microsoft, around 64 percent of PC Advisor users are still running Windows XP on their PCs.
Matt Egan | Read more...
AMD finally answers Intel’s netbook monopoly
June 4, 2009
There may still be a deal of indecision about what to call them - netbook, nettop, mini laptop - but small, cheap computers are certainly in vogue at the moment. And almost to a man, they use Intel's Atom processor. So far.
Andrew Harrison | Read more...
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Buffalo LinkStation Duo twin NAS drive
November 16, 2009
Buffalo Technology has unveiled the Link Station Duo - a two-drive NAS (network-attached storage) drive.
Carrie-Ann Skinner | Read more...
Buffalo BR-X16U2-EU external Blu-ray drive
November 9, 2009
Buffalo has unveiled the BR-X16U2-EU - an external Blu-ray drive.
Carrie-Ann Skinner | Read more...
Samsung S2 Portable 500GB external hard drive
October 23, 2009
Samsung is hoping to tempt film fans into buying its new 500GB portable hard drive by including a copy of the Tom Hanks film Angels and Demons on it.
Carrie-Ann Skinner | Read more...
LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive
October 7, 2009
LaCie has launched two new external hard drives designed in conjunction with Philippe Starck.
Rosemary Hattersley | Read more...
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