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Christmas gift ideas under AU$100
Most people will be spending less than AU$100 on Kris Kringle gifts or stocking stuffers, so we've rounded up a bunch of our favourite inexpensive tech gift ideas, from MP3 players to video games and even printers.
Dell Latitude XT2 Tablet
Dell's tablet isn't cheap, but it'll appeal to the business crowd who desire a solidly built system.
Reviews
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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.
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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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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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Dell ST2310
The ST2310 has a low price and is good for everyday tasks, but it lacks some of the extra features included with similarly priced displays.
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Sony Vaio W
Attempting to create a premium-priced version of a netbook, Sony has added an HD display to the Vaio W. It's an attractive step-up package, but the internal components are the same as are in cheaper models.
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Dell Mini 10v
Dell's Mini 10v keeps a lot of the features of the more expensive Mini 10, while dropping the price to AU$549. It's one of only a handful of AU$600 netbooks that doesn't look and feel especially cheap.
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Dell Studio One 19
There's a decent but not great PC hiding behind the Studio One 19's touchscreen gimmickry.
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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Six things we'd like to see in future netbooks
Small and cheap not good enough for you? We start the list of things that would make buying a netbook even more enticing.
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Laptops with backlit keyboards
Backlit keyboards are fast becoming a top requested feature list. We check out some notebooks that make typing in the dark a cinch.
News
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Sony Vaio, Walkman, Reader get OLED treatment
In lieu of OLED TVs, Sony shows off OLED-based Vaio, Reader and Walkman prototypes at the CEATEC show in Japan.
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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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Sony extending Vaio warranty for faulty Nvidia GPUs
Sony Australia has admitted problems with its Vaio laptops that contain Nvidia GPUs — one year after everyone else.
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Sony beefs up Blu-ray strategy
A new real-time movie database, called MovieIQ, will be included with high-profile Blu-ray disc releases.
DIYs and How-to
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Should I buy a mid-range Vista PC, or get a MacBook Pro and use Parallels?
Should I buy a mid-range Vista PC, or get a MacBook Pro and use Parallels?
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Can my three-year-old PC handle Windows Vista?
Can my three-year-old PC handle Windows Vista?
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How to start a home-based photo studio
It's easy enough. You can start with the absolute basics, and build up over time with a new piece of equipment as and when your budget permits. Read on to find out more.
Downloads
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Eazy Cafe
Automate various activities in Internet cafe.
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Turtle Beach CD Master Studio Edition (TBS2050) Install
Get the install disk for the TBS2050 kit for DOS/Windows 3.x/95/NT 3.51.
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Dell STB Virge Video Drivers & Utilities
Download the STB Virge video drivers for the Dimension series.
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Dell XJ3288R Modem Drivers Disk
Download the drivers for the Megahertz XJ3288R PCMCIA modem for the Latitude series notebooks.
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.




















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