The good CD/DVD printing Automatic document feeder Stylish for a multifunction The bad Slightly expensive cost per page Printer itself is expensive With a vast array of multifunction devices (MFD) on the market, all with similar features to one another, any new entry needs something special to make it stand out. The C309a does it by being good at everything — for the most part. Design and features Fortunately, the striking curved exterior of the C309a puts a tick on our design box before anything else.

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HP Photosmart C309a Premium Fax All-in-One Printer

The good Quite rugged Business level warranty Good keyboard Gigabit Ethernet Decent battery life The bad Network activity light isn't very granular 576-pixel screen height can be limiting Polarising looks Design and features The common netbook platform has forced vendors to differentiate themselves in new ways, and so it's with the Latitude 2100 that the concept for the tiny laptops returns to its origin — something designed for the education market. Dell has made a few tweaks to the system, from a rubberised layer on the top and bottom, which provides a scratch-resistant, high grip surface and protects against impact; to a light on the back that indicates to a teacher when a student is online; and a business-level warranty to make sure the school kids don't have to go without for too long should the netbooks break. There's even a strip of plastic on the back of the battery, under which you can either brand or put a student's name under, as well as a Kensington lock on each side where a custom-made strap can be plugged into, so the netbook can be worn like a satchel

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Dell Latitude 2100

The good Can withstand a fair bit of punishment Water resistant Decent power for the size The bad Exposed ports not the best for a rugged laptop Not the most attractive of laptops Odd touchpad Vertically short keys 802.11g/100Mb only Design and features Panasonic's Toughbook CF-W7 arrived in our offices clearly having experienced a hard life already. The screen was covered with residue, suggesting it had been subjected to water being sprayed on it (as is the case in Panasonic's demo booths) and the PCMCIA slot was actually crusty, with some sort of crystalline structures having formed along the top on the inside

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Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7

The good Simple set-up for engin customers Comes with handset PSTN pass-through Works with non-engin broadband The bad Router is physically huge Many router functions are locked down or obscure Only two Ethernet ports 802.11b/g only Poor signal throughput Design Engin's oneHub is a colossus amongst routers. Sure, there's an argument that a device that combines ADSL2+ modem, wireless router and cordless phone hub is going to need to take up some space, but the oneHub's actual hub is still pretty big by anyone's estimates

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Engin oneHub ST790

The good Wireless-N that delivers — almost Storage functionality Simple installation The bad Intermittent signal drop-outs 2.4GHz only Storage functionality is limited Design Belkin's approach to routers has, in the recent past, been less focused on things that look like routers, and more on objects that wouldn't look all that out of place on the set of Star Trek — or at least on the set of a cheap fan-produced Star Trek homage, anyway. We've commented previously that the company's N1 Vision line are amongst the easiest of routers to understand at a visual level, thanks to the inclusion of large and clear front panel displays that do more than just flash incomprehensible lights at you in fit-inducing patterns

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Belkin N+ Wireless Storage Router

Design and features It's been a while since Samsung has played in the Australian laptop market, but now it's back — and with a plan to boot. While it plans to go big once Windows 7 has launched, right now it's establishing a foothold in both the netbook and notebook space

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Samsung N120

Design and features It's been a while since Samsung has played in the Australian laptop market, but now it's back — and with a plan to boot. While it plans to go big once Windows 7 has launched, right now it's establishing a foothold in both the netbook and notebook space. Considering its netbooks have had good reviews in other countries, it made sense that the N120 was one of its first releases in Australia.

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Samsung N120

The good Simple, discreet design Exceptional audio delivered Multi-point connects two phones at once The bad No outstanding feature Price is a little high Design and features Bluetooth headsets : you've seen one, you've seen them all, right? This is true when speaking about the Motorola H780, its design features some attractive flourishes like a dimpled textured trim along the edges of its stainless steel chassis, but overall it's yet another tiny silver bug to rest against your ear. Its size is about average for a Bluetooth headset, measuring 47mm long and 11mm deep

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Motorola H780 Bluetooth Headset

The good The most affordable 16-drive HBA available Good RAID 5 write improvements over software RAID PCI-E 8x should be enough bandwidth for magnetic drives, at a theoretical 2GBps in either direction The bad CPU usage far too heavy to be considered in a corporate environment Management console needs a big update Lack of Solaris support limits ZFS use to FreeBSD Is not true hardware RAID It seems these days it's all about the storage — while the average consumer is turning to internet-based services (especially in part due to the explosion of high-definition digital media), the more tech-savvy are turning to either NAS or building their own file servers. Thing is, how do you manage a lot of storage

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HighPoint RocketRAID 2340

The good Comprehensive format support Writes up to 6x on Blu-ray Reasonably priced The bad The device is large USB 2.0 interface 6x Blu-ray media not available Requires a power brick Design LG's external Blu-ray writer is, in a word, huge.

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LG BE06 External Blu-ray Rewriter