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Dell Latitude XT2 Tablet
Dell's tablet isn't cheap, but it'll appeal to the business crowd who desire a solidly built system.
Dell Inspiron One 19
Following the trend of all-in-one desktops, the Dell Inspiron One 19 is aimed at the budget market and clearly shows in both design and performance.
Reviews
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Dell Adamo XPS
Dell's Adamo brand of notebooks emphasise design as well as mobility, and its latest offering seems to have an abundance of both. But will breaking tradition help the Adamo XPS trump the MacBook Air?
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Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2
Lenovo's popular IdeaPad S10-2 netbook has been slimmed down and its price reduced, making it a better netbook — as long as you can live without ExpressCard.
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
This year's Pro Evo improves upon its predecessor in some key areas, but it does little else to keep up with the competition.
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Dell Vostro 320
While a few tweaks such as an in-built wireless receiver for keyboard/mouse and a video input so it could double as a monitor for your laptop would be nice, if you're looking for a cheap all-in-one PC, it's hard to ignore the Vostro 320 as an option.
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Dell Vostro 1220
At first glance, the Vostro 1220 looks like an ultraportable notebook that was born from Dell's consumer range. But instead Dell has created its own little niche, targeting the more fashion-conscious business user on a budget.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X200
It lacks some basic features you may require — touch pad, optical drive — but the 12.1-inch ThinkPad X200 offers strong performance and the longest battery life we've seen.
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Asus Lamborghini VX5
Asus' Lamborghini VX5 is a luxury laptop, with a luxury price to match — thankfully justified by the quality of the laptop and package. If you've got a wad of cash burning in your pocket, and don't mind a little luxury, the VX5 might be for you.
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Acer Extensa 5635Z
The Extensa is a business laptop with no particular frills. That's not a bad thing per se, but it's tough to get too excited about it, either.
Features
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Most beautiful monitors
Monitors have a tendency to be fairly plain objects, but every now and then a vendor goes out of its way to bring design to the fore.
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Netbooks: Mini laptops, max portability
Netbooks are excellent secondary laptops, or if you're always on the road and need portability but not necessarily performance. We round-up the best we've seen so far.
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Laptops with long battery life
Unless you're buying a desktop replacement, battery life is arguably the key consideration in any notebook purchase. CNET.com.au gives you our top long-lasting models.
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Is Apple behind the laptop curve?
As good as Apple laptops are, Windows-based PCs do have a few leading-edge features not found in MacBooks.
News
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Intel Core i7 Mobile laptop chips to be served with Windows 7
Laptop manufacturers are gearing up to release machines that use Intel's next-generation Core i7 mobile chips, code-named Clarksfield, on Intel's next-gen Centrino platform, code-named Calpella.
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Apple's Snow Leopard: What to expect
Mac OS 10.6 is coming soon with some small changes that you'll like a lot. Here's what you need to know about the OS "refinements".
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Microsoft finalises Windows 7
The software maker completes engineering for the Vista successor, releasing the operating system for manufacturing as it focuses on an October launch.
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Chrome OS for the clueless: What it means for real people
Google's new operating system is certainly something to get excited about, but don't put a new laptop purchase on hold because you want a Chrome netbook.
DIYs and How-to
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Laptop lowdown: 25 things you need to know to buy the perfect notebook
In the market for a new notebook? Check out our list of 25 things you need to consider before you hit the shops.
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Making the most of Skype video-calling
Skype High Quality video-calling can help shrink the distance between yourself and loved ones overseas, but you may need to fork out for some new tech. We take a look at what you need.
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Better Photos for eBay and Other Online Auctions
In this CNET quick tutorial, you will learn how to take great photographs of your for sale items in online auctions.
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Reduce digital photos for the Web
In this CNET quick tutorial, you will learn how to quickly reduce digital photos to e-mail and post on Web sites.
Downloads
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GINternet Explorer
Browse the Web safely while listening to music and having fun on the net.
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Console Classix
Access, search, and play classic console games.
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RapidShop
Build your own online shop and connect shopping cart to payment gateway.
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Mozilla Firefox
Check out the latest pre-release of the upcoming Firefox 3.6.
The Explain Series
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Get (laptop) smart before you buy
Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
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Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.
Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
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Whereis® maps
If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.
Videos
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