NEC PowerMate DT PIII 800 MHz

Advantages: an extra gizmo on my desk...
Disadvantages: an extra gizmo on my desk...

..., and click & rotate right. I have configurations (that I actually use) for Media Player, MS Word, Outlook, Acrobat Reader. In Media Player, I scroll through songs and playlists and select my next listen. In Word & Acrobat Reader, it's really just a big scroll knob, with the click & rotate's set up for page up / page down, while in Outlook, I use it to scroll through folders and messages. Some of the more powerful key commands in applications can be found under its "Help" section, but the possibilities are endless... The next option for me is to set it up to edit video with the Powermate functioning as a jog/shuttle wheel and using the button to "cut". Watch this space... Setting up a new configuration is very easy, just hit the "Add Setting" button, select the running application (or other) in the dialog box (see uploaded... Read review

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Advantages: Lightweight, portable, long battery life, great functionality
Disadvantages: Underpowered.

...This is a stylish, sleek and sexy ultra mobile computer! Its shiney black casing, now typical of most Samsung electronical items will surely catch your eye. The Q1 has eyes of its own with 2 in built webcams as well as 2 dual microphones, perfect for conference calling or using the Q1 to answer calls via a bluetooth link with your mobile phone! The processor may not have blistering speed, but this is the most mobile pc running Vista out there. The 1GB of ram can be upgradeble to 2GB if you so wish. The onboard qwerty keypads become very easy to use with practise. However you can allways harness the sheer power of the Q1's handwriting recognition feature. A brilliant little unit which won't let you down.... Read review

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Advantages: Everything you would want is built in
Disadvantages: Large footprint, not light in weight

...washed out (that could just be down to adjusting it correctly!) there are no obviously ‘dead’ pixels – which can’t be bad. The lower half of the system has an almost full sized keyboard, the action is a little spongey, but reasonably useable. IBM persists with it’s ‘trackpoint’ mouse control – this is a rubberised button sitting between the ‘G’ ‘H’ and ‘B’ keys, as well as having three large buttons for ‘left’ ‘right’ and ‘centre’ mouse buttons. If you’re used to the more common graphics tablet from other manufacturers, this may appear a little strange at first, but soon becomes second nature. The particular model I use is getting a little long in the tooth, a PIII chip, running at around 750MHz (remember this was the standard clock speed for a desktop machine only a few years ago) and 128Mb of memory. Whilst this is a somewhat modest... Read review

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