Apple’s new LED Cinema Display is designed specifically — nay, exclusively — with MacBook Pro owners in mind, giving them a simple way to dramatically increase their screen real estate with an extra 24 inches of incredibly gorgeous video. This 1,920 x 1,200-pixel resolution monitor includes all the trimmings you’d expect from Apple: beautiful industrial [...]
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Nokia’s Booklet 3G is cute and quaint
Try as we might, we just can’t see the point of this so-called smartbook.Sure, Nokia’s Booklet 3G is cute and quaint. It’s got Mac-like svelteness and would look equally at home on the desk of a CEO or graphic designer. But why would either of them bother to put it there?The smartbook, as near as [...]
Full Story »The Asus Server TS500-E6/P4
The Asus TS500-E6/PS4 is the only dual processor 5U server sold by the manufacturer. The TS500 is sold as a barebones server, so you have to buy it through a reseller. The base price is $699, which is low, considering you can outfit it with two Intel X5500 processors—and remember, that price is before you [...]
Full Story »Pogoplug only supports USB 2.0
Pogoplug was a PCMag Editors’ Choice in its first version. Now CloudEngine’s latest iteration of its multimedia sharing device has been updated with several new features including a lurid purple-pink cable stand. It does what it did before: give you fast access, locally or remotely, to your USB storage devices—up to four of them, instead [...]
Full Story »The Polywell MiniBox P5500C with a 23-inch widescreen monitor
The Polywell MiniBox P5500C ($1,850 direct, $2,099 with a 23-inch widescreen monitor) isn’t as sleek as the Falcon Northwest FragBox or AVADirect GT3 gaming systems, but what it does have is a lot of internal space for components, while keeping the spirit of a small form factor gaming rig intact. The MiniBox P5500C comes with [...]
Full Story »The Apple iMac 21.5-inch (Core 2 Duo) is perfect as an all in one PC
The iMac 21.5-inch (Core 2 Duo) is a study in duality: It has the Apple design and mystique that looks and feels pricey, but the system is also a lot less expensive than the 27-inch version. Less expensive in Apple’s case means a starting price of $1,199, and while the competition is cheaper at similar [...]
Full Story »The VAIO VPC-L117FX/B looks like it could be a Sony Bravia HDTV
Among the all in one all-in-one desktop PC, the Sony VAIO VPC-L117FX/B ($2,000 list) is certainly one of the best looking. It has the look of a 24-inch HDTV, an intentional design choice. Inside that sexy shell is the heart of a power user’s PC: quad-core Intel processor, 6GB of memory, 1TB hard drive, Blu-ray [...]
Full Story »Fujitsu LifeBook P3010 at 2010
As of this moment, I don’t have enough fingers to count the amount of oversized netbooks that are being sold in retail. Oversized netbooks typically have 11 to 12-inch widescreens and have parts with names like Nvidia’s ION, AMD’s Neo, VIA’s Nano, and the most popular of which, Intel’s Atom. Fairly late to the game [...]
Full Story »The Acer 5738DZG, the first laptop with a 3-D display
The Acer 5738DZG, the first laptop with a 3-D display, is a widescreen, 15.6in model. The 3-D effect is achieved by a transparent polarising filter overlaid on the screen, which splits images into separate streams for each eye. When looking at the screen straight on (if the angle of view is too wide the effect [...]
Full Story »The Alienware M15x (Core i7) is essentially the smaller version of the M17x
Alienware is at the top of its game, as its otherworldly creations have few equals when it comes to gaming laptops. The Alienware M15x (Core i7) is essentially the smaller version of the M17x, which, covered in heavy metals, dominated opponents in both looks and performance. Though smaller, the M15x is actually the more powerful [...]
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