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Desktop digest: 13 things you need to know to buy the perfect desktop

Despite the laptop gaining strength as the PC du jour in recent times, the desktop still has a place in the home. Here are our top 25 things to consider before buying or building your own desktop.

Amazon Kindle

The Kindle makes reading more portable than a sackful of books and is likely to inspire you to read more than ever before.

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Reviews

  • LaCie Starck Mobile

    LaCie clearly spent a lot of time designing the look and feel of the Starck Mobile Hard Drive, but it trips up on the basic essentials like weight, ease of use, cost per gigabyte and transfer speed.

  • Olympus E-P2

    Less than six months after the E-P1 was announced, Olympus has come out of the starting gates with the E-P2, an incremental update to the retro-inspired camera.

  • Philips GoGear Mix (4GB)

    The GoGear Mix is exactly what people are looking for in an MP3 player. It's easy to load with music, simple to operate and a pleasure to listen to.

  • Nikon D3000

    As long as you don't expect too many fancy bells and whistles, you won't be disappointed with the quality and performance of the D3000.

  • Apple iPhone 3GS (32GB)

    The iPhone 3GS is faster and we appreciate the new features and extended battery life, but call quality and 3G reception still need improvement.

  • Palm Pre

    With webOS, Palm goes past matching its competitors and offers something more. The Pre might not be a home run, but it is an indication of good things to come.

  • Polk Audio SurroundBar 360 DVD Theatre

    The Polk Audio SurroundBar 360 DVD Theatre delivers excellent sound from a single speaker bar, with the lack of built-in Blu-ray being the only real sticking point.

  • Panasonic HDC-HS200

    At AU$2,299, the HS200 sits at the top of Panasonic's new camcorder range. With a 3MOS sensor and 80GB hard drive, we think it might just make up for the company's previous HD offerings.

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Features

  • Aussie sports games: Win, lose or draw?

    The past, present and future on video games based on the biggest sports down under.

  • Digital SLR buying guide

    CNET.com.au gives you the low-down on what to look for in a digital SLR camera.

  • Xbox 360 Games Launch List

    Games is what the Xbox 360 is all about. And thanks to the numerous delays Australians have had to face, the list of local games available for the 360's launch on 23 March is fairly expansive.

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DIYs and How-to

  • Digital photo pro secrets

    Learn the secrets of getting great, clear photographs no matter what the situation. This guide teaches you the fundamentals of digital photography, and reveals the tricks pro photographers use to get great images of people, objects, live action, and much more.

  • How to use RSS in Outlook 2007

    An RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed is an alert that tells you when your favourite Web site or blog has posted new information. With Outlook 2007, you can set up RSS feeds to deliver to your inbox.

  • News you choose: How to set up an RSS feed

    RSS feeds bring automatically updated information straight to your desktop. To properly read the feed, you need an RSS reader. Here's how to get and use one.

  • DIY: Yahoo Hacks

    CNET describes ways to use Yahoo for custom searches and to compare results against those of Google.

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Downloads

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The Explain Series

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