Fastest Mac Ever
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The first computer on the market sporting Intel’s new Xeon Nehalem processor is the sleek cool-looking Apple Mac Pro.
Computers
The Keyboard PC Returns
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Here’s a product we’re sure to be writing a full review for after it comes out in late May or early June: The Asus Eee Keyboard PC. As in, a keyboard that’s also a PC. Not a keyboard for a PC.
$350 Lightweight Laptop Showdown: Acer vs Asus
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It is amazing the kind of lightweight, long battery life laptop $350 will buy these days. That’s the going rate for two superb highly portable netbooks: the Acer Aspire One and the Asus Eee PC. Both are excellent computers but each has some flaws too. Which should you choose? Read on . . .
The Cool Media Center That Happens To Be A PC
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While running its proprietary software the Shuttle D10 doesn't look like a Windows-based PC but like one of the world's coolest stereo systems.
Like an increasing number of other people, Spot Cool Stuff has a PC dedicated to playing media. We use ours mostly for music. (We can’t remember the last time we touched a CD—our computer is our stereo system). Others also use a PC as a digital video recorder, taping their favorite shows and then watching them, via PC, on their television.
The main problems with having a media-centric PC is that it doesn’t look very attractive and it takes up a lot of space, what with the computer itself, the monitor, keyboard and mouse. The computer fan can also be a bit noisy.
Enter the Shuttle D10.
MacBook Air
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Apples touts the latest addition to its MacBook series by claiming it’s “unlike anything else.” But what’s amazing about the MacBook Air is that it looks exactly like a regular MacBook when viewed from above — both have nearly identical bright glossy screens and comfortable keyboards. When you look at the MacBook Air from the side, that’s when you say WOW. Then you find out that the MacBook Air sports multi-touch mouse pad, 13.3 inch screen, built-in camera, wireless connectivity (to optical drives as well as to the internet) and a standard 1.6Ghz processor. And then you say WOW again. The one drawback we were initially skeptical about was the durability of the thin casing. After a few weeks of testing we are no longer skeptical about the rugged MacBook Air.
