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Power to the people: ZDNet's guide to notebook batteries review
Reviews Used on most notebooks, handhelds, and mobile phones, lithium-ion technology can hold a lot of power, but its exotic materials make it expensive. We explain the technology behind battery power, and provide tips on how to maximise it.
[April 14, 2004, 10:00]
Apple Power Macintosh G4 review
Reviews As expected, the 867MHz G4 is faster than previous Power Macs. Although no substitute for a good set of external speakers with a subwoofer, the Power Mac's new speaker is a distinct improvement over the original and should be more than sufficient...
[November 22, 2001, 23:00]
Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz review
Reviews Flipping an elegant but sturdy latch opens the Power Mac G5's side panel, which slides off and on so smoothly, other case designers must envy it. Unfortunately, the Power Mac G5's design often opts for elegance over expedience.
[November 9, 2004, 9:23]
Vodafone Power Handheld review
Reviews The Power Handheld is designed to be used in landscape format, so the various shortcut buttons around its edges have their icons oriented towards this view. The Power Handheld, a Vodafone-branded device based on a
[February 13, 2004, 10:40]
Apple Power Mac G5 (dual 2.7GHz): a first look review
Reviews The Apple Power Mac G5 received more than just a new OS in recent weeks. Not only do Power Macs come preloaded with the new Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, they also boast faster G5 processors, better graphics and larger hard drives.
[May 13, 2005, 8:35]
Apple Power Mac G5 review
Reviews In addition to its new processors, the Power Mac G5 sports an entirely new infrastructure that does almost as much to boost system performance as the processors themselves. The Power Mac G5 changes from the moulded plastic of the Power Mac G3 and...
[October 29, 2003, 7:50]
Apple Power Mac G5 (dual 2.7GHz) review
Reviews The Apple Power Mac G5's graceful yet industrial 'cheese grater' design hasn't changed with this go-round; it has the same sleek but solid shape and hefty size at 206cm wide by 47.5cm deep by 51.1cm high As before, you can pull a latch on the back...
[June 10, 2005, 12:35]
Low-power computing: a tech guide review
Reviews In this initial survey, ZDNet UK has gathered eight examples of low-power computers, including high-profile products such as the OLPC XO and Intel's Classmate, and measured their power consumption when performing a representative set of tasks.
[March 26, 2008, 15:19]
Apple Power Mac G5 review
Reviews With that, Jobs unveiled the Power Mac G5. The new Power Mac's design is sleek, metallic and very squared-off, compared to the rounded look of the G4 series. For less than 30 minutes last week, the specifications and prices of the newly announced...
[June 24, 2003, 7:11]
Toshiba Tecra 9000 review
Reviews Along with the equally new Intel 830MP motherboard chipset, the Processor-M offers more performance for less power consumption. This is achieved by the CPU's 0.13-micron fabrication process and enlarged 512KB on-die Level 2 cache, along with...
[October 15, 2001, 0:00]
Sony VAIO PCG-C1MGP review
Reviews Transmeta's low-power Crusoe processor has not been the runaway success that either its creators or legions of battery-life-hungry notebook users hoped it would be, but Sony has remained faithful to the cause ever since introducing the first...
[May 3, 2002, 13:12]
RecordNow Max 4.0 review
Reviews One of the first things you'll notice after installation is that RecordNow Max 4.0 provides separate interfaces for casual and power users. Given the power of the program, we're disappointed that RecordNow Max doesn't come with better documentation.
[July 1, 2002, 13:18]
Apple iMac 800MHz PowerPC G4 review
Reviews The power switch and all connection ports sit at the rear. VAT), comes with an 800MHz G4, 256MB of RAM, a 60GB hard drive and the SuperDrive, a CD-RW/DVD-R combo drive previously available only on Apple's Power Mac line.
[January 13, 2002, 23:00]
Blades and business review
Reviews Datacentre managers have more headaches now than ever, as power costs spiral, IT budgets remain flat and the business demands more from the datacentre. Only in the last two or three years have more energy-efficient, server-oriented processors...
[June 5, 2007, 7:58]
Iiyama AS4637UT review
Reviews The power supply is integrated, and at the rear there are two DVI-I inputs, a USB hub (four down, one up) plus S-Video and composite video ports. There is also a power connector for the optional pair of 1W loudspeakers.
[July 12, 2002, 12:05]
Ximeta NetDisk review
Reviews In the box is the drive itself, a power pack (yes, that's another mains socket occupied), USB and Ethernet cables. In terms of setup, you only need to flip a switch to configure it to accept power either from the pack or the USB port.
[August 5, 2004, 9:05]
Logitech Cordless MouseMan Optical review
Reviews Battery life has long been the obstacle to this union, and Logitech teamed up with Agilent Technologies to produce a low power consumption sensor that Logitech claims will keep the MouseMan running for three months with two AA batteries (included).
[November 1, 2002, 10:19]
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX review
Reviews Housed in an external box that's a little larger than a handheld, the Audigy 2 NX requires a separate power cable and connects via USB 2.0. Buttons for power, mute and Creative's proprietary multi-channel mixing technology, called CMSS 3D (Creative...
[February 18, 2004, 16:00]
Proxim ORiNOCO AP-700 review
Reviews Those features starts with support for 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE), where power is squirted over the data cables rather than via a separate AC supply. Of course that’s of little value in companies where PoE has yet to be deployed, and a...
[March 10, 2005, 12:10]
Hi-Grade Ultinote M6500-2000 review
Reviews Despite Intel’s reservations about the practice of using desktop CPUs -- which lack the SpeedStep power-saving technology and lower operating temperatures of mobile processors -- in notebooks, we found little to criticise in the 1.8GHz M6400...
[June 25, 2002, 16:08]
