Stories by Damien Donnelly

Lenovo ThinkCentre M52

Lenovo's new ThinkCentre comes tailored for your office right out of the box. For all of its business acumen, though, office applications are notably absent from its software suite.

Toshiba Tecra S3

Toshiba has put a lot of thought into the development of the Tecra S3, which is claimed to be the world's first notebook compliant with ROHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances).

Set to be the next in the latest range of Sony VAIOs is the BX168B. The most notable improvement on previous VAIOs is the biometric fingerprint scanner which is becoming more of a standard part of the next generation of notebooks.

ASUS Extreme N7800 GT

The ASUS Extreme N7800 GT is quite similar to its more powerful sibling - the ASUS 7800 GTX TOP - with the most noticeable difference being the much smaller cooling fan.

BenQ Joybook R53 V14

The BenQ Joybook R53 V14 is a value notebook, delivering good performance at a decent price. Proving its worth as a business and gaming tool, it scored 11899 in 3DMark 2001SE and 84 in WorldBench 5. The new game standard, FEAR, played very well on it...

Gigabyte 7800 GTX

The grunty Gigabyte GV-NX78X256V-B 7800 GTX card can churn out enough eye candy to make your diabetes play up. The card is SLI-ready, has VIVO (video input/video output) capabilities, and is Gigabyte's first release using NVIDIA's 7800 GTX series chi...

Octek Professional System XB835

Octek has pulled out all stops when building this desktop. Running a Pentium D 3.2GHz processor, 2GB of DDR2 dual-channel 533MHz RAM and a Viewpower 7800GTX PCI Express video card, the XB835 has enough to whet anybody's appetite. The graphics process...

TI AMD Power 3700

Just in time for the cricket season, the beige is back! The TI AMD Power 3700 chassis looks very early '90s, as does the chunky 19in CRT flatscreen monitor that, at 18.5kg, is sure to test the structural integrity of your desk, your back and your med...