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Thursday
Oct 29,2009

The good Very nice touchscreen Good plain text quality The bad Ink tanks very difficult to insert and remove No fax Frustrating Smart Solution set-up Design and features The Lexmark Prestige Pro805 is a behemoth of a multifunction printer when you first take it out of the box: measuring 25x46.5x39.2cm and weighing 9.27kg it's certainly a large addition to any workspace. Along with the rest of the oddly-titled range (including such gems as the Impact, Prevail and Intuition — find us a printer that's intuitive and we'll eat our hat), the Pro805 is a wireless-enabled device that prints, scans and can even check the weather forecast for you. At AU$499, this printer does cost a pretty penny, so you'll want to make sure it's fully tailored to your needs before you fork out a wad of cash

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Lexmark Prestige Pro805

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  • Thecus N5500

    Wednesday
    Oct 28,2009

    The good XFS and Ext3 supported Supports ZFS for easy snapshots Dual DOM should keep hours of operation high Updated interface Expandability The bad Loud Not configured to DHCP out of the box Design and features Thecus has carved quite the name for itself amongst network storage enthusiasts; however, of late it's faced stiff competition from the likes of QNAP and Synology, which offered similar performance and features, but with a much nicer looking chassis and interface. To this end, Thecus has released a new look firmware for its NAS, which is now rather AJAX heavy just like its competitors. The result is the inevitable increase in lagginess of the interface, but as a trade off the ease of use is significantly higher.

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    Thecus N5500

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  • Tuesday
    Oct 27,2009

    The good Cheap The bad Wireless receiver isn't built-in for keyboard/mouse Can't be used as an extra monitor iMac offers better value proposition Design and features While we're not sure whether we like the idea of all-in-ones as business machines yet, the Vostro 320 certainly gives its best stab at it. Black is the order of the day, although the monitor stand is curiously red

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    Dell Vostro 320

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  • Asus K50AB

    Monday
    Oct 26,2009

    The good Looks and feels upmarket for the price Multi-touch touchpad in entry-level machine The bad Low battery life No Bluetooth Design and features For an affordable laptop at AU$1199, the K50AB looks quite good.

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  • Monday
    Oct 26,2009

    The good Sharp design Great battery life MS Exchange email support Good camera The bad Gesture games are rubbish No 3.5mm headphone socket Keypad design makes texting difficult Design Subtlety isn't something we encounter too often when reviewing mobile phones, but if anyone is to deliver a subtle elegance in its design aesthetic, it's Sony Ericsson.

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    Sony Ericsson Yari

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  • Sunday
    Oct 25,2009

    The good Individual ink tanks Smart Solutions give flexibility Touch panel works intuitively The bad Expensive Doesn't live up to speed claims Ink tanks tricky to fit Design There's not been a whole lot of innovation in the multifunction printer (MFP) space in recent years, and that's for one very simple reason. By the time you combine a scanner tray, printhead mechanism and paper mechanism together, you're limited to only a few basic shapes on offer

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    Lexmark Interact S605

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  • HP 2159m

    Sunday
    Oct 25,2009

    The good 16:9, full HD resolution The bad HDMI overscans Glossy screen Overpriced LCD monitors are slowly being released in the same widescreen ratios as widescreen TVs, which is great for the most part.

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    HP 2159m

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  • Wednesday
    Oct 21,2009

    Has it really been more than a year since Research in Motion launched a 3G capable handset? BlackBerry manufacturer RIM has finally announced a successor to its wildly popular BlackBerry Bold 9000 , increasing the product number to 9700, but trimming the fat across all of the handset's physical dimensions.

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    BlackBerry Bold 9700

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  • Thursday
    Oct 15,2009

    The good 50Mbps UTM throughput Gigabit ports for main WAN/LAN connections 3G wireless connectivity Load balancing and failover Comprehensive gateway security services The bad Additional Ethernet ports are 10/100Mbps only King of the small business security market, SonicWall recently added six new models to its popular TZ range of UTM (Unified Threat Management) appliances, delivering a mix of enhanced functionality and improved performance. Designed to serve the one-man-band upwards, the new range is topped out by the TZ 210 which, as we discovered, neatly bridges the gap between SME and enterprise products — and at a price that the competition will find hard to match.

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    SonicWall TZ 210

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  • Wednesday
    Oct 14,2009

    The good Lightweight Internal DVD burner The bad Build quality 802.11n is optional Poor quality WLED screen Design Metallic red isn't a colour you'd normally associate with a business notebook, but Dell has decided that a little splash of colour is needed in a business notebook market full of grey and black notebooks. The 12.1-inch glossy WLED screen runs at a maximum resolution of 1280x800. Even more annoying than the fingerprint-attracting glossy screen was the screen bleeding that made itself known along the bottom of the screen.

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    Dell Vostro 1220

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