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REVIEW – Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Rating: 80 Price: $399 Contact: Dell Phone: 1800 812 393 Web: www.dell.com.au With so many full-size notebooks now under $500 (there are at least 10 at last count in major retail stores), the case for buying a netbook is hard to support. The problem is the complete lack of application speed [...]

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Why battery cell counts are useless for knowing battery life

Battery life is one of the three major factors that determine the sale of a notebook – the other two I suggest are performance and weight. However, notebook marketing has reduced the real measure of battery life down to a simple indicator – cell count. You either get a “three-cell” battery or a “six-cell” battery. [...]

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How Blu-ray player prices have become so cheap

Taking a look in most retail stores over the last few months would have shown you a growing number of budget Blu-ray component players. In Australia, the prices for a budget player has now dipped regularly below $100 although many of the brand-name players are still over $150. However, making these cheaper players possible has [...]

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Computer resale value – what’s realistic?

There’s an adage in the car market that says you lose thousands of dollars in value of a new car as soon as you drive it out of the dealership. However, that’s nothing compared to the computer market. Whatever you’ve just paid for your shiny brand-new super-fast do-everything computer will be twice what it’s worth [...]

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AMD Radeon HD 6990 – world’s fastest graphics card?

PC graphics maker AMD has launched its latest graphics card with the understated “world’s fastest graphics card” moniker. The new Radeon HD 6990 card features two AMD Cayman-class GPUs in a single card package in a win for all gamers who didn’t chalk up for a CrossFire-ready motherboard. The new card is a basically two [...]

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