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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?

Digital Life #69: Light my fire

Strike a match, the Kindle is coming to town. We've also got more information on that Sony X-series Vaio and the Windows Phone, as well as weigh in on the Nobel Prize for Physics (because, we're physicists and all).

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Reviews

Samsung N110

An easy-to-use netbook with a long battery life, but there are cheaper options.
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.
Asus UX30

The UX30 gets oh so close to what it strives to achieve, but small design choices like the stippled touchpad and port covers, and large issues like the low battery life prevent it from achieving greatness.
Dell Studio XPS 16

The Dell Studio XPS 16 is an attractive laptop that handles HD content particularly well, although it suffers from an unimpressive battery life.
Dell Studio XPS 13

The Dell Studio XPS 13 is a very good laptop. It could have been excellent, but Dell seems to have actually tried too hard in some areas, such as the laptop's design, and we feel it's backfired slightly.
Sony Vaio VGN-P15G (Intel Atom Z530 processor 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM)

Sony's upscale Atom-powered Lifestyle PC has the components of a cheaper machine, but the design of a more expensive one. The end result will be a useful travel PC for some and a conversation piece for others.
Sony Vaio VGC-JS15G/(P/S/T)

Another entry in Sony's panel PC range, doing its best to imitate Apple.
Sony Vaio VGC-LV17G

Another entry in Sony's panel PC range, but still fails to reach the aesthetic heights of its Apple competitors.

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Features

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.
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.
Best ultraportable laptops

Six ultraportable laptops to tickle the fancy of the light-weight enthusiast.
Best laptops for writers

On the road? Need to file that last report, or finish that last chapter in seclusion? We throw about our suggestions for the best laptops for writers.

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News

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.
Intel tries anew to build its smarts into TVs

Intel may not have attained the same dominance in TVs as it has in personal computers, but the company remains convinced that interactive, networked, computing-intensive tasks will win the company a foothold in the world of video.
Intel's new Core i7, Core i5 desktop chips bring faster CPUs to the mainstream

Intel's new Core i5 and i7 CPUs, released today, look to bring performance to the masses just in time for Microsoft's Windows 7 launch.
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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DIYs and How-to

Should I buy a computer now or wait for Vista-focused chips to appear?

Should I buy a computer now or wait for Vista-focused chips to appear?
Switching to an Intel-based iMac

CNET lays out the issues involved in switching to an Intel-based Mac and shows you how to fight some common problems as well as what's the story on software upgrades.
CNET.com.au's quick guide to Intel processors

Confused about Intel's new naming scheme for their processors? Here's a quick guide to show you how they measure up.

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Downloads

Gateway Mercury Motherboard BIOS Update

Upgrade from P5-60 BIOS version 1.00.03.AF1 for Windows 3.x/95/NT.
HP Pavilion 7300 Series Video Camera Update

Resolve problems found using a USB video camera.
XPS Removal Tool

Remove the Microsoft XPS Document Writer printer and print driver from your computer.
Intel Application Accelerator

Enable faster delivery of data from the hard drive to the processor and other system level hardware.

Get (laptop) smart before you buy

Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
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.
Whereis® maps

If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.