HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni Review: Cheap price, crisp text quality but pretty slow
HP’s Color LaserJet CP1518ni is a low-cost color laser printer with a decent design. however, it’s a lot slower and has limited paper handling. It’s best suited for use in a home or a fairly small office.
The Good: Inexpensive. Includes media-card slots. Crisp text quality.
The Bad: Slow. Skimpy input tray. Pricey toner. somewhat flimsy construction. Read more
Share ThisDell Vostro 410 Review: Powerful Quad-core performance but little pricey
The Vostro, Dell’s PC line for small businesses and sole proprietorships, updates the line with more internal space for components, faster quad-core CPUs, and more powerful 3D graphics.
The Good: Minimal bloatware. Lots of expansion space. Quad-core performance. High-powered 3D. 15-month Internet Security subscription. Windows XP, or XP plus Vista discs to upgrade, are options.
The Bad: One-year warranty. A little pricey. Could be more energy efficient. Included online storage is only one year.
The Bottomline: The Dell Vostro 410 is a powerful PC for small businesses. A single business user will be happy with the high-end performance, added features, and no bloatware. Read more
Share ThisASUS U2E-A2B Review: Expensive, but weighs next to nothing
The pricey ASUS U2E-A2B comes with an internal optical drive and a 32GB SSD , as well as, leather fixtures in all its 2.7-pound frame.
The Good: Gorgeous leather accents. LED backlit screen. Built-in optical drive. The only 3-pound ultraportable with an HDMI port. Excellent battery life. Energy efficient.
The Bad: 92 percent keyboard. Three-cell battery is not enough. Poor performance scores. Way too expensive. Could use a cellular modem.
The Bottomline: The ASUS U2E-A2B is a gorgeous, leather-clad ultraportable that weighs next to nothing. But it could use a price reduction and a processor upgrade. Read more
Share ThisPuget Systems Deluge-i L3 Reviewed: Truly expensive rig for moneyed geeks
The Puget Systems Deluge-i L3 is one expensive rig that features Quad Core Intel Core 2 Extreme overclocked to 4GHz and 4GB of OCZ Reaper RAM and 40 GB Xceed Ultra solid state drive for speedy access to programs and the like. Read more
Abbyy FineReader OCR Professional 9.0 Reviewed: Edgy newcomer, but still can’t beat Omnireader
Abbyy FineReader Professional 9.0 is a newcomer in the world of optical character recognition (OCR) but has an edge over its long-established competitor OmniPage Professional. Read more
Toshiba Satellite A305 Reviewed: So pretty laptop gets a lot of smudge
The Toshiba Satellite A305 is so pretty you’d be surprised. Good looks include reflective hematite stripes and and lacquered finish catch light, while the keys shimmer like little black candies, inviting your fingers to dance across them. Read more
Alienware Area-51 m15x Reviewed: One pricey monster laptop
Alienware Area-51 m15x smart appearance is accompanied by the best mobile performance and hardware money can buy. The specs are all squeezed into a light 7.8-pound chassis, making it a delightful system for even the most demanding fraggers on the go, that is why it easily earned PCMag’s our Editors’ Choice. Read more
Panasonic Toughbook W7 Reviewed: One tough piece of equipment
Panasonic’s Toughbook brand is still synonymous with the concept of a heavy-duty portable computer. Panasonic’s $2,099 Toughbook CF-W7 manages to fit plenty of extra protection into a 12-inch laptop that weighs just barely more than three pounds, making an impressive system of the rugged users. Read more
Shuttle KPC K4500 Compact PC Reviewed: Slick ultracompact budget PC, but not be as green as advertised
Shuttle’s $199 KPC K4500 is a testament to ever-improving computer production techniques and design, manages to combine a small exterior with a roomy interior. Read more
HP 2133 Mini-Note Reviewed: More upscale and more stylish than EEE
The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC is a little more upscale than the plastic sub-laptops that came out first. The 9-inch laptop with a tailored look and magnesium alloy chassis can be a better alternative to the famous Asus EEE PC. Read more
