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Close To Perfect
Monday March 24, 2008
THINKPAD X300
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SLIM 60
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Rating 4/5
www.kanzenint.com/pbpPm Gets In Touch With His Fungus Side
Thursday January 17, 2008
FIRST he established himself as the YouTube candidate - the aspiring prime minister who not only had a laptop, but knew how to turn it on.Trim And Terrific
Saturday April 8, 2006
David Flynn reviews four slim screens that may edge that bulky thing off your desk.
Dell 2407FPW, $1499, ****1/2, www.dell.com.au
Samsung 215TW, $1099, ****, www.samsung.com.au
ViewSonic VA1912W, $549, ****, www.viewsonic.com.au
Philips 200W6CS, $1099, ***1/2, www.phillips.com.auChewing The Fat With Norman
Friday October 8, 2004
Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, has rebuilt his marriage and his sound for new album Palookaville, but he doesn't want to end up in the goldfish bowl of fame again, he tells Andrew Drever.The Problems Of Running Hot And Cold
Tuesday July 29, 2003
Going to extremes can be tough on computers, writes Lia Timson.Walkabout Dvd
Thursday December 19, 2002
Once spurned, the portable DVD player is making a comeback, writes Paul Best.Slim, Shiny, Full Of Grunt
Tuesday March 13, 2001
The team at Apple has done it yet again with the new G4 Titanium PowerBook.Slim, Smooth, And Light On Its Feet
Tuesday June 22, 1999
WALL Street or Lombard? The G3 Series PowerBook or the new, slim, slick machine that Steve Jobs announced at the WorldWide Developers' Conference last month? Though I own the former, and like it very much, I lust after the new one. At first glance, when they are sitting on a desk, there is not muLikely Laptop
Tuesday March 31, 1998
Gateway 2000 solo 5100LS. NOTEBOOKS sporting a lush 14.1-inch display have generally been each vendor's flagship, and with prices to match. But this boom at the top end has seen the price of these super-screens drop by as much as 30 per cent, bringing the cost of big screen portables into the coJust A Yuppie Toy? Lap It Up!
Sunday January 26, 1997
Once the ultimate yuppie toy, the mobile computer, or laptop, is now becoming an essential business tool. And it's still a great toy. John O'Meara and Garry Barker look at the range of IBM-compatible and Apple Macintosh notebooks. IT'S not true that you can't take it with you. You can - if you leIt's Absolutely Fabulous, Darling, But How's The Pizza
Tuesday September 5, 1995
AFTER our fourth move in 15 years, I was so overcome I took leave from this column for the first time in 12 years. I hardly knew myself; for two Saturdays in a row I spent my time shuffling boxes instead of getting quietly into bed, closing the door and disappearing into my laptop computer. FinalTry These For Fun On The Run
Sunday July 25, 1993
FOR the past three weeks I've been exploring the back blocks of Victoria. Hardly exotic, I know. The editor of these pages files stories from his laptop computer in posh Bangkok hotels - and I'm here with my family in an outer Melbourne caravan park. Not that I'm complaining, we're having a greaGoodbye Office, Hello Car
Thursday May 20, 1993
THERE'S a real possibility that within a short time, a large proportion of employees will be working out of their cars instead of an office. Armed with mobile phones, laptop or palmtop computers, modems, mini-faxes and mini-printers, they'll do their day-to-day business without occupying eBonny Baby Blue
Saturday April 20, 1991
COMPUTING giant IBM has launched a new laptop model, slashed prices of many of its desktop PCs and confirmed it plans to launch a home computer soon in Australia. The events, a response to sales trends, indicate renewed interest in the mobile PC and home office markets by IBM. PortaLaptops Looking For A Market
Monday January 16, 1989
EVERY computer company now appears hell bent on producing a laptop. While I concede they are lovely machines to play with, I cannot see them dominating the world. IDC, which normally comments sanely on the world of computers, is gung-ho for laptops. So are many marketing managers. I retain