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Kyocera Mita’s FS-C5150DN is a workgroup colour laser printer that’s broadly competing with the OKI C310DN and Brother’s HL-4140CN.

It’s a single-pass device, laying down black, cyan, magenta and yellow images at once to produce a full-colour sheet at the same rate as a monochrome one. It has an Ethernet port for network sharing and a built-in duplexer so it can print automatically on both sides of a sheet.
Kyocera’s low-cost printers have become more competitive, but the FS-C51SODN seems like a breakthrough. While it’s not the cheapest printer in its class, its specification is impressive, with PCL support and PostScript 3 emulation, plus support for PDF and XPS direct print. There’s a quick 667MHz processor and a generous 256MB of RAM, even if the 21 pages-per-minute speed is a shade behind the competition.
Furthermore, there’s plenty of scope to upgrade. Paper handling can be improved with one or two 500-sheet cassettes for a maximum 1,300-sheet input capacity, memory can be upgraded up to 1,280MB, and there are optional wireless network, fibre-optic and gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Read the rest of this entry »

The WZR-HP-G300NH is the perfect companion for everything from streaming HD movies and music to emailing from multiple PCs at once to, of course, providing wireless internet and network access. Unique new features makes an appearance such as MovieEngine, a built-in Quality of Service that optimises throughput for multimedia content, perfect for streaming movies and music.

One of the biggest problems that plague wireless access points is dead spots within a home or office where it’s difficult to pick up a signal. Buffalo has outfitted its new range with optimized and tuned antennae to provide maximum performance and range in addition to an adjustable high power antenna to extend and almost double signal range.

At the end of day it’s fast network speeds that you want when buying this product though, and Buffalo isn’t letting customers down in that regard either. With a 1 Gbps Ethernet connection, lighting fast data speeds are ensured enabling users to move large files across the network in the blink of an eye. Gigabit LAN and WAN ports also make an appearance on the device. Read the rest of this entry »

Eurocom D900F Panther is a quite the machine with a 17.1″ display (1920X1200 resolution).  Powered by an Intel Core i7 980X Extreme and/or Intel Xeon 5600 series processors and NVIDIA GeForce GO GTX 480M, GTX 285M or Quadro FX 3800M and Quadro FX 2800M high performance, fully upgradable MXM 3.0b video card.

Tha laptop holds up to 4 physical Hard Drives (up to 3TB of storage) in RAID 0/1/5/10 and up to 24GB of triple-channel DDR3-1333 memory. All while running Microsoft Hyper-V technology to virtualize any OS.

Eurocom D900F also comes equipped with a Blu-ray combo drive, a full keyboard and numeric keypad, HDMI and DVI outputs, Ethernet, 4X USB ports, eSATA, FireWire, an Express Card slot.

The 15.6in EE2E1E/WI is one of the few laptops in Sony’s Vaio range with an AMD processor.

The laptop comes equipped with a 2.1CHz dual-core Athlon IIX2 P320, 3GB of RAM, 320GB of HDD and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 graphics.

Tests show that EE2EE/WI failed to impress in Call of Duty 4, producing a frame rate of just 3.5fps. Battery life was also a disappointment at two hours and 44 minutes.

Its resolution of 1,366×768 gives plenty of desktop real estate and you can use the HDMI output if you want to watch 1080p video on an
HD TV. Sound from the built-in speakers is generally clear and loud, although the bass, as with most laptops, is underpowered. Read the rest of this entry »

The router operates on the 2.4GHz spectrum and uses three spatial streams per antenna to hit the 450Mbps max. Normal 802.11n routers have a maximum speed of 300Mbps. Wireless coverage is boosted with MIMO tech and the router has a Gigabit WAN port and four Gigabit Ethernet ports for local computers.

Security is a big feature with the router as well with encryption and a firewall to protect the network. Traffic needing bandwidth is prioritized by the router with QoS technology. Wi-Fi Protected Setup makes it easy to setup a connection with supported wireless adapters with the press of a button on the adapter and the router.

Boasting Intel Core i7-620 UM vPro (1.06 GHz) CPU in a body measuring 229×187×29.4 that weighs around 0.93kg, the R series notebooks are also equipped with 2 GB (up to 4GB) of DDR3 SDRAM, 250 GB (Serial ATA) of HDD, 10.4-inch (1024 x 768) XGA TFT Color LCD, Intel QM57 Express Chipset (graphics card included), USB 2.0 x 2, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN, Gigabit Ethernet, Type 2 PC card slot, SD/ SDHC card slot , Mini D-Sub 15 pin and runs on either Windows 7 Professional 32bit or 64 bit depending on your choice and has built-in Windows XP mode.

FIC’s just launched its new Pinetrail netbook, the FIC SVE600. This little guy (which measures 10.1-inches) isn’t exactly ground-breaking, but that Atom N450 is still new enough to spark a little interest, right? The SVE600 boasts the aforementioned 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a choice of an either up to 500GB HDD or an up to 32GB SSD, plus WiFi, BGN, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth WiMax, and HSDPA. You’ll also get your choice of either Windows 7 or Linux OSs. There’s no word on pricing yet, but we’ll let you know when we do.

For those who loved Acer’s Ferrari netbook series but would much rather do with something inspired by the two wheeler championship, then the good folks from Packard Bell would like you to see their new Valentino Rossi styled Packard Bell dot VR46 netbook.

Although impersonating with Rossi as a champion in the motorsport world, the dot VR46 is not exactly the most powerful netbook on the market. But that’s only a supposition for now as there haven’t been any official details regarding its hardware specs. However if we’re to guess, the special edition Packard Bell dot VR46 is probably much like the dot m/u model that packs an 11.6-inch display, an Intel CULV processor (probably the 1.3GHz Celeron M), 250GB of storage and Read the rest of this entry »

Dell have updated their mobile workstation range of notebooks with the Precision M6500, packing a range of Intel Core i7 quad-core and Core i7 Extreme quad-core processors.  There’s also a considerable 17-inch 1920 x 1200 display – with various degrees of LED backlighting – together with up to 16GB of DDR3 memory, space for up to three hard-drives (up to 500GB HDD or 256GB SSD in each bay; various RAID setups available) and a choice of ATI FirePro M7740 1GB, NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 1GB, or Quadro FX 3800M 1GB graphics.

Meanwhile connectivity includes WiFi (up to a/g/n) and Bluetooth 2.1, together with optional UWB and WWAN (HSPA/EVDO Rev.A).  There’s also a 6-pin powered FireWire, four USB 2.0, both VGA and DisplayPort, ethernet, audio in/out and eSATA, along with an ExpressCard 54 slot and 8-in-1 card reader.  Either DVD or Blu-ray drives can be specified.

As you might imagine, the end result isn’t a small (or slow) system: the Dell Precision M6500 comes in at 15.4 x 11 x 1.35 inches and 8.5lbs.  A 9-cell battery is available, though Dell don’t exactly make clear how long you can expect it to last.

We took a sneak peak at this computer before but today we have all the hot details for you. I am talking about the MSI Wind U230, a 12.1-inch notebook that decided to go officially official today. Although it looks like a netbook, the features inside will make you think otherwise about it. Read the rest of this entry »