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IBM ThinkPad T30 review
Reviews We were sent a fully featured model for review, with a combo DVD/CD-RW drive in the modular bay and both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless connectivity built in alongside conventional 10/100 wired Ethernet and V.92 modem hardware.
[July 22, 2002, 12:37]
Sony VAIO PCG-FX604 review
Reviews Our review configuration featured a DVD/CD-RW combo drive in the fixed optical bay and a floppy drive in the modular bay, but the latter can be replaced with a weight saver or a second battery (£143.83 ex.
[May 28, 2002, 19:04]
NEC Versa C150 review
Reviews Our review sample illustrated this quite well, with its ambitious combination of a Mobile AMD Athlon XP1900+ processor (actually clocked at 1.6GHz), 384MB of fast PC2100 SDRAM, and a combo DVD/CD-RW drive.
[January 29, 2003, 11:42]
Dell Latitude C840 review
Reviews The system’s basic design is the familiar three-spindle arrangement, with a fixed optical drive on the left-hand side, in this case a Samsung CD-RW/DVD combo drive, and two front-mounted bays, one modular and the other containing the battery.
[May 9, 2002, 10:30]
Time Computers denies tales of woe
Talkback X 16X 32X DVD-ROM X 2X 24X Sony CD-RW When i bought a time computer in 1999 we had no problems with it and it still works fine.it came with 2 years warrenty which we dident need to use, a reload disk i had to use only once, a load of realy good...
[February 23, 2006, 21:58]
Dell Inspiron 4150 review
Reviews This is a two-spindle notebook, with a fast 5,400rpm 40GB IBM hard drive and either a floppy or a DVD/CD-RW combo drive in the modular bay. Our review sample was based on a 1.9GHz Mobile Pentium 4 processor, along with Intel’s 845 chipset and 256MB...
[July 30, 2002, 16:42]
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook S-6120 review
Reviews With the CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive (with which our sample was supplied) in place, the weight rises to 2kg, which is still pretty portable. Design & features The hardware design is hardly revolutionary, but there's enough here to make the S-6120...
[June 5, 2003, 7:16]
Intel trots out 1.3GHz Celeron
News The machine, priced at $799, offers the 1.3GHz chip, 512MB of RAM, a 60GB hard drive, and a CD-RW and DVD-ROM drive. Intel is kicking off the new year this week with a new desktop Celeron chip that clocks in at 1.3GHz.
[January 4, 2002, 15:56]
Billionaire backs defendant in landmark P2P case
Talkback Without copious media like Music, DVD's, TV programmes and home video why would I need more that my 3GHz CPU, my 200GB HDD, Firewire, Windows XP, 1GB RAM, DVD/RW, SUrround sound speakers -- it's all driven by media.
[March 29, 2005, 17:06]
Backup Exec Desktop Pro v4.5 review
Reviews VAT) Desktop version adds support for Zip/Jaz, LS-120, PD and DVD-RAM drives, file exclusion, password protection, unattended backup and 'automated data protection'. VAT) product provides automatic device detection, support for a wide range of...
[February 12, 2001, 23:00]
Hi-Grade Ultinote M6500-2000 review
Reviews Fixed storage is provided by a 40GB Hitachi hard disk, while the system’s optical drive is a Matshita DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive. Despite Intel’s reservations about the practice of using desktop CPUs -- which lack the SpeedStep power-saving...
[June 25, 2002, 16:08]
Rock Xeno-m review
Reviews The slimmed-down case has room for a modular bay, which by default holds an 8X/8X/24X DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive. High-capacity battery packs are bulky and heavy, and it’s easier to cool a big notebook efficiently.
[October 1, 2002, 7:33]
Sony VAIO PCG-GR215SP review
Reviews Our review system came with a DVD/CD-RW combo drive in the multipurpose bay on the left-hand side, but the bay can also be used to house a second battery if necessary -- and it may be necessary given the moderate life we got from the primary battery.
[November 20, 2001, 23:00]
Fujitsu Siemens Stylistic ST5010 review
Reviews The whole thing snaps into an easy-to-use docking station with a swappable DVD/CD-RW drive that, in concert with the wireless keyboard, turns the Stylistic ST5010 into a pseudo-desktop system, although the screen will seem small compared to a big...
[May 7, 2004, 12:35]
Intel, ST get together for the memories
News PCM uses energy switched by an ordinary transistor to heat up a tiny amount of chalcogenide alloy, a mixture of antimony, germanium and tellurium also used in CD-RW and DVD-RAM disks. Memory technology combining the best of Flash and RAM is coming...
[June 12, 2006, 17:10]
Dell Inspiron 8200 review
Reviews The hard disk is a capacious 40GB, 4,200rpm Hitachi unit, the (fixed) optical drive is a Sony DVD/CD-RW combo drive, while the front-mounted modular bay contains a 1.44MB floppy drive that can be replaced by a number of alternatives -- second...
[March 4, 2002, 23:00]
IBM ThinkPad X40 review
Reviews The dock also accommodates 9mm-high Ultrabay Slim drives, including a combo CD-RW/DVD drive (supplied with our review unit), a second hard drive or an additional battery. Design The ThinkPad X40 is a slim ultraportable that's easy to beef up with...
[November 8, 2004, 11:23]
Dell SmartPC 250N review
Reviews Like all desktop CPU-based notebooks we’ve seen, the SmartPC 250N is a three-spindle desktop replacement system: the hard disk is a 40GB, 5,400rpm IBM drive; the optical drive is a Toshiba DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo unit; and there’s a floppy drive...
[August 14, 2002, 10:13]
Samsung X50 HWM 760 review
Reviews The right edge houses a DVD/CD-RW drive and a pair of USB 2.0 connectors. Design The X50 HWM 760 is the largest model in the range, although it's still relatively thin at 2.8-3.1cm and weighs a moderate 2.41kg.
[November 11, 2005, 12:20]
Lenovo ThinkPad T60 review
Reviews You get a VGA port, headphone and microphone jacks, slots for Type II PC Cards and ExpressCards, and three USB 2.0 ports -- one more than the ThinkPad T43 but still short of the Latitude D820's four -- and a DVD/CD-RW combo drive in its swappable...
[April 12, 2006, 15:15]
